Trinidad and Tobago at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics explained

Noc:TTO
Nocname:Trinidad and Tobago Olympic Committee
Games:Winter Youth Olympics
Year:2020
Location:Lausanne, Switzerland
Date:January 10–22
Competitors:1
Sports:1
Gold:0
Silver:0
Bronze:0
Appearances:auto
App Begin Year:2020

Trinidad and Tobago competed at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics in Lausanne, Switzerland from 9 to 22 January 2020. The country entered the competition with one female alpine skier.[1]

This marked Trinidad and Tobago's Winter Youth Olympics debut.[1] [2]

Alpine skiing

See main article: Alpine skiing at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics. Trinidad and Tobago qualified one female skier. Viera was born in the United States, but chose to compete for her parents' birth country.

Viera's older sister served as the coach, while her dad served as the team's chef de mission.[3]

Girl
AthleteEventRun 1Run 2Total
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Abigail VieiraSuper-G1:02.5842
Combined1:02.584244.97321:47.5532
Giant slalom1:15.0345
Slalom53.733651.88291:45.6129


See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Vieira to become first Trinidad and Tobago athlete at Winter Youth Olympic Games. Gilen. Nancy. 31 December 2019. Insidethegames.biz. Dunsar Media. 9 February 2021.
  2. Web site: History makers: 12 NOCs compete at Winter YOG for first time. 30 March 2021. www.olympics.com/. International Olympic Committee (IOC). 30 August 2022.
  3. News: Beckles. Jelani. Vieira set for Winter Youth Olympics debut. 9 January 2020. Trinidad and Tobago Newsday. Port of Spain, Trinidad. 9 February 2021.