Albania at the 2022 Winter Olympics

Albania sent a delegation to compete in the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China, from 4 to 20 February 2022. The delegation consisted of one male alpine skier. As Albania's only athlete, Denni Xhepa was also the country's flagbearer during the [2022 Winter Olympic Games|Winter Olympics opening ceremony|opening ceremony], while a volunteer served as the flagbearer during the closing ceremony. Xhepa participated in men's slalom and men's giant slalom. He ranked 28 in the slalom and did not finish the giant slalom.

Background

Albania first entered Olympic competition at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, Germany. They did not make their second appearance until 20 years later in the 1992 Barcelona Olympics and have competed in every Summer Olympics since. They had made their Winter Olympics debut in the 2006 Winter Olympics. The delegation sent to Beijing from 4 to 20 February 2022 consisted of a single athlete, alpine skier Denni Xhepa. Xhepa was the country's flagbearer during the opening ceremony while a volunteer served as the flagbearer during the closing ceremony.

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

By meeting the basic qualification standards, Albania qualified one male alpine skier. Denni Xhepa, an Italian born skier of Albanian origin, represented the country. Xhepa was 18 years old at the time of Beijing Winter Olympics. He was making his Winter Olympics debut. On 13 February, Xhepa took part in the men's giant slalom, competing among 87 athletes from 60 countries. There were two runs, and the total time determined the placement. He did not finish the first run, and was eliminated. The gold was won by Marco Odermatt from Switzerland, the silver by Žan Kranjec from Slovenia and bronze by Mathieu Faivre from France. On 16 February, Xhepa took part in the men's slalom, competing among 87 athletes from 60 countries. There were two runs, and the total time determined the placement. Xhepa finished two runs with a total time of 1 minute and 53.28 seconds, placing him 28th among 45 athletes who finished both runs. The gold was won by Clément Noël from France, silver by Johannes Strolz from Austria and bronze by Sebastian Foss Solevaag from Norway.