Mathilde-Amivi Petitjean Explained

Mathilde-Amivi Petitjean
Nationality:
Birth Date:19 February 1994
Birth Place:Kpalimé, Togo
Seasons:3 – (20162018)
Totalpodiums:0
Individual Starts:9
Team Starts:0
Wcoveralls:0
Wctitles:0

Mathilde-Amivi Petitjean (born 19 February 1994[1]) is a French-Togolese cross-country skier. She competed for Togo at the 2014 Winter Olympics in the 10 km classical race.[2] Petitjean finished in 68th place in her only race out of 75 competitors, nearly ten minutes behind the winner Justyna Kowalczyk of Poland. Petitjean hopes that her appearance will help to inspire the youth of Africa to participate in winter sports.[3]

Petitjean was born in Togo, to a Togolese mother which allowed her the opportunity to compete for the country. She was contacted by Togolese Ski Federation in March 2013 via Facebook to compete for the country at the Winter Olympics. Petitjean has lived the majority of her life in Haute-Savoie, France, where she learned to ski.[4]

She carried the Togolese flag at the opening ceremony.[5]

She competed for France until her switch to compete for Togo.

Cross-country skiing results

All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).[6]

Olympic Games

 Year  Age  10 km 
 individual 
 15 km 
 skiathlon 
 30 km 
 mass start 
 Sprint  4 × 5 km 
 relay 
 Team 
 sprint 
20
24

World Cup

Season standings

 Season  Age Discipline standings Ski Tour standings
OverallDistanceSprintNordic
Opening
Tour de
Ski
World Cup
Final
Ski Tour
Canada
22
23
24

See also

Notes and References

  1. News: Mumuni . Moutakilou. 16 January 2014 . Togo: Sochi Olympics 2014 – Mathilde Petitjean Amivi Proud to Represent Togo . . 18 January 2014 .
  2. Web site: Le Togo allongera la liste des pays tropicaux aux jeux d'hiver. fr . Laura . 29 January 2014 . www.french.china.org.cn . 29 January 2014.
  3. News: Willemsen . Eric . 13 February 2014 . Togo's 1st Winter Olympian Wants to Inspire Africa . . . . 13 February 2014 .
  4. News: Spillane . Chris . Woussou . Kossi . 7 February 2014 . Mathilde-Amivi Petitjean skis cross-country from France to Sochi via Togo. . . 8 February 2014 .
  5. Web site: Sochi 2014 Opening Ceremony – Flagbearers . . 7 February 2014 . olympic.org . . 7 February 2014.
  6. Web site: PETITJEAN Mathilde-Amivi . . FIS-Ski . International Ski Federation . 5 January 2020.