Alpine skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics was held in Russia from 9–22 February at Rosa Khutor Alpine Resort near Krasnaya Polyana, east of Sochi.
Several age records in alpine skiing were set at these Olympic Games: A maximum of 320 (later adjusted to 350 by the International Ski Federation) quota spots were available to athletes to compete at the games.
Four nations qualified for the Winter Olympics for the first time, and hence competed in alpine skiing for the first time as well: Malta, Timor-Leste, Togo and Zimbabwe.
[9] Both Venezuela and Thailand made their Olympic debuts in the sport.
One of Thailand's skiers was world-renowned concert violinist "Vanessa-Mae" Vanakorn.