San Marino at the 2018 Winter Olympics

For National Olympic Committees not having athletes ranked in the top 500 in the International Ski Federation (FIS) ranking list on 17 January 2018, the basic qualification mark for the slalom and giant slalom events stipulated an average of less than 140 points as on 21 January 2018. The quotas were allocated further based on athletes satisfying other criteria with a maximum of 22 athletes (11 male and 11 female athletes) from a single participating NOC.^[9] Alessandro Mariotti met the basic qualification standard in the slalom and giant slalom categories.^[10] This was Mariotti's first and only representation in the Winter Olympic Games.^[11] Born in 1998, he has been competing in international alpine skiing events since 2014. He represented San Marino in the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2017 held at St.Moritz.^[12]

The slalom and giant slalom events were held at the Yongpyong Alpine Centre. The weather was cold and windy during the events, with multiple postponements and delays during the competition.^[13] In the men's giant slalom event, Mariotti crossed the finish line in just over one minute and 21 seconds to be ranked 75th amongst the 109 competitors. In the second run, he recorded a marginally better time, to finish 66th in the classification. With a combined time of over two minutes and 42 seconds, he finished about 24 seconds behind the eventual winner Marcel Hirscher in 65th place.^[14] In the men's slalom event, he did not register a finish.^[15]

• San Marino at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics