The Olympics always captivate an international audience with their size, scope, and spirit.
One athlete to know from all 93 countries competing in the Winter Olympics
From the Winter Olympic powerhouses to delegations of one, we found an Olympian to root for from every country competing in Pyeongchang.
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Countries from all across the globe compete, and while there's a desire to be crowned best in the world, sportsmanship reigns over the fortnight's worth of events. Sometimes the best stories to come from the games are not about the champions, but rather the underdogs who finished despite the odds, or those who proved their mettle simply by making it to the Olympics.
Below we've collected a list including one athlete to watch from every country competing at Pyeongchang 2018. The athletes range from potential breakout stars to athletes helping to make their country's Winter Olympics debut, and there is no shortage of great stories to keep an eye out for and support.
Albania — Ergon Tola
Sport:Alpine skiing
Age:
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Andorra — Marc Oliveras
Sport:Alpine skiing
Age:26
One thing to know:
Argentina — Nicol Gastaldi
Sport:Alpine skiing
Age:28
One thing to know:
Armenia — Katya Galstyan
Sport:
Age:25
One thing to know:
Australia — Scotty James
Sport:Snowboarding
Age:23
One thing to know:
Austria — Julia Dujmovits
Sport:Snowboarding
Age:
One thing to know:
Azerbaijan — Patrick Brachner
Sport:Alpine skiing
Age:26
One thing to know: Patrick Brachner will be the only Olympian from Azerbaijan this year, serving as the country's loan competitor and flag bearer at opening ceremonies.
Belarus — Darya Domracheva
Sport:Biathlon
Age:
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Belgium — Bart Swings
Sport:Speed skating
Age:26
One thing to know:
Bermuda — Tucker Murphy
Sport:Cross-country skiing
Age:36
One thing to know:
Bolivia — Simon Breitfuss Kammerlander
Sport:Alpine skiing
Age:23
One thing to know:
Bosnia and Herzegovina — Tanja Karisik
Sport:Cross-country skiing
Age:26
One thing to know:
Brazil — Isabel Clark Ribeiro
Sport:Snowboarding
Age:41
One thing to know:
Bulgaria — Alexandra Zhekova
Sport:Snowboarding
Age:30
One thing to know:
Canada — Marie-Philip Poulin
Sport:Hockey
Age:26
One thing to know:
Chile — Stephanie Joffroy
Sport:Freestyle skiing
Age:26
One thing to know:
China — Zhang Hong
Sport:Speed skating
Age:
One thing to know:
Colombia — Pedro Causil
Sport:Speed skating
Age:26
One thing to know:
Croatia — Natko Zrnčić-Dim
Sport:Alpine skiing
Age:31
One thing to know:
Cyprus — Dinos Lefkaritis
Sport:Alpine skiing
Age:22
One thing to know:
Czech Republic — Martina Sáblíková
Sport:Speed skating
Age:
One thing to know:
Denmark — Rasmus Stjerne
Sport:Curling
Age:29
One thing to know:
Ecuador — Klaus Jungbluth Rodriguez
Sport:Cross-country skiing
Age:38
One thing to know:
Eritrea — Shannon-Ogbani Abeda
Sport:Alpine skiing
Age:21
One thing to know:
Estonia — Kristjan Ilves
Sport:Combined skiing
Age:21
One thing to know:
Finland — Petri Kontiola
Sport:Hockey
Age:33
One thing to know:
France — Martin Fourcade
Sport:Biathlon
Age:29
One thing to know:
Georgia — Iason Abramashvili
Sport:Alpine skiing
Age:29
One thing to know:
Germany — Felix Loch
Sport:Luge
Age:28
One thing to know:
Ghana — Akwasi Frimpong
Sport:Skeleton
Age:32
One thing to know:
Great Britain — Lizzy Yarnold
Sport:Skeleton
Age:29
One thing to know:
Greece — Apostolos Angelis
Sport:Cross-country skiing
Age:24
One thing to know:
Hong Kong — Arabella Ng
Sport:Alpine Skiing
Age:16
One thing to know:
Hungary — Viktor Knoch
Sport:Speed skating
Age:28
One thing to know:
Iceland — Snorri Einarsson
Sport:Cross-country skiing
Age:31
One thing to know:
India — Shiva Keshavan
Sport:Luge
Age:36
One thing to know:
Iran — Forough Abbasi
Sport:Alpine skiing
Age:
One thing to know:
Ireland — Seamus O'Connor
Sport:
Age:20
One thing to know:
Israel — Daniel Samohin
Sport:Figure skating
Age:19
One thing to know:
Italy — Arianna Fontana
Sport:Speed skating
Age:27
One thing to know:
Jamaica — Jazmine Fenlator-Victorian and Carrie Russell
Sport:Bobsled
Age:32, 27
One thing to know:
Japan — Yuzuru Hanyu
Sport:Figure skating
Age:23
One thing to know:
Kazakhstan — Denis Ten
Sport:Figure skating
Age:24
One thing to know:
Kenya — Sabrina Simader
Sport:Alpine skiing
Age:19
One thing to know:
Korea — Women’s Hockey Team
Sport:Hockey
Age:N/A
One thing to know:
North Korea — Ryom Tae-ok and Kim Ju-sik
Sport:Figure skating
Age:19, 25
One thing to know:
South Korea — Park Seung-hi
Sport:Speed skating
Age:25
One thing to know:
Kosovo — Albin Tahiri
Sport:Alpine skiing
Age:28
One thing to know:
Kyrgyzstan — Evgeniy Timofeev
Sport:Alpine skiing
Age:
One thing to know:
Latvia — Martins Dukurs
Sport:Skeleton
Age:33
One thing to know:
Lebanon — Natacha Mohbat
Sport:Alpine skiing
Age:21
One thing to know:
Liechtenstein — Marco Pfiffner
Sport:Alpine skiing
Age:23
One thing to know:
Lithuania — Tomas Kaukėnas
Sport:Biathlon
Age:27
One thing to know:
Luxembourg — Matthieu Osch
Sport:Alpine skiing
Age:18
One thing to know:
Macedonia — Antonio Ristevski
Sport:Alpine skiing
Age:28
One thing to know:
Madagascar — Mialitiana Clerc
Sport:Alpine skiing
Age:16
One thing to know:
Malaysia — Julian Yee
Sport:Figure skating
Age:20
One thing to know:
Malta — Élise Pellegrin
Sport:Alpine skiing
Age:26
One thing to know:
Mexico — Sarah Schleper
Sport:Alpine skiing
Age:38
One thing to know:
Moldova — Christopher Hoerl
Sport:Alpine skiing
Age:28
One thing to know:
Monaco — Olivier Jenot
Sport:Alpine skiing
Age:29
One thing to know:
Mongolia — Otgontsetseg Chinbat
Sport:Corss-country skiing
Age:26
One thing to know:
Montenegro — Eldar Salihović
Sport:Alpine skiing
Age:18
One thing to know:
Morocco — Adam Lamhamedi
Sport:Alpine skiing
Age:22
One thing to know:
Netherlands — Ireen Wüst
Sport:Speed skating
Age: 31
One thing to know:
New Zealand — Beau-James Wells
Sport:Freestyle skiing
Age:23
One thing to know:
Nigeria — Seun Adigun and Akuoma Omeoga
Sport:Bobsled
Age:31, 25
One thing to know:
Norway — Marit Bjørgen
Sport:Cross-country skiing
Age:37
One thing to know:
Olympic Athletes from Russia — Evgenia Medvedeva
Sport:Figure skating
Age:18
One thing to know:
Pakistan — Muhammad Karim
Sport:Alpine skiing
Age:22
One thing to know:
Philippines — Michael Christian Martinez
Sport:Figure skating
Age:21
One thing to know:
Poland — Kamil Stoch
Sport:Ski jumping
Age:30
One thing to know:
Portugal — Arthur Hanse
Sport:Alpine skiing
Age:24
One thing to know:
Puerto Rico — Charles Flaherty
Sport:Alpine skiing
Age:17
One thing to know:
Romania — Ania Monica Caill
Sport:Alpine skiing
Age:22
One thing to know:
San Marino — Alessandro Mariotti
Sport:Alpine skiing
Age:19
One thing to know:
Serbia — Nevena Ignjatovic
Sport:Alpine skiing
Age:27
One thing to know:
Singapore — Cheyenne Goh
Sport:Speed skating
Age:18
One thing to know:
Slovakia — Anastasiya Kuzmina
Sport:Biathlon
Age:33
One thing to know:
Slovenia — Peter Prevc
Sport:Ski jumping
Age:25
One thing to know:
South Africa — Connor Wilson
Sport:Alpine skiing
Age:19
One thing to know:
Chinese Taipei — Lien Te-an
Sport:Luge
Age:23
One thing to know:
Spain — Javier Fernández
Sport:Figure skating
Age:26
One thing to know:
Sweden — Charlotte Kalla
Sport:Cross-country skiing
Age:30
One thing to know:
Switzerland — Dario Cologna
Sport:Cross-country skiing
Age:31
One thing to know:
Thailand — Vanessa-Mae
Sport:Alpine skiing
Age:39
One thing to know:
Timor-Leste — Yohan Goutt Goncalves
Sport:Alpine skiing
Age:23
One thing to know:
Togo — Mathilde-Amivi Petitjean
Sport:Cross-country skiing
Age:23
One thing to know:
Tonga — Pita Taufatofua
Sport:Cross-country skiing
Age:34
One thing to know:
Turkey — Alper Uçar and Alisa Agafonova
Sport:Figure skating
Age:33, 27
One thing to know:
Ukraine — Vita Semerenko
Sport:Biathlon
Age:32
One thing to know:
United States — Chloe Kim
Sport:Snowboarding
Age:17
One thing to know:
Uzbekistan — Misha Ge
Sport:Figure skating
Age:26
One thing to know:
Now check out all of the biggest stars from America and around the world that you can expect to see on the podium in Pyeongchang.