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{{short description|Togolese alpine skier}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}}
{{Infobox skier
| name = Alessia Dipol
| image =
| image_size =
| caption =
| full_name = Alessia Afi Dipol
| birth_date = {{birth-date and age|August 1, 1995}}
| birth_place = [[Pieve di Cadore]], [[Veneto]], [[Italy]]<ref name="OLYprofile" />
| height = 168 cm
| weight =
| nationality = {{ITA}}<br>{{IND}} (2011–2013)<br>{{TOG}} (2013–present)
| headercolor =
| seasons = [[2017–18 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup|2018]]
| wins =
| teamwins =
| totalpodiums = 0
| teampodiums =
| individual_starts = 2
| team_starts = 0
| wcoveralls = 0
| wctitles = 0
| show-medals = n
| medaltemplates =

}}

'''Alessia Afi Dipol''' (born August 1, 1995)<ref name="OLYprofile">{{cite web |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/128635 |title=Alessia Dipol |website=Olympedia |access-date=12 October 2021}}</ref><ref name="a">{{cite web |url=http://www.rtbf.be/sport/jo/detail_une-skieuse-italienne-porte-drapeau-pour-le-togo-a-sotchi?id=8189731 |title=Une skieuse italienne porte-drapeau pour le Togo à Sotchi |trans-title=An Italian skier bearer for Togo in Sochi |language=French |last1=Zidda |first1=Giovanni |date=31 January 2014 |website=www.rtbf.be|publisher=[[RTBF]]|accessdate=31 January 2014}}</ref><ref name="FISprofile" /> is an [[Italians|Italian]]-born naturalized [[Togolese]] [[alpine skier]] who competed for Togo at the Sochi [[Togo at the 2014 Winter Olympics|2014 Winter Olympics]] in the [[Alpine skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Women's slalom|slalom]] and [[Alpine skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Women's giant slalom|giant slalom]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://french.china.org.cn/foreign/txt/2014-01/29/content_31341907.htm |title=Le Togo allongera la liste des pays tropicaux aux jeux d'hiver|language=French |author=Laura |date=29 January 2014 |website=french.china.org.cn/ |publisher= |accessdate=29 January 2014}}</ref><ref name="sky" /> Dipol also originally competed for [[India]] between 2011 and 2013,<ref name="FISprofile2">{{cite web |url=http://data.fis-ski.com/dynamic/athlete-biography.html?sector=AL&competitorid=171006&type=result |title=Alessia Dipol |website=FIS-Ski |publisher=International Ski Federation |access-date=12 October 2021}}</ref> but she later switched to compete for [[Togo]] even though she has no familial connections to the country,<ref name="a"/> so she could qualify to compete at the [[2014 Winter Olympics]].<ref name="a"/> She also chose to represent the country because her father owns a clothing factory in [[Togo]].<ref>{{cite news |author= |title=Togolese from Italy, Brazilians who can’t speak Portuguese – meet the Olympics’ ‘exotic’ athletes |url=http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/blogs/thesochinetwork/togolese-italy-brazilians-t-speak-portuguese-meet-olympics-145704968.html |newspaper=[[Reuters]] |publisher=[[Yahoo]] |date=18 February 2014 |accessdate=23 February 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140306185017/http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/blogs/thesochinetwork/togolese-italy-brazilians-t-speak-portuguese-meet-olympics-145704968.html |archivedate=6 March 2014 }}</ref>

== Early life ==
Dipol was born in [[Pieve di Cadore]], [[Province of Belluno|Belluno]] to Italian parents in the region of [[Veneto]] in Italy and lives with her family at [[San Vito di Cadore]] and attended Liceo Linguistico Europeo school at [[Auronzo di Cadore]].<ref name="lgdsp" /><ref name="sky" >{{cite news |title=Dalle Dolomiti al Togo, il sogno olimpico di Alessia Dipol |url=https://sport.sky.it/olimpiadi/sochi_2014/2014/01/31/alessia_afi_dipol_sciatrice_nata_in_italia_gareggia_con_il_togo |website=Sky Sport |date=February 1, 2014}}</ref>

== Career ==
=== Italy and India ===
Dipol started her youth career while registered with the [[Italian Winter Sports Federation]] between 2009 and 2010.<ref name="sky" /> But later she joined the Winter Games Federation of India making her debut in 2011, taking part in FIS competitions and the Italian Championships while representing India until 2013.<ref name="lgdsp" >{{cite news |title=Sci, Alessia Di Pol, a Sochi grazie ad India e Togo |url=https://www.gazzetta.it/Sport-Invernali/Sci-Alpino/31-01-2014/sci-alessia-pol-sochi-india-togo-2.0.2250685412.shtml |website=La Gazzetta dello Sport |date=January 31, 2014}}</ref><ref name=""ftqt" >{{cite news |title=Olimpiadi Sochi 2014, la portabandiera del Togo è una sciatrice veneta |url=https://www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/2014/02/07/olimpiadi-invernali-sochi-2014-la-portabandiera-del-togo-e-una-sciatrice-veneta/872663/ |website=il Fatto Quotidiano |last1=Falcini |first1=Dario |date=February 7, 2014}}</ref>

=== Togo ===
Dipol decided to compete as part of Togo's first [[Togo at the 2014 Winter Olympics|Winter Olympics team]] at the [[2014 Winter Olympics]] at Sochi. Although she has no family ties to Togo, Dipol became a naturalized citizen in order to take part in the Winter Olympics.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://espn.go.com/olympics/winter/2014/crosscountry/story/_/id/10449743/2014-sochi-olympics-togo-first-winter-olympian-aims-inspire-africa |title=Togo's Olympian aims to inspire |work=Associated Press |date=February 13, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Exotic underdogs not all they seem to be |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-olympics-alpineskiing-giantslalom-exo-idUSBREA1H16F20140218 |work=Reuters |last=Annika |first=Annika |date=18 February 2014 }}</ref>

Dipol on making her debut for the Togo national team:<ref>{{cite news |title=Five rings, one dream: African athletes' winding road to PyeongChang Winter Games |url=https://www.france24.com/en/20180206-sport-olympics-africa-five-rings-one-dream-athletes-road-pyeongchang-winter-games-2018 |website=France24 |last1=Mcnicoll |first1=Tracy |date=February 9, 2018}}</ref>{{quote|My father has a factory in Togo that specialises in sports clothes. He has a feeling for the nation, and I have an opportunity to run for Togo, and I am proud of this. Even though I was born in Italy and I live and train in Italy, now I will always stay with Togo, which is like a new family that has adopted me.}}

On February 18, Dipol finished the giant slalom race in 55th position out of 74 competitors who finished, with a total time of 3 minutes 2.80 seconds.<ref name="c">{{cite news |last=Mumuni |first=Moutakilou|date=18 February 2014 |title=Togo: Sochi 2014 / Giant Slalom - Togo's Alessia Dipol 55th Overall, Tina Maze Snatches Gold |url=http://allafrica.com/stories/201402180990.html |newspaper=[[AllAfrica.com]] |access-date=18 February 2014 }}</ref> She did not finish the slalom race after starting the first run.<ref>{{cite news |last=Basu |first=Anand |date=21 February 2014 |title=Olympics-Alpine skiing-Women's slalom first run result|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/olympics-alpineskiing-women-slalom-resul-idUSL3N0LQ2MM20140221 |work=[[Reuters]] |access-date=21 February 2014 }}</ref> She carried the [[Flag of Togo|Togolese flag]] at the [[2014 Winter Olympics closing ceremony flag bearers|closing ceremony]].<ref name="ccfb">{{cite web|title=Sochi 2014 Closing Ceremony - Flagbearers|url=http://www.olympic.org/Documents/Games_Sochi_2014/Flagbearers_Sochi_2014_Closing_Ceremony.pdf|publisher=The [[International Olympic Committee]] (IOC)|date=February 23, 2014|access-date=23 February 2014}}</ref>

She also participated in 2015 [[FIS Alpine Ski Europa Cup]] and [[2017–18 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup|2018 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Pod Pohorjem Kenija, pod Vitrancem Togo |url=https://siol.net/sportal/zimski-sporti/pod-pohorjem-kenija-pod-vitrancem-togo-456936 |website=Siol.net |last1=Pavčnik |first1=Martin |date=January 6, 2018}}</ref>

==Alpine skiing results==
All results are sourced from the [[International Ski Federation|International Ski Federation (FIS)]].<ref name="FISprofile">{{cite web |url=https://www.fis-ski.com/DB/general/athlete-biography.html?sectorcode=AL&competitorid=193098&type=career |title=Alessia Dipol |website=FIS-Ski |publisher=International Ski Federation |access-date=12 October 2021}}</ref>

===Olympic results===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:center; border:grey solid 1px; border-collapse:collapse;" width="40%"
|- style="background-color:#369; color:white;"
|rowspan="2" colspan="1" width="4%"|'''Year'''
|- style="background-color:#4180be; color:white;"
| width="3%"|Age
| width="5%"|Slalom
| width="5%"|Giant<br>Slalom
| width="5%"|{{nowrap|Super-G}}
| width="5%"|Downhill
| width="5%"|Combined
| width="5%"|Team Event
|- style="background-color:#8CB2D8; color:white;"
|-
| [[Alpine skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics|2014]] || ''18'' || [[Alpine skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Women's slalom|DNF]] ||[[Alpine skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Women's giant slalom|55]] || — || — || — || —
|}

===World Cup results===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:center; border:gray solid 1px; width:40%;"
|- style="background:#369; color:white;"
| rowspan="2" style="width:6%;"|'''Season'''
|- style="background:#4180be; color:white;"
| style="width:3%;"|Age
| style="width:5%;"|'''Overall'''
| style="width:5%;"|Slalom
| style="width:5%;"|Giant<br>Slalom
| style="width:5%;"|Super G
| style="width:5%;"|Downhill
| style="width:5%;"|Combined
| style="width:5%;"|Parallel
|-
| [[2017–18 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup|2018]] || ''22'' || {{Abbr|NC|Not classified}} || DNF1 || DNF1 || — || — || —
|-
|}

==See also==
*[[Togo at the 2014 Winter Olympics]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{FIS|S=CC|ID=625022|name=Alessia Dipol}}
*{{FIS|S=CC|ID=960100|name=Alessia Dipol}}
*{{IOC profile|alessia-afi-dipol}}
*{{Olympedia}}
*{{Ski-db|alessia_afi_dipol_tog_960100}}

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[[Category:1995 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:People from the Province of Belluno]]
[[Category:Italian female alpine skiers]]
[[Category:Naturalized citizens of Togo]]
[[Category:Togolese people of Italian descent]]
[[Category:Togolese female alpine skiers]]
[[Category:Olympic alpine skiers of Togo]]
[[Category:Alpine skiers at the 2014 Winter Olympics]]
[[Category:Indian female alpine skiers]]

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