Virgile Vandeput [SEP] occupation
Virgile Vandeput
Virgile Vandeput (; born September 6, 1994 in Anderlecht, Belgium) is an 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. 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
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.
Alpine skiing.
According to the quota allocation released on January 20, 2014 Israel had qualified two athletes, however only one athlete was selected to compete. Virgile Vandeput missed both races he was entered in, as he was injured during training.
Figure skating.
Three skaters qualified to