Alessia Dipol

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Alessia Dipol
Personal information
Full nameAlessia Afi Dipol
Born (1995-08-01) 1 August 1995 (age 28)
Pieve di Cadore, Veneto, Italy [1]
Occupation Alpine skier
Height168 cm (5 ft 6 in)
Skiing career
Disciplines Slalom, giant slalom
ClubScuola Sci Cortina
World Cup debut6 January 2018 (age 22)
Olympics
Teams1 – (2014)
Medals0
World Cup
Seasons1 – (2018)
Wins0
Medal record
Women's alpine skiing
Representing Flag of Togo.svg  Togo

Alessia Afi Dipol (born 1 August 1995) [1] [2] [3] is an Italian-Togolese alpine skier who competed for Togo at the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics in the slalom and giant slalom. [4] [5] Dipol also originally competed for India between 2011 and 2013, [6] but she later switched to compete for Togo even though she has no familial connections to the country, [2] so she could qualify to compete at the 2014 Winter Olympics. [2] She also chose to represent the country because her father owns a clothing factory in Togo. [7]

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Personal life

Dipol was born in Pieve di Cadore, Belluno to Italian parents in the region of Veneto in Italy and lives with her family at San Vito di Cadore and attended Liceo Linguistico Europeo school at Auronzo di Cadore. [8] [5]

Dipol works as a ski instructor for the Italian ski club Scuola Sci Cortina. [9]

Career

Italy

Dipol started her youth career while registered with the Italian Winter Sports Federation between 2009 and 2010. [5]

India

Dipol joined the Winter Games Federation of India making her debut for India in 2011. She took part in FIS competitions and the Italian Championships representing India until 2013. [8] [10]

Togo

Dipol decided to compete as part of Togo's first Winter Olympics team at the 2014 Winter Olympics at Sochi. Although she has no family ties to Togo, Dipol became a naturalized citizen in order to take part in the Winter Olympics. [11] [12]

Dipol on making her debut for the Togo national team: [13]

My father has a factory in Togo that specialises in sports clothes. He has a feeling for the nation, and I have an opportunity to run for Togo, and I am proud of this. Even though I was born in Italy and I live and train in Italy, now I will always stay with Togo, which is like a new family that has adopted me.

On 18 February Dipol finished the giant slalom race in 55th position out of 74 competitors who finished, with a total time of 3 minutes 2.80 seconds. [14] She did not finish the slalom race after starting the first run. [15] She carried the Togolese flag at the closing ceremony. [16]

She also participated in 2015 FIS Alpine Ski Europa Cup and 2018 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup. [17]

Alpine skiing results

All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS). [3]

Olympic results

Year
AgeSlalomGiant
Slalom
Super-GDownhillCombinedTeam Event
2014 18 DNF 55

World Cup results

Season
AgeOverallSlalomGiant
Slalom
Super GDownhillCombined
2018 22NCDNF1DNF1

European Cup results

SeasonAgeOverallSlalomGiant
Slalom
Super-GDownhillCombined
201519DNF1

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