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翻訳と辞書　辞書検索 [ 開発暫定版 ] スポンサード リンク Laurence Thoms ： ウィキペディア英語版 Laurence Thoms Laurence Thoms (born March 26, 1980) is a Fijian alpine skier who was born in Suva.〔("Laurence Thoms" ), ''L'Equipe''〕 He represented Fiji at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, and attracted media attention as a competitor from a tropical nation at the Winter Olympics.〔("Beach boy takes to the slopes" ), BBC, February 15, 2002〕 Thoms was Fiji's flag-bearer during the Opening Ceremony, being his country's only representative,〔("Eleven on their own in Games" ), Associated Press, February 13, 2002〕 and was the first Pacific Islander to qualify for the Winter Games in his own right (rather than through the wild cards process).〔("Beach boy takes to the slopes" ), BBC, February 15, 2002〕〔("Flames and Flickers: Fiji team starts at a party" ), ESPN, February 20, 2002〕〔("Fiji's lone 2002 Olympian lured by a newspaper ad" ), ''Deseret News''〕 He competed in the Slalom and Giant Slalom events.〔("Flames and Flickers: Fiji team starts at a party" ), ESPN, February 20, 2002〕 He failed to complete the Slalom,〔("Alping Skiing results - Men's Slalom" ), CNN〕〔("Slaw Says: Olympics produce year's new heroes" ), ''Ball State Daily'', February 25, 2002〕 but completed the Giant Slalom and finished fifty-fifth with a time of 2:41.98.〔("Results -- Thursday, Feb 21" ), ESPN〕 Spectators reportedly cheered and encouraged him, and "went crazy when he crossed the finish line".〔("Games run into scandal at end" ), ''Western Courier'', February 22, 2002〕 One newspaper described Thoms' participation as exemplifying "the true spirit of the Games".〔("Games run into scandal at end" ), ''Western Courier'', February 22, 2002〕 Before taking part in the Olympics, Thoms had worked as a ski instructor in New Zealand.〔("In Praise of the Lone Olympians" ), ''Time'', February 21, 2002〕 His participation in the Olympics was funded by a retired Swiss businessman living in Fiji, who had founded the Fiji Alpine Ski Association.〔("Eleven on their own in Games" ), Associated Press, February 13, 2002〕 ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Laurence Thoms」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク 翻訳と辞書 : 翻訳のためのインターネットリソース Copyright(C) kotoba.ne.jp 1997-2016. All Rights Reserved.