Alexandra Tilley

Alex Tilley
— Alpine skier ♀ —
Disciplines slalom, giant slalom
Club Gordon Skiers[1]
Born (1993-10-05) 5 October 1993[1]
Torphins, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Olympics
Teams 2018 Team GB (Great Britain)

Alexandra "Alex" Tilley (born 5 October 1993)[2] is a Scottish alpine ski racer. She is from Torphins, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.[3]

She competed at the 2015 World Championships in Beaver Creek, USA, in the giant slalom.[4] She scored her first points in the Alpine Skiing World Cup when she finished 19th in a giant slalom in Lienz in December 2015.[1] At the 2017 World Championships in St. Moritz, Switzerland, she finished 30th in the giant slalom[5] and 25th in the slalom.[6]

She has been selected to participate in the 2018 Winter Olympics.[3][7] In the 2018 Winter Olympics she will compete in the slalom and giant slalom skiing events.[8]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Tilley Alexandra - Biografie". Federation Internationale de Ski. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
  2. ↑ "Alex Tilley". Team GB. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
  3. 1 2 "Alex Tilley". British Ski + Snowboard. Retrieved 26 January 2018.
  4. ↑ "Ladies' Giant Slalom Official Results" (PDF). Retrieved 14 February 2015.
  5. ↑ "Stephanie Brunner places fifth in ladies Giant Slalom". Head (company). 16 February 2017. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
  6. ↑ "Alpine World Ski Championships: Mikaela Shiffrin wins third world slalom gold". bbc.co.uk. 18 February 2017. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
  7. ↑ "Record number of Team GB skiers and snowboarders set for PyeongChang 2018". Snowsport England. Retrieved 26 January 2018.
  8. ↑ Law, Callum (26 January 2018). "North-east skiers win their places at Winter Olympics in PyeongChang". Evening Express. Retrieved 26 January 2018.
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