Virgin Islands at the 2014 Winter Olympics

The Virgin Islands Olympic Committee was first recognized by the International Olympic Committee on 31 December 1966.[1] The USVI have sent competitors to every Summer Olympic Games since, except the boycotted 1980 Moscow Olympics.[2][3] The territory first sent athletes to a Winter Olympic Games in 1988.[2] The USVI had their only athlete at the 2006 Winter Olympics—Anne Abernathy—break her wrist in training,[4] and they missed the 2010 Winter Olympics, making Sochi the sixth time the USVI actually competed in the Winter Olympics.[2] Alpine skier Jasmine Campbell was the only athlete the USVI sent to Sochi.[5] Campbell was selected as the flag bearer for both the opening ceremony and closing ceremony.[6][7] She was accompanied to Sochi by her coach and father, John Campbell, who had represented the Virgin Islands at the 1992 Winter Olympics in alpine skiing..[8]

The Virgin Islands qualified one female alpine skier for the 2014 Winter Olympics.[9][10] Jasmine Campbell secured qualification on 20 January 2014.[11] She was born on Saint John, USVI and moved to Idaho at the age of nine.[11] Campbell was 22 years old at the time of the Sochi Olympics, and was making her Olympic debut.[12][13] About her Olympic participation she said "I will consider my time at the Olympics a success by doing my own personal best, while connecting with this very special community of athletes. I greatly appreciate this immense honor to participate in such a unique international forum whose goal is to be a symbol of human excellence and transcendence, in an environment of peace."[8] On 18 February she took part in the two-run women's giant slalom race. She finished the first leg in 1 minute and 32.05 seconds,[14] and the second in 1 minute and 33.00 seconds.[15] Her total time of 3 minutes and 5.05 seconds put her in 56th place, out of 67 competitors who finished both legs of the race.[16] The gold medal was won by Tina Maze of Slovenia in a time of 2 minutes and 36.87 seconds; the silver medal was won by Anna Fenninger of Austria, and the bronze was earned by Viktoria Rebensburg of Germany.[17]

On 21 February, Campbell participated in the women's slalom, which was also a two-run event. She completed her first run in 1 minute and 6.09 seconds,[18] and her second in a faster 1 minute and 4.28 seconds.[19] Her total time for the event was thus 2 minutes and 10.37 seconds, which put her in 43rd place out of 49 competitors who completed both runs.[20] The gold medal was won by Mikaela Shiffrin of the United States in 1 minute and 44.54 seconds; silver and bronze were both earned by Austrians, Marlies Schild and Kathrin Zettel respectively.[21]

• Virgin Islands at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics