Sport in Chile conditions for winter sports, Chile has never won a medal at the Winter Olympics. In the 2014 Winter Olympics, taking place in Sochi, Russia, Chile will be represented by Noelle Barahona, Eugenio Claro and Henrick Von Appen in the Alpine skiing; Dominique Ohaco (Slopestyle) in the Freestyle skiing and Yonathan Fernández in the Cross-country skiing. Sport in Chile Sports in Chile are performed at both amateur and professional levels, practiced both at home and abroad to develop and improve, or simply represent the country. Football is the most popular sport in Chile, and is played for a range of reasons.
Minister for Public Health, Sport and Wellbeing Health and Sport is Joe FitzPatrick MSP. From 1999 to 2007, public health was the responsibility of the Minister for Health and Community Care and the Deputy Minister for Health and Community Care. The Salmond government, elected following the 2007 elections, created the junior post of Minister for Public Health who assisted the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Wellbeing in the Scottish Government. In 2009, the post became the Minister for Public Health and Sport after assuming the Sport portfolio. From 2011, the post reverted to the title of Minister for Public Health and sport was once again separated off