Abel Tesfamariam

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Abel Tesfamariam
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Tesfamariam in 2012
Born (1995-05-16) 16 May 1995 (age 28)
Occupation Alpine skier  
Skiing career
Disciplines Super-G, Slalom,
Giant Slalom, Combined
ClubOnex - Geneva

Abel Tesfamariam (born 16 May 1995) is an Eritrean-Filipino alpine skier based in Geneva, Switzerland. Tesfamariam represented the Philippines at the 2012 Youth Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria. [1] [2]

In the giant slalom event he had a recorded time of 1:04.13 and ranked 37th among 39 skiers who finished. Unfortunately, he didn’t finish in the second run of the slalom event. [3]

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References

  1. "Abel Tesfamariam's Profile at FIS" . Retrieved 18 February 2014.
  2. Cruz, Ramil (24 January 2012). "Pinoy bet kinapos sa Winter Games" (in Tagalog). Abante-Tonite. Archived from the original on 2014-02-23. Retrieved 18 February 2014.
  3. "Tesfamariam, Abel". www.philippineolympians.org. Retrieved 2023-10-04.