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Virgile Vandeput ( he, וירג'יל ואן דה פוט; born September 6, 1994 in
Anderlecht Anderlecht (, ) is one of the 19 municipalities of the Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium. Located in the south-western part of the region, it is bordered by the City of Brussels, Forest, Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, and Saint-Gilles, as well as the ...
, Belgium) is a Belgian- Israeli alpine skier who competes for Israel.


Biography

Born 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 Giant slalom (GS) is an alpine skiing and alpine snowboarding discipline. It involves skiing between sets of poles ("gates") spaced at a greater distance from each other than in slalom but less than in Super-G. Giant slalom and slalom make up t ...
. He opted to switch to represent Israel from 2010, because he felt he would have better opportunities to compete at the highest level. Vandeput began skiing as a boy, and joined the Belgian French Ski Federation's FBSperfection level group in September 2006. He has a training base in Tignes, France. Vandeput's hobbies are volleyball, football, fitness, reading, and films, and his coach is Aleksander Vitanov. During the
2014 Winter Olympics , ''Zharkie. Zimnie. Tvoi'') , nations = 88 , events = 98 in 7 sports (15 disciplines) , athletes = 2,873 , opening = 7 February 2014 , closing = 23 February 2014 , opened_by = President Vladimir Putin , cauldron = , stadium = Fisht Olympic ...
, Vandeput was supposed to compete for
Israel at the 2014 Winter Olympics Israel competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia. The team consisted of five athletes. Vladislav Bykanov was the first male athlete to qualify from Israel in short track speed skating. Competitors Alpine skiing According to the q ...
in the
slalom To slalom is to zigzag between obstacles. It may refer to: Sports ;Alpine skiing and/or snowboarding * Slalom skiing, an alpine skiing and alpine snowboarding discipline * Giant slalom, an alpine skiing and alpine snowboarding discipline * Super-G ...
and
giant slalom Giant slalom (GS) is an alpine skiing and alpine snowboarding discipline. It involves skiing between sets of poles ("gates") spaced at a greater distance from each other than in slalom but less than in Super-G. Giant slalom and slalom make up t ...
. However, he suffered an ankle injury during training and failed a fitness test, and this prevented him from competing.


See also

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Israel at the 2014 Winter Olympics Israel competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia. The team consisted of five athletes. Vladislav Bykanov was the first male athlete to qualify from Israel in short track speed skating. Competitors Alpine skiing According to the q ...
* List of select Jewish skiers


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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Vandeput, Virgile 1994 births Living people Israeli male alpine skiers Belgian male alpine skiers Olympic alpine skiers of Israel Alpine skiers at the 2014 Winter Olympics People from Anderlecht Belgian emigrants to Israel Belgian Jews Israeli people of Belgian-Jewish descent Belgian people of Israeli descent Sportspeople from Brussels