Virgile Vandeput (Hebrew: וירג'יל ואן דה פוט; born 6 September 1994 in Anderlecht, Belgium[2]) is a Belgian-Israeli alpine skier who competes for Israel.
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 6 September 1994 (age 30)[1] Anderlecht, Belgium[1] |
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[1] |
| Weight | 79 kg (174 lb)[1] |
Biography
editBorn in Belgium, he has dual Belgian and Israeli citizenship. He grew up representing Belgium and finished the 2009/10 season as the best ranked Belgian junior in Slalom and super G, and second best in giant slalom. He opted to switch to represent Israel from 2010, because he felt he would have better opportunities to compete at the highest level.[3]
Vandeput began skiing as a boy, and joined the Belgian French Ski Federation's [FFBS] perfection level group in September 2006. He has a training base in Tignes, France.[3] Vandeput's hobbies are volleyball, football, fitness, reading, and films, and his coach is Aleksander Vitanov.[3]
During the 2014 Winter Olympics, Vandeput was supposed to compete for Israel at the 2014 Winter Olympics in the slalom and giant slalom.[4] However, he suffered an ankle injury during training and failed a fitness test, and this prevented him from competing.[5][6]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c d "VIRGILE VANDEPUT PLAYER PROFILE". EuroSport. Retrieved 17 March 2014.
- ^ FIS Biography
- ^ a b c "Athletes - Virgile VANDEPUT". 2014 Winter Olympics's main website. Archived from the original on 16 March 2014. Retrieved 17 March 2014.
- ^ Sinai, Allon (26 November 2013). "Israel announces its 5-athlete delegation to Sochi Olympics". Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
- ^ "Israeli skier Vandeput misses Giant Slalom due to late leg injury". Jpost. 20 February 2014. Retrieved 17 March 2014.
- ^ "Israeli skier hurts ankle, sits out giant Sochi slalom". Haaretz. 2014-02-19. Retrieved 2020-01-31.
