Albin Tahiri
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.[1][2] Tahiri is a dentist by profession[3] and he trained in Slovenia, Austria and Italy.
| Alpine skier ♂ | |
| Disciplines | Combined, downhill, giant slalom, slalom and Super-G |
|---|---|
| Club | SK Crna |
| Born | 15 February 1989 SR Slovenia |
| World Cup debut | 4 March 2017 (age 28) |
| Olympics | |
| Teams | 1 – (2018) |
| World Championships | |
| Teams | 2 – (2017–2019) |
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.[4] 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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 March 2018 |  | DNF |
| Giant slalom | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 March 2018 | | 44th |
| Super-G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Downhill | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 January 2018 |  | 55th |
| Combined | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 January 2018 | | 43rd |
| Total | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
- Standings through 29 January 2019
References
- GazetaExpress (2018-02-05). "Kosovo participating Winter Olympics for the first time". Archived from the original on 2018-02-16. Retrieved 2018-02-16.
- https://plus.google.com/+travelandleisure/posts. "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
| Winter Olympics | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by none |
Flagbearer for  Pyeongchang 2018 |
Succeeded by TBD |
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