East Timor at the 2017 Asian Winter Games

East Timor at the
2017 Asian Winter Games
IOC code TLS
NOC National Olympic Committee of East Timor
in Sapporo and Obihiro
February 19–26
Competitors 1 in 1 sport
Flag bearer Yohan Goutt Goncalves
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Asian Winter Games appearances

East Timor 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 Goncalves, was the country's flagbearer during the parade of nations at the opening ceremony.[6]

Competitors

The following table lists the Timor-Leste delegation per sport and gender.

SportMenWomenTotal
Alpine skiing 101
Total101

Alpine skiing

Timor-Leste's sole athlete will compete is 2014 Winter Olympics participant, Yohan Goutt Goncalves.[6][7]

Man
Athlete Event Run 1 Run 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Yohan Goutt Goncalves 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

References

  1. ↑ "Sapporo 2017". www.ocasia.org/. Olympic Council of Asia. Retrieved 25 November 2016.
  2. ↑ "OCA welcomes record number of teams, athletes to Sapporo 2017". www.ocasia.org/. Olympic Council of Asia. 17 February 2017. Retrieved 17 February 2017.
  3. 1 2 "OCA prepares for winter sports celebration at Sapporo 2017". Olympic Council of Asia. Olympic Council of Asia. 27 April 2016. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
  4. ↑ "Timor-Leste, Vietnam to make AWG debut". Arab Times. Kuwait City, Kuwait. 28 April 2016. Retrieved 15 January 2017.
  5. ↑ "2017 Sapporo AWG sport entries by NOC". www.sapporo2017.org. 8th Sapporo Asian Winter Games Organizing Committee. 16 December 2016. Retrieved 16 December 2016.
  6. 1 2 "Winter Asian Games are very topical in tropical East Timor". New Zealand Herald. NZME. Pub. Associated Press. 22 February 2017. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
  7. ↑ "Lone skier flying the flag for Timor-Leste at Asian Winter Games". www.ocasia.org/. Olympic Council of Asia. 22 February 2017. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
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