Alex Puente Tasias

Alex Puente

Personal information
Full name	Alejandro Puente Tasias
Born	8 March 1994 (1994-03-08) (age 31) Barcelona, Spain
Height	182 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	79 kg (174 lb)
Sport
Country	Spain
Sport	Alpine skiing

Alejandro "Alex" Puente Tasias ^[a] (born 8 March 1994) ^{[1] [2]} is an alpine skier from Spain. He competed for Spain at the 2014 Winter Olympics in the slalom and giant slalom. ^[3] He currently skis for the Westminister Griffins ski team based in Salt Lake City, Utah. Recently, he competed in the FCExcavation Jackson Hole Downhill, which ended up getting cancelled, but won the training run over legends such as Ted Ligety and Marco Sullivan.

Olympic results

Season	Date	Location	Discipline	Place
2014	19 February 2014	Sochi, Russia	Giant Slalom	DNF1
	22 February 2014	Sochi, Russia	Slalom	32

Notes

1. In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Puenteand the second or maternal family name is Tasias.

References

1. FIS Biography
2. "Alex PUENTE TASIAS". Sochi2014.com. Sochi 2014 Olympic and Paralympic Organizing Committee. Archived from the original on 21 February 2014. Retrieved 21 February 2014.
3. "Skater Javier Fernandez to carry Spanish flag at Sochi Olympics". La Prensa. EFE. 21 January 2014. Archived from the original on 1 February 2014. Retrieved 21 January 2014.

External links

• Alejandro Puente Tasias at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation
• Alejandro Puente Tasias at the Comité Olímpico Español (in Spanish) (archived)
• Alex Puente Tasias at Olympics.com
• Alex Puente at Olympedia