Timor-Leste at the 2014 Winter Olympics | |
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IOC code | TLS |
NOC | National Olympic Committee of East Timor |
in Sochi, Russia 7–23 February 2014 | |
Competitors | 1 in 1 sport |
Flag bearers | Yohan Goutt Gonçalves (opening [1] [2] and closing) [3] |
Medals |
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Winter Olympics appearances (overview) | |
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]
Sport | Men | Women | Total |
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Alpine skiing | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Total | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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]
Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Total | |||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Yohan Goutt Gonçalves | Men's slalom | 1:09.01 | 77 | 1:21.88 | 43 | 2:30.89 | 43 |
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