Bhutan at the 2025 Asian Winter Games

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Bhutan at the 2025 Asian Winter Games
Flag of Bhutan
IOC code	BHU
NOC	Bhutan Olympic Committee
in Harbin, China 7 February 2025 (2025-02-07) – 14 February 2025 (2025-02-14)
Competitors	1 in 1 sport
Flag bearer	Chencho Dorji
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
Asian Winter Games appearances
2025 2029

Bhutan competed at the 2025 Asian Winter Games in Harbin, China, from February 7 to 14.^[1]^[2] Bhutan is scheduled to make its Asian Winter Games debut.^[3]^[4] The Bhutanese team consisted of male alpine skier.^[5]^[6] As the country's only athlete, Dorji was the country's opening ceremony flagbearer.^[7]

Competitors

The following table lists the Bhutanese delegation per sport and gender.^[8]

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Alpine skiing	1	0	1
Total	1	0	1

Alpine skiing

Bhutan entered one male alpine skier.^[5] Chencho Dorji who spent his childhood and currently resides in Chamonix, France, represented the country.^[9] Dorji was born in Bhutan, and was adopted at two years old by a French national and has resided there ever since.^[10] Due to issues with his FIS license, Dorji's results was not included in the official report. However, Dorji finished 23rd of 59 finishing skiers.^[11]^[12]

References

^ "Record-high 34 countries and regions will participate in Harbin Asian Winter Games". China Daily. Beijing, China. Xinhua. 22 January 2025. Archived from the original on 22 January 2025. Retrieved 22 January 2025.
^ "HAWGOC confirms record entry of NOCs, athletes for Harbin 2025". www.oca.asia/. Olympic Council of Asia. 21 January 2025. Archived from the original on 23 January 2025. Retrieved 21 January 2025.
^ "Bhutan Confirms Participation in the 9th Asian Winter Games Harbin 2025". www.bhutanolympiccommittee.org/. Thimphu, Bhutan: Bhutan Olympic Committee. 22 January 2025. Archived from the original on 22 January 2025. Retrieved 22 January 2025.
^ Wangdi, Namgay (31 January 2025). "Bhutan to compete in ninth Asian Winter Games". www.bbs.bt/. Thimphu, Bhutan: Bhutan Broadcasting Service. Retrieved 31 January 2025.
^ ^a ^b "An Interview with Chencho Dorji on Representing Bhutan at the Asian Winter Games". www.bhutanolympiccommittee.org/. Thimphu, Bhutan: Bhutan Olympic Committee. 24 January 2025. Archived from the original on 25 January 2025. Retrieved 24 January 2025.
^ "Alpine skier Chencho Dorji to make history for Bhutan at Harbin AWG". www.oca.asia/. Olympic Council of Asia. 26 January 2025. Archived from the original on 26 January 2025. Retrieved 26 January 2025.
^ "Chencho Dorji Bhutan's Flag Bearer at the 9th Asian Winter Games Harbin 2025". www.bhutanolympiccommittee.org/. Thimphu, Bhutan: Bhutan Olympic Committee. 7 February 2025. Retrieved 7 February 2025.
^ "Bhutan". www.harbin2025.com. Organising Committee for the 9th Harbin Asian Winter Games 2025. 26 January 2025. Retrieved 26 January 2025.
^ Namgay, Thinley (1 February 2025). "First Bhutanese skier to compete in Asian Winter Games". Kuensel. Thimphu, Bhutan: Kuensel Corporation. Retrieved 1 February 2025.
^ "Feature: Bhutan's Asian Winter Games debutant Dorji ready to bring home glory". Xinhua. Beijing, China. 6 February 2025. Retrieved 6 February 2025.
^ Namgay, Thinley (11 February 2025). "Bhutanese skier makes remarkable debut at Asian Winter Games". Kuensel. Thimphu, Bhutan: Kuensel Corporation. Retrieved 11 February 2025.
^ "OCA EB meets in Harbin on eve of AWG opening ceremony". www.oca.asia/. Olympic Council of Asia. 6 February 2025. Retrieved 11 February 2025.

v t e Nations at the 2025 Asian Winter Games in Harbin, China
Afghanistan Bahrain Bhutan Cambodia China Chinese Taipei Hong Kong India Indonesia Iran Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Lebanon Macau Malaysia Mongolia Nepal North Korea Pakistan Philippines Qatar Saudi Arabia Singapore South Korea Sri Lanka Tajikistan Thailand Turkmenistan United Arab Emirates Uzbekistan Vietnam

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Alpine skiing

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