Tim Cafe is an alpine skier from New Zealand

New Zealand

New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...

. He competed for New Zealand at the 2010 Winter Olympics

New Zealand at the 2010 Winter Olympics

New Zealand participated at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. 16 athletes were named by January 28, 2010.- Alpine skiing :- Biathlon :- Cross-country skiing :- Freestyle skiing :...

. He finished in 38th place in the Super-G

Alpine skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Men's Super-G

The men's Super-G competition of the Vancouver 2010 Olympics was held at Whistler Creekside in Whistler, British Columbia on February 19, 2010....

. at Whistler Creekside. This was the best result of any alpine New Zealand skier at the games.

Cafe was brought up in Queenstown, New Zealand. His father Wayne Cafe is a prominent real estate agent in the area. As a result Cafe learnt to ski on his home hill of Coronet Peak from around three years of age. Career highlights for Cafe include winning Australian & NZ Cup (ANC) Super G and Super Combined races at Mt Hutt on the 10th of September 2008 in which he also recorded 26 FIS points. In September 2011 Cafe finished in second place at the ANC finals, earning a career best 20 FIS points, and earning him the FIS yellow bib in Super-G.

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