Mher Avanesyan was 33 years old at the time of the Sochi Paralympics. He had previously represented Armenia in sailing at the 2000 Summer Paralympics, and the 1998, 2006, and 2010 Winter Paralympics. He lost both arms at the age of 7 after touching high-voltage wires, and is classified as LW5/7-1, meaning he competes in a standing position. LW5/7 is defined in International Paralympic Committee website as "Athletes in this sport class ski with an impairment in both arms. Some athletes have amputations and others have limited muscle power or coordination problems." On 13 March, he participated in the men's standing slalom, posting a first run time of 1 minute and 12.01 seconds, and finishing the second run in 1 minute and 18.33 seconds. His total time, determined by adding the two run times, was 2 minutes and 30.34 seconds, which ranked him 34th out of 35 classified finishers, the gold medal was won by Alexey Bugaev of Russia in a time of 1 minute and 38.97 seconds. The silver medal was won by Vincent Gauthier-Manuel of France, and the bronze by Alexander Alyabyev also of Russia. Two days later, in the men's standing giant slalom, Avanesyan failed to finish the first leg, after missing a gate approximately 55 seconds into his run. In the giant slalom, gold was won by Gauthier-Manuel and silver by Bugaev; bronze was won by Markus Salcher of Austria.