Great Britain at the 2022 Winter Olympics

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Great Britain at the
2022 Winter Olympics
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Flag of the United Kingdom
IOC codeGBR
NOCBritish Olympic Association
Websitewww.teamgb.com
in Beijing, China
4–20 February 2022
Competitors21 (11 men and 10 women) in 6 sports
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)

Great Britain are scheduled to compete at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China, from 4 to 20 February 2022.

Medal and performance targets[]

In July 2018, UK Sport announced a preliminary target of 5–12 medals for the Games, which would at least sustain the level success experienced at the previous two Games, in both of which 5 medals were won.[1]

Competitors[]

The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Games per sport/discipline.

Sport Men Women Total
Alpine skiing 1 1 2
Cross-country skiing 1 0 1
Curling 5 5 10
Figure skating 1 2 3
Short track speed skating 2 1 3
Speed skating 1 1 2
Total 11 10 21

Alpine skiing[]

Main articles: Alpine skiing at the 2022 Winter Olympics and Alpine skiing at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Qualification

By meeting the basic qualification standards, Great Britain has qualified at least one male and one female alpine skier.[2]

Cross-country skiing[]

Main articles: Cross-country skiing at the 2022 Winter Olympics and Cross-country skiing at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Qualification

By meeting the basic qualification standards, Great Britain has qualified at least one male cross-country skier.[3]

Curling[]

Main articles: Curling at the 2022 Winter Olympics and Curling at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Qualification

Outside of the Olympic Games, Great Britain competes under the flags of its constituent home nations, Scotland, England and Wales (Northern Irish players compete for a combined Ireland); Scotland results are treated as Great Britain for the purposes of Olympic qualification.[4]

Summary
Team Event Round robin Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score 		Record
Rank 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Bruce Mouat
Grant Hardie
Bobby Lammie
Hammy McMillan Jr.
Ross Whyte 		Men's  Italy
 United States
 Norway
 China
 Denmark
 Switzerland
 Sweden
 ROC
 Canada
Eve Muirhead
Vicky Wright
Jennifer Dodds
Hailey Duff
Mili Smith 		Women's  Switzerland
 Sweden
 South Korea
 United States
 Denmark
 Canada
 Japan
 China
 ROC
Bruce Mouat
Jennifer Dodds 		Mixed doubles  Sweden
 Canada
 Switzerland
 Australia
 Czech Republic
 Italy
 China
 Norway
 United States

Men's tournament[]

Main article: Curling at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Men's tournament

Great Britain has qualified their men's team (five athletes), by finishing in the top six teams in the 2021 World Men's Curling Championship.[5] On 14 October 2021, the British Olympic Association announced that Team Bruce Mouat would be their men's team representatives.[6]

Key
Teams to Playoffs
Teams to Tiebreaker
Country
 Skip W L W–L PF PA EW EL BE SE S% DSC
 Canada Brad Gushue 0 0 – 0 0 0 0 0 0 % 0.00
 China 0 0 – 0 0 0 0 0 0 % 0.00
 Denmark Mikkel Krause 0 0 – 0 0 0 0 0 0 % 0.00
 Great Britain Bruce Mouat 0 0 – 0 0 0 0 0 0 % 0.00
 Italy Joël Retornaz 0 0 – 0 0 0 0 0 0 % 0.00
 Norway Steffen Walstad 0 0 – 0 0 0 0 0 0 % 0.00
 ROC 0 0 – 0 0 0 0 0 0 % 0.00
 Sweden Niklas Edin 0 0 – 0 0 0 0 0 0 % 0.00
 Switzerland Peter de Cruz 0 0 – 0 0 0 0 0 0 % 0.00
 United States John Shuster 0 0 – 0 0 0 0 0 0 % 0.00
Round robin

Great Britain had a bye in draws 1, 5 and 9.[7]

Women's tournament[]

Main article: Curling at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Women's tournament

Great Britain has qualified their women's team (five athletes), by finishing first in the round robin in the 2021 Olympic Qualification Event.[8] On 23 December 2021, the British Olympic Association officially named Eve Muirhead, Vicky Wright, Jennifer Dodds, Hailey Duff and Mili Smith to the women's team following a nine-player squad for five events at the beginning of the 2021–22 curling season.[9]

Key
Teams to Playoffs
Teams to Tiebreaker
Country
 Skip W L W–L PF PA EW EL BE SE S% DSC
 Canada Jennifer Jones 0 0 – 0 0 0 0 0 0 % 0.00
 China 0 0 – 0 0 0 0 0 0 % 0.00
 Denmark Madeleine Dupont 0 0 – 0 0 0 0 0 0 % 0.00
 Great Britain Eve Muirhead 0 0 – 0 0 0 0 0 0 % 0.00
 Japan Satsuki Fujisawa 0 0 – 0 0 0 0 0 0 % 0.00
 ROC Alina Kovaleva 0 0 – 0 0 0 0 0 0 % 0.00
 South Korea Kim Eun-jung 0 0 – 0 0 0 0 0 0 % 0.00
 Sweden Anna Hasselborg 0 0 – 0 0 0 0 0 0 % 0.00
 Switzerland Silvana Tirinzoni 0 0 – 0 0 0 0 0 0 % 0.00
 United States Tabitha Peterson 0 0 – 0 0 0 0 0 0 % 0.00
Round robin

Great Britain had a bye in draws 4, 7 and 11.[7]

Mixed doubles tournament[]

Main article: Curling at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Mixed doubles tournament

Great Britain has qualified their mixed doubles team (two athletes), by finishing in the top seven teams in the 2021 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship.[10] On 14 October 2021, the British Olympic Association announced that reigning world champions Jennifer Dodds and Bruce Mouat would be their mixed doubles representatives.[6]

Key
Teams to Playoffs
Teams to Tiebreaker
Country
  • v
  • t
 Athletes W L W–L PF PA EW EL BE SE S% DSC
 Australia Tahli Gill / Dean Hewitt 0 0 – 0 0 0 0 0 0 % 0.00
 Canada 0 0 – 0 0 0 0 0 0 % 0.00
 China 0 0 – 0 0 0 0 0 0 % 0.00
 Czech Republic Zuzana Paulová / Tomáš Paul 0 0 – 0 0 0 0 0 0 % 0.00
 Great Britain Jennifer Dodds / Bruce Mouat 0 0 – 0 0 0 0 0 0 % 0.00
 Italy Stefania Constantini / Amos Mosaner 0 0 – 0 0 0 0 0 0 % 0.00
 Norway Kristin Skaslien / Magnus Nedregotten 0 0 – 0 0 0 0 0 0 % 0.00
 Sweden Almida de Val / Oskar Eriksson 0 0 – 0 0 0 0 0 0 % 0.00
 Switzerland Jenny Perret / Martin Rios 0 0 – 0 0 0 0 0 0 % 0.00
 United States Vicky Persinger / Chris Plys 0 0 – 0 0 0 0 0 0 % 0.00
Round robin

Great Britain had a bye in draws 3, 5, 7 and 11.[7]

Figure Skating[]

Main articles: Figure skating at the 2022 Winter Olympics and Figure skating at the 2022 Winter Olympics - Qualification

Great Britain secured quotas in both the Ladies' Individual and the Ice Dance events at the 2021 World Figure Skating Championships in Stockholm. On 16 December, Team GB confirmed the selection of Lilah Fear and Lewis Gibson to compete in the ice dancing competition with Natasha McKay joining them in the women's individual event.[11]

Short track speed skating[]

Main articles: Short track speed skating at the 2022 Winter Olympics and Short track speed skating at the 2022 Winter Olympics - Qualification

Great Britain secured quotas for two men and one woman across five events in Short track speed skating after their performance in the 2021–22 ISU Short Track Speed Skating World Cup. On 20 December 2021, Team GB confirmed the selection of Kathryn Thomson and siblings Farrell and to compete in Beijing.

Speed skating[]

Main articles: Speed skating at the 2022 Winter Olympics and Speed skating at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Qualification


References[]

  1. ^ "UK Sport targets more inspirational Winter Olympic and Paralympic success with Beijing investments". UK Sport. 2 July 2018. Retrieved 2 November 2021.
  2. ^ "ALPINE SKIING QUOTAS LIST FOR OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES 2022". www.data.fis-ski.com/. International Ski Federation (FIS). 15 June 2021. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
  3. ^ "CROSS-COUNTRY QUOTAS LIST FOR OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES 2022". www.data.fis-ski.com/. International Ski Federation (FIS). 15 June 2021. Retrieved 3 July 2021.
  4. ^ "Qualification System – Games of the XXIV Olympic Winter Games – Curling" (PDF). World Curling Federation. 31 January 2020. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
  5. ^ Michael Burns (9 April 2021). "United States, Canada and Great Britain qualify for spot at Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022". World Curling Federation. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
  6. ^ a b "Six curlers selected to represent Team GB at the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games". British Curling. 14 October 2021. Retrieved 14 October 2021.
  7. ^ a b c Céline Stucki (22 December 2021). "Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games playing schedules released". World Curling Federation. Retrieved 24 December 2021.
  8. ^ Steve Seixeiro (16 December 2021). "Scotland women qualify for Beijing 2022, while Japan, Korea and Latvia secure play-off spots at the OQE". World Curling Federation. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
  9. ^ "Team GB selects women's curling team for Beijing 2022". British Curling. 23 December 2021. Retrieved 24 December 2021.
  10. ^ Céline Stucki (21 May 2021). "Scotland, Canada and Italy qualify for the World Mixed Doubles play-offs and earn their places in Beijing". World Curling Federation. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
  11. ^ "Three figure skaters selected for Beijing 2022". Team GB. 16 December 2021. Retrieved 22 December 2021.
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