Yohan Goutt Goncalves

Yohan Carlos Goncalves Goutt (* 20 December 1994 in Suresnes, France ) is an East Timorese skier. He is currently studying at the Université Paris -Est Créteil Val -de- Marne ( UPEC ).

Career

Goutts father is French and his mother Osttimoresin. She fled in 1974 at the age of 12 with her siblings on a fishing boat off the Indonesian occupation to Australia. Later she learned in France on a journey to know her husband. Goutt began at the age of two years with the skiing. At 14, he drove in his first competitions.

2014 Winter Olympics

As the first athlete Goutt participates in East Timor at the Winter Olympics. He qualified for participation in the Olympic Winter Games 2014 in Sochi, where the 181- cm - wide skier in slalom competition took up on February 22.

Zudiesem time was Goutt on the ranking of the Fédération Internationale de Ski (FIS ) ranked 3849th on the Reiteralm in Austria it reached in January the goal 10 seconds after the winner and was ranked 27 out of 30 runners. As the only representative of East Timor Goutt not used, although a wild card, but could benefit from a rule that he had to collect only enough points in FIS races.

Goutt received no support from the National Olympic Committee of East Timor. Clothing, equipment and all other costs totaling $ 75,000 he had to pay with the help of sponsors from France, East Timor and an American sportswear company.

At the opening ceremony Goutt carried the flag of East Timor. With it ran in the Olympic Stadium Sochi his Macedonian coach, the mother of Yohan and a couple who is friends with the family and has also coached the East Timorese Olympic athletes at a young age while skiing.

When you first run the Slalomwetbewerb came Goutt, who started as the last of the 117 participants, 22.31 seconds behind the winners Mario Matt finish. Although Goutt was the slowest, due to the retirement of many participants it was the end number 77 for the second round of the competition he was with 27.94 seconds residue again the slowest, but again benefited by numerous exudates and came at the end to place 43