Bermuda first appeared in Olympic competition at the 1936 Berlin Summer Games, made their Winter Olympic Games debut in 1992 at the Albertville Games; and have appeared in every Olympics since their respective debuts, excluding the boycotted 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow.[2][3] The only medal the territory has won so far is a bronze in the sport of boxing at the 1976 Summer Olympics.[2][4] Cross-country skier Tucker Murphy was the only athlete representing Bermuda at the 2010 Winter Olympics, and the first time Bermuda had a representative in the skiing disciplines.[1] Murphy was only the third Winter Olympian ever sent from Bermuda.[5] Murphy was chosen as the flag bearer for both the opening ceremony and the closing ceremony.[6][7]
Cross-country skiing
Шаблон:MainTucker Murphy was born on 21 October 1981, making him 28 years old at the time of the Vancouver Olympics.[8] He was entered into only one event, the 15 kilometre freestyle race. The race was held on 15 February 2010.[9] Murphy recorded a time of 42 minutes and 39 seconds, which was a little over 9 minutes off the gold-medal pace.[9] He finished in 88th place out of the 95 athletes who finished the race.[9]
