Timor Leste at the 2017 Asian Winter Games explained
Timor Leste competed at the 2017 Asian Winter Games in Sapporo and Obihiro, Japan from February 19 to 26.[1] [2] This marks the country's official debut at the Asian Winter Games.[3] [4] The country is scheduled to compete with one athlete in alpine skiing.[3] [5]
As the country's only athlete, alpine skier Yohan Goutt Gonçalves, was the country's flagbearer during the parade of nations at the opening ceremony.
Competitors
The following table lists the Timor-Leste delegation per sport and gender.
| width=200 | Sport ! | width=60 | Men ! | width=60 | Women ! | width=60 | Total |
|---|
| Alpine skiing | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
|---|
Alpine skiing
See main article: Alpine skiing at the 2017 Asian Winter Games. Timor-Leste's sole athlete will compete is 2014 Winter Olympics participant, Yohan Goutt Gonçalves.[6] [7]
- Man
| Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Total |
|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
|---|
| align=left rowspan=2 | Yohan Goutt Gonçalves | | 1:16.59 | 16 | 1:17.83 | 15 | 2:34.42 | 14 |
| 56.92 | 11 | 1:00.82 | 11 | 1:57.74 | 11 | |
See also
Notes and References
- Web site: Sapporo 2017 . www.ocasia.org/ . . 25 November 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161111113043/http://www.ocasia.org/Game/GameParticular.aspx?9QoyD9QEWPenUzDm9A5cxw. 11 November 2016 . dead .
- Web site: OCA welcomes record number of teams, athletes to Sapporo 2017 . www.ocasia.org/ . . 17 February 2017 . 17 February 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170819144530/http://www.ocasia.org/News/IndexNewsRM.aspx?WKegervtea3Kj2tgwUEW%2Fw=%3D . 19 August 2017 . dead .
- Web site: OCA prepares for winter sports celebration at Sapporo 2017 . 27 April 2016 . Olympic Council of Asia . . 28 April 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160807030548/http://www.ocasia.org/News/IndexNewsRM.aspx?WKegervtea351JtiByG9Lw. 7 August 2016 . dead .
- News: Timor-Leste, Vietnam to make AWG debut . . Kuwait City, Kuwait . 28 April 2016 . 15 January 2017 .
- Web site: 2017 Sapporo AWG sport entries by NOC . 16 December 2016 . www.sapporo2017.org . 8th Sapporo Asian Winter Games Organizing Committee . 16 December 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161220185609/https://sapporo2017.org/site/news-en/12161.html . 20 December 2016 . dead .
- News: Winter Asian Games are very topical in tropical Timor Leste. 22 February 2017. New Zealand Herald. Associated Press. NZME. Pub. 22 February 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170223045105/http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=11805598. 23 February 2017. dead.
- Web site: Lone skier flying the flag for Timor-Leste at Asian Winter Games. www.ocasia.org/. Olympic Council of Asia. 22 February 2017. 22 February 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170914124751/http://www.ocasia.org/News/IndexNewsRM.aspx?WKegervtea3AGEhmpxD0Sw. 14 September 2017. dead.
