East Timor at the 2014 Winter Olympics

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Timor-Leste at the
2014 Winter Olympics
Flag of East Timor.svg
IOC code TLS
NOC National Olympic Committee of East Timor
in Sochi, Russia
7–23 February 2014
Competitors1 in 1 sport
Flag bearers Yohan Goutt Gonçalves (opening [1] [2] and closing) [3]
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
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]

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Competitors

SportMenWomenTotal
Alpine skiing 101
Total101

Alpine skiing

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]

AthleteEventRun 1Run 2Total
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Yohan Goutt Gonçalves Men's slalom 1:09.01771:21.88432:30.8943

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