Andorra at the 2010 Winter Olympics
sent a delegation to compete in the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada from 12–28 February 2010. Andorra has never won an Olympic medal, despite appearing at every Winter and Summer Games since 1976. The Andorran delegation to these Olympics consisted of six athletes, four in alpine skiing, one in cross-country skiing, and one in snowboarding.
Background
The Andorran Olympic Committee was recognized by the International Olympic Committee on 31 December 1974. They first participated in Olympic competition at the 1976 Winter Olympics and have taken part in every Summer and Winter Olympics since. Coming into 2010, Andorra had never won a medal in either the Summer or Winter Olympics. The Andorran delegation to Vancouver consisted of six athletes, four in alpine skiing, one in cross-country skiing, and one in snowboarding. Lluís Marin Tarroch, the snowboarder, was chosen as the flag bearer for the opening ceremony, while alpine skier Mireia Gutiérrez was selected to carry the flag for the closing ceremony.Alpine skiing
Cross-country skiing
Snowboarding
became the first, and as of the 2018 Winter Olympics, only snowboarder to represent Andorra at the Olympics. Tarroch was 21 years old at the time of the Vancouver Olympics. In the men's snowboard cross, the qualifying round was held on 15 February. The format was that everyone got two races, and the best of an athlete's two times counted. The top 32 would advance to the next round. Tarroch did not finish the first run, and had to rely on his second run time of 1 minute and 47.36 seconds, which put him in 34th place, and he was eliminated. He would go on to represent Andorra at the 2014 Winter Olympics, and do so again at the 2018 Winter Olympics.
