Timor Leste at the 2017 Asian Winter Games
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| East Timor at the 2017 Asian Winter Games | |
|---|---|
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| IOC code | TLS |
| NOC | National Olympic Committee of Timor Leste |
| in Sapporo and Obihiro February 19–26 | |
| Competitors | 1 in 1 sport |
| Flag bearer | Yohan Goutt Gonçalves |
| Medals |
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| Asian Winter Games appearances | |
Timor Leste competed at the 2017 Asian Winter Games in Sapporo and Obihiro, Japan from February 19 to 26.[1][2] This marks the country's official debut at the Asian Winter Games.[3][4] The country is scheduled to compete with one athlete in alpine skiing.[3][5]
As the country's only athlete, alpine skier Yohan Goutt Gonçalves, was the country's flagbearer during the parade of nations at the opening ceremony.[6]
Competitors
[edit]The following table lists the Timor-Leste delegation per sport and gender.
| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine skiing | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Alpine skiing
[edit]Timor-Leste's sole athlete will compete is 2014 Winter Olympics participant, Yohan Goutt Gonçalves.[6][7]
- Man
| Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Yohan Goutt Gonçalves | Giant slalom | 1:16.59 | 16 | 1:17.83 | 15 | 2:34.42 | 14 |
| Slalom | 56.92 | 11 | 1:00.82 | 11 | 1:57.74 | 11 | |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Sapporo 2017". www.ocasia.org/. Olympic Council of Asia. Archived from the original on 11 November 2016. Retrieved 25 November 2016.
- ^ "OCA welcomes record number of teams, athletes to Sapporo 2017". www.ocasia.org/. Olympic Council of Asia. 17 February 2017. Archived from the original on 19 August 2017. Retrieved 17 February 2017.
- ^ a b "OCA prepares for winter sports celebration at Sapporo 2017". Olympic Council of Asia. Olympic Council of Asia. 27 April 2016. Archived from the original on 7 August 2016. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
- ^ "Timor-Leste, Vietnam to make AWG debut". Arab Times. Kuwait City, Kuwait. 28 April 2016. Retrieved 15 January 2017.
- ^ "2017 Sapporo AWG sport entries by NOC". www.sapporo2017.org. 8th Sapporo Asian Winter Games Organizing Committee. 16 December 2016. Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 16 December 2016.
- ^ a b "Winter Asian Games are very topical in tropical Timor Leste". New Zealand Herald. NZME. Pub. Associated Press. 22 February 2017. Archived from the original on 23 February 2017. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
- ^ "Lone skier flying the flag for Timor-Leste at Asian Winter Games". www.ocasia.org/. Olympic Council of Asia. 22 February 2017. Archived from the original on 14 September 2017. Retrieved 22 February 2017.