East Timor at the 2014 Winter Olympics explained
East Timor, also known as Timor-Leste and officially as the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia from 7 to 23 February 2014. The country made its debut at the Winter Olympics.[4] [5]
Competitors
| width=200 | Sport ! | width=60 | Men ! | width=60 | Women ! | width=60 | Total |
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| Alpine skiing | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
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Alpine skiing
See main article: Alpine skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics. According to the final quota allocation released on January 20, 2014, East Timor had one athlete in qualification position.[6] Goutt Gonçalves is the son of a French father and his mother is from East Timor, allowing him to compete for the country.[7] [8] On December 29 in a race in Serbia Goutt Gonçalves managed to lower his point total to below 140 and officially qualify for the games.[4] [9] By qualifying for the event, he also became the first athlete from his country (at any Olympic Games) who has not received a wildcard to compete, but has qualified by meeting the qualification standard.[5] Goutt Gonçalves spent $75,000 to allow him to qualify and compete at the Games.[10]
Notes and References
- Web site: Tiny Pacific nation to make Winter Olympic debut . Moores . Grace . 30 January 2014 . www.thrivesports.com . 4 February 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140221211347/http://thrivesports.com/2014/01/30/east-timor-tiny-pacific-nation-make-winter-olympic-debut/ . 21 February 2014 . dmy .
- Web site: Sochi 2014 Opening Ceremony - Flagbearers . . 7 February 2014 . www.olympic.org . . 7 February 2014.
- Web site: Sochi 2014 Closing Ceremony - Flagbearers. The International Olympic Committee (IOC). February 23, 2014. 23 February 2014.
- News: Trouillard . Stéphanie . 5 January 2014 . The skier taking East Timor to the Winter Olympics . . 6 January 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140105235805/http://www.france24.com/en/20140105-yohan-goutt-goncalves-skier-taking-east-timor-sochi-winter-olympics/ . 5 January 2014 . dead .
- News: Jones . Ruby . 7 January 2014 . Even cooler runnings as skier from tropical East Timor qualifies for Winter Olympics . . 7 January 2014 .
- Web site: Summary of Quota allocation as per 20.1.2014 . 20 January 2014 . www.fis-ski.com . . 31 January 2014.
- News: Passa . Dennis . 29 November 2013 . One man's journey from tropical East Timor to the Winter Olympics . . 7 January 2014 .
- News: Waters . Luke . 26 August 2013 . East Timor skier eyes winter Olympics . . 7 January 2014 .
- News: Lemon . Geoff . 21 February 2014 . Sochi 2014: Timor Leste's lone skier offers a breath of fresh Olympic air . . 21 February 2014 .
- News: Fendrich . Howard . 18 February 2014 . East Timor's 1st Winter Olympian gets set to ski . https://archive.today/20140218231005/http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/olympics/east-timors-1st-winter-olympian-gets-set-to-ski/2014/02/18/a4ea6674-9895-11e3-ae45-458927ccedb6_story.html . dead . 18 February 2014 . . . 18 February 2014 .
