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Trinidad and Tobago at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics

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Trinidad and Tobago at the
2020 Winter Youth Olympics
IOC codeTTO
NOCTrinidad and Tobago Olympic Committee
in Lausanne, Switzerland
January 10–22
Competitors1 in 1 sport
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Winter Youth Olympics appearances

Trinidad and Tobago competed at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics in Lausanne, Switzerland from 9 to 22 January 2020. The country entered the competition with one female alpine skier.[1]

This marked Trinidad and Tobago's Winter Youth Olympics debut.[1][2]

Alpine skiing

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Abigail Vieira during the super-G competition

Trinidad and Tobago qualified one female skier. Viera was born in the United States, but chose to compete for her parents' birth country.

Viera's older sister served as the coach, while her dad served as the team's chef de mission.[3]

Girl
Athlete Event Run 1 Run 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Abigail Vieira Super-G 1:02.58 42
Combined 1:02.58 42 44.97 32 1:47.55 32
Giant slalom 1:15.03 45 DNF
Slalom 53.73 36 51.88 29 1:45.61 29



See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b Gilen, Nancy (31 December 2019). "Vieira to become first Trinidad and Tobago athlete at Winter Youth Olympic Games". Insidethegames.biz. Dunsar Media. Retrieved 9 February 2021.
  2. ^ "History makers: 12 NOCs compete at Winter YOG for first time". www.olympics.com/. International Olympic Committee (IOC). 30 March 2021. Retrieved 30 August 2022.
  3. ^ Beckles, Jelani (9 January 2020). "Vieira set for Winter Youth Olympics debut". Trinidad and Tobago Newsday. Port of Spain, Trinidad. Retrieved 9 February 2021.