Ethiopia chasing Norway in the 2010 Winter-Olympics
08.02.2010 //
Ethiopia will be represented for the second time in any Winter Olympics by Robel Teklemariam, cross-country skier and founder of the Ethiopian Ski Association.
Robel took part in the 2006 Winter Olympics in Torino, Italy, where he came out 83rd in 15 km cross-country skiing He is an Ethiopian National who spent much of his childhood and adolescence in the US, thus acquiring “ a talent for snow”.
Robel has created the Ethiopian Ski Association (website: http://ensf.org/) .
The 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver,Canada will open on the 12th of February.
Read more about Robel on: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robel_Teklemariam
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/02/07/AR2010020701301.html
Link to the Ethiopian Olympic Committee http://www.olympic.org/en/content/National-Olympic-Committees/ethiopia/