| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 15 February 1989 Slovenj Gradec, SR Slovenia, Yugoslavia[1] |
| Occupation | Alpine skier ♂ |
| Skiing career | |
| Disciplines | Combined, downhill, giant slalom, slalom and Super-G |
| Club | SK Crna |
| World Cup debut | 4 March 2017 (age 28) |
| Olympics | |
| Teams | 2 – (2018, 2022) |
| World Championships | |
| Teams | 3 – (2017–2021) |
Albin Tahiri (born 15 February 1989) is a Kosovo Albanian World Cup alpine ski racer. He represented the Kosovo Olympic Committee for the first time in Winter Olympic Games in February 2018.[2][3] Tahiri is a dentist by profession[4] and he trained in Slovenia, Austria and Italy.
Early life
Tahiri was born in SR Slovenia from Kosovo Albanian father and Slovenian mother.
Career
He started skiing at the age of 7 in Slovenia. In June 2009, he changed his nationality and has since been competing in Kosovo. He was the first athlete to represent Kosovo at the Winter Olympics.[5] He was the Kosovo's flag bearer during the Parade of Nations of the opening ceremony in Pyeongchang.
World Cup results
Results per discipline
| Discipline | WC starts | WC Top 30 | WC Top 15 | WC Top 5 | WC Podium | Best result | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Location | Place | ||||||
| Slalom | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 March 2019 |  Kranjska Gora, Slovenia | 54th |
| Giant slalom | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 March 2018 | Kranjska Gora, Slovenia | 44th |
| Super-G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Downhill | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 January 2018 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Wengen, Switzerland | 55th |
| Combined | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 January 2018 | Wengen, Switzerland | 43rd |
| Total | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
- Standings through 8 February 2021
World Championship results
| Year | ||||||
| Age | Slalom | Giant Slalom |
Super G | Downhill | Combined | |
| 2017 | 28 | 51 | DNF1 | 49 | 51 | 45 |
| 2019 | 30 | 61 | 51 | 45 | 55 | DNF2 |
| 2021 | 32 | 32 | 37 | — | — | — |
Olympic results
| Year | ||||||
| Age | Slalom | Giant Slalom |
Super G | Downhill | Combined | |
| 2018 | 29 | 39 | 56 | 47 | 50 | 37 |
| 2022 | 32 | 30 | — | 35 | 15 |
References
- ↑ "Albin TAHIRI". Olympics.com. Archived from the original on 3 March 2022. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
- ↑ GazetaExpress (2018-02-05). "Kosovo participating Winter Olympics for the first time". Archived from the original on 2018-02-16. Retrieved 2018-02-16.
- ↑ "These 6 Countries Are Competing in the Winter Olympics for the Very First Time (Video)". Travel + Leisure. Retrieved 2018-02-16.
- ↑ "Kosovo dentist competes at Winter Olympics - Dentistry.co.uk". Dentistry.co.uk. 2018-02-14. Retrieved 2018-02-16.
- ↑ "These are the six countries making their debut in the Winter Olympics". 2018-02-06. Retrieved 2019-02-11.
External links
- Albin Tahiri at FIS (alpine)
- Albin Tahiri at Olympedia
- Profile at International Ski Federation
- Profile at 2018 Winter Olympics
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.