Senegal at the 1992 Winter Olympics
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| IOC code | SEN | ||||||||
| NOC | Comité National Olympique et Sportif Sénégalais | ||||||||
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| Competitors | 2 in 1 sport | ||||||||
| Flag bearer | Lamine Guèye | ||||||||
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Senegal competed at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, France. The country's appearance marked the second time it had competed at a Winter Olympics. This was the first time the country has entered more than a single athlete, with skiers Lamine Guèye and Alphonse Gomis both taking part. The lack of support staff meant that Guèye sought medical assistance from another team. Neither competitors won a medal, and Gomis was noted by the media for the number of falls he had on the slopes.
Senegal made their Winter Olympic debut at the 1994 Winter Games in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia. This followed a campaign by alpine skier Lamine Guèye, who as a teenager, had also founded the country's ski federation. At those Games, Guèye had become the first black African to compete at the Winter Olympics. Following the Sarajevo Games, Guèye retired temporarily from competing professionally and instead took up employment as a model and an actor, in addition to earning a living in the finance sector.
Upon viewing the performance of the Jamaican bobsleigh team at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Canada, Guèye decided to return to the Olympics once again. He maintained that he had a hard time explaining the sport to his fellow countrymen, saying "I have to tell the people what snow is, what skis are, I have to tell them what big mountains are. They don't have any reference on these things." Joining Guèye at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, France, and becoming the second Senegalese athlete to compete at a Winter Games, was ski instructor Alphonse Gomis, who resides in Tignes, near Albertville. As at the 1984 Winter Games, Guèye was Senegal's flagbearer during the Parade of Nations in the opening ceremony. No support staff were sent with the skiers, so that when Guèye injured his back, a doctor from the American team treated him.
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