Yohan Goutt Gonçalves Explained
Yohan Carlos Goutt Gonçalves (born 20 December 1994[1] in Suresnes, France) is a French-East Timorese alpine skier who has competed since 2013.[2] Goutt Gonçalves has also qualified to compete for East Timor at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia. By doing so, he became the first athlete ever to qualify from the country at the Winter Olympics.[3] [4] He also competed for East Timor at the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang.
Goutt Gonçalves is the son of a French father, and his mother is from East Timor, allowing him to compete for the latter country.[5] [6] His father's mother was Estonian Eva Goutt (maiden name Liiv), who is related to Estonian poet Juhan Liiv.[7]
On 29 December 2013, in a race in Serbia, Goutt Gonçalves managed to lower his point total to below 140 and officially qualify for the 2014 Winter Olympics.
Goutt Gonçalves decided against participating at the 2017 FIS Alpine World Ski Championships to participate at the 2017 Asian Winter Games, becoming the first athlete to represent East Timor in the continental competition.[8] [9]
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Notes and References
- https://www.olympic.org/yohan-goncalves-goutt Sochi 2014 profile
- http://data.fis-ski.com/dynamic/athlete-biography.html?sector=AL&competitorid=187394&type=result GOUTT Yohan Goncalves Biography on FIS
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- News: Passa . Dennis . 29 November 2013 . One man's journey from tropical East Timor to the Winter Olympics . . 7 January 2014.
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- News: Winter Asian Games are very topical in tropical East Timor . 22 February 2017 . New Zealand Herald . Associated Press . NZME. Pub . 22 February 2017 . 23 February 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170223045105/http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=11805598 . dead .
- Web site: Lone skier flying the flag for Timor-Leste at Asian Winter Games . www.ocasia.org/ . . 22 February 2017 . 22 February 2017 . 14 September 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170914124751/http://www.ocasia.org/News/IndexNewsRM.aspx?WKegervtea3AGEhmpxD0Sw. dead .
