Mathilde-Amivi Petitjean

Mathilde-Amivi Petitjean (born February 19, 1994 [1][2]) is a cross-country skier who competes for Togo. She competed for Togo at the 2014 Winter Olympics in the 10 km classical race.[3] Petitjean finished in 68th place in her only race out of 75 competitors, nearly ten minutes behind the winner Justyna Kowalczyk of Poland. Petitjean hopes that her appearance will help to inspire the youth of Africa to participate in winter sports.[4]

Mathilde-Amivi Petitjean
Petitjean in 2016
Country Togo
Born (1994-02-19) February 19, 1994
Kpalimé, Togo
World Cup career
Seasons2016–2018
Indiv. podiums0
Indiv. starts9
Team starts0
Overall titles0
Discipline titles0

Petitjean was born in Togo, to a Togolese mother which allowed her the opportunity to compete for the country. She was contacted by Togolese Ski Federation in March 2013 via Facebook to compete for the country at the Winter Olympics. Petitjean has lived the majority of her life in Haute-Savoie, France, where she learned to ski.[5]

She carried the Togolese flag at the opening ceremony.[6]

She competed for France until her switch to compete for Togo.

Cross-country skiing results

All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).[2]

Olympic Games
 Year   Age   10 km 
individual		  15 km 
 skiathlon 		  30 km 
mass start		  Sprint   4 × 5 km 
 relay 		  Team 
 sprint 
20142066—————
20182483——59——

World Championships
 Year   Age   10 km 
individual		  15 km 
 skiathlon 		  30 km 
mass start		  Sprint   4 × 5 km 
 relay 		  Team 
 sprint 
201723———49——

World Cup

Season standings
 Season   Age  Discipline standings Ski Tour standings
Overall Distance Sprint Nordic
Opening		 Tour de
Ski		 World Cup
Final		 Ski Tour
Canada
201622NCNCNC——N/ADNF
201723NC—NC——DNFN/A
201824NCNCNC———N/A
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See also

References
  1. Mumuni, Moutakilou (16 January 2014). "Togo: Sochi Olympics 2014 – Mathilde Petitjean Amivi Proud to Represent Togo". AllAfrica.com. Retrieved 18 January 2014.
  2. "PETITJEAN Mathilde-Amivi". FIS-Ski. International Ski Federation. Retrieved 5 January 2020.
  3. Laura (29 January 2014). "Le Togo allongera la liste des pays tropicaux aux jeux d'hiver". www.french.china.org.cn (in French). Retrieved 29 January 2014.
  4. Willemsen, Eric (13 February 2014). "Togo's 1st Winter Olympian Wants to Inspire Africa". Associated Press. Krasnaya Polyana, Russia: ABC News. Retrieved 13 February 2014.
  5. Spillane, Chris; Woussou, Kossi (7 February 2014). "Mathilde-Amivi Petitjean skis cross-country from France to Sochi via Togo". Sydney Morning Herald. Johannesburg, South Africa. Retrieved 8 February 2014.
  6. "Sochi 2014 Opening Ceremony – Flagbearers" (PDF). olympic.org. Sochi 2014 Olympic and Paralympic Organizing Committee. 7 February 2014. Retrieved 7 February 2014.
Olympic Games
Preceded by
Benjamin Boukpeti		 Flag bearer for  Togo
2014 Pyeongchang		 Succeeded by
Adzo Kpossi
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