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These are the Latin American athletes competing in the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics

This year, nearly 3,000 athletes representing 91 countries gathered in Beijing for the 2022 Games; of those, 30 athletes hailed from 9 Latin American countries

By ADN America Staff

February 15, 2022 1:12pm

Updated: February 15, 2022 3:09pm

It is no secret that Latin American athletes are not often spotted on the medal stands of the Winter Olympics, which are normally dominated by the United States, Norway or Russia – but that is not to say that the region does not have a long history at the Games.

From the earliest days, Latin American hopefuls have thrown their proverbial winter hats in the ring in a hope to bring gold back to their homelands. Mexico and Argentina were the first Latin American nations to send athletes to compete in the Winter Games in 1928 – just four years after the first Winter Olympics were held in in Chamonix, France in 1924.

Since then, countries have faithfully sent their athletes to compete with the world's best in the 15 Olympic winter sports including, Alpine skiing, biathlon, bobsled, cross-country skiing, curling, figure skating, freestyle skiing, ice hockey, luge, Nordic combined, skeleton, ski jumping, snowboarding, short track speedskating and speedskating.

This year, nearly 3,000 athletes representing 91 countries gathered in Beijing for the 2022 Games; of those, 30 athletes hailed from 9 Latin American countries.

Here is a list to learn which Latin American countries are participating in the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics in order of the number of athletes each country has: