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{{short description|Togolese alpine skier}}
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| birth_date = {{birth-date and age|August 1, 1995}}
| birth_place = [[Pieve di Cadore]], [[Italy]]<ref>[http://m.sochi2014.com/en/athlete-alessia-afi-dipol Sochi 2014 profile]</ref>
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'''Alessia Afi Dipol''' (born August 1, 1995)<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>[http://data.fis-ski.com/dynamic/athlete-biography.html?sector=AL&competitorid=193098&type=result FIS Biography]</ref> is an [[alpine skier]] who competes for [[Togo]]. She competed for [[Togo at the 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> Dipol also originally competed for [[India]] between 2012 and 2013,<ref>[http://data.fis-ski.com/dynamic/athlete-biography.html?sector=AL&competitorid=171006&type=result FIS biography while representing India]</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>

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

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Dipol, Alessia Afi}}
[[Category:1995 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[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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