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Robel Teklemariam to represent Ethiopia at Winter Olympics for the second time
Ethiopian sole Cross-Country Skier Robel Teklemariam will compete once again in the 2010 Winter Olympics to be held in Vancouver, Canada. In 2006, Robel made history by becoming the first athlete to represent Ethiopia in any event at the Winter Olympics.
Roble was born in Ethiopia in 1974 but moved to the United States at age 9, where he learned to ski. In 2006, Ethiopia did not have a National Ski Federation and Robel founded the federation in order to compete in the Olympics.
"There are two things I absolutely love - besides my family - and that's skiing and Ethiopia," he told the BBC's Fast Track programme in 2006.
Robel is currently in Switzerland for a training. Panasonic, the official sponsor of Vancouver 2010, features Robel Teklemariam titled One Dream Five Athletes.
Read a recent article about Robel from CBC Sports
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