East Timor, also known as Timor-Leste and officially as the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia from 7 to 23 February 2014.
[4][5] According to the final quota allocation released on January 20, 2014, East Timor had one athlete in qualification position.
[6] Goutt Gonçalves is the son of a French father and his mother is from East Timor, allowing him to compete for the country.
[7][8] On December 29 in a race in Serbia Goutt Gonçalves managed to lower his point total to below 140 and officially qualify for the games.
[5] Goutt Gonçalves spent $75,000 to allow him to qualify and compete at the Games.