Albin Tahiri

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Albin Tahiri
Personal information
Born (1989-02-15) 15 February 1989 (age 35)
Slovenj Gradec, SR Slovenia, Yugoslavia [1]
Occupation Alpine skier  
Skiing career
Disciplines Combined, downhill, giant slalom, slalom and Super-G
ClubSK Crna
World Cup debut4 March 2017 (age 28)
Olympics
Teams2 – (2018, 2022)
World Championships
Teams3 – (20172021)

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.

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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

DisciplineWC startsWC Top 30WC Top 15WC Top 5WC PodiumBest result
DateLocationPlace
Slalom 2000010 March 2019 Flag of Slovenia.svg Kranjska Gora, Slovenia54th
Giant slalom 300003 March 2018 Flag of Slovenia.svg Kranjska Gora, Slovenia44th
Super-G 00000
Downhill 1000013 January 2018 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Wengen, Switzerland55th
Combined 1000012 January 2018 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Wengen, Switzerland43rd
Total70000
  • Standings through 8 February 2021

World Championship results

Year
AgeSlalomGiant
Slalom
Super GDownhillCombined
2017 28 51 DNF1 49 51 45
2019 30 61 51 45 55 DNF2
2021 32 32 37

Olympic results

Year
AgeSlalomGiant
Slalom
Super GDownhillCombined
2018 29 39 56 47 50 37
2022 32 30 35 15

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References

  1. "Albin TAHIRI". Olympics.com. Archived from the original on 3 March 2022. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
  2. GazetaExpress (2018-02-05). "Kosovo participating Winter Olympics for the first time". Archived from the original on 2018-02-16. Retrieved 2018-02-16.
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  5. "These are the six countries making their debut in the Winter Olympics". 2018-02-06. Retrieved 2019-02-11.
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