Alexandra Tilley

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Alex Tilley
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Personal information
Born (1993-10-05) 5 October 1993 (age 31) [1]
Torphins, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Occupation Alpine skier  
Skiing career
Disciplines Slalom, giant slalom
ClubGordon Skiers [1]
World Cup debut27 January 2013 (age 19)
Olympics
Teams1 – (2018)
World Championships
Teams4 – (20152021)
World Cup
Seasons9 – (20132021)
Overall titles0 – (79th in 2018, 2020)
Discipline titles0 – (28th in GS, 2018)

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

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She competed at the 2015 World Championships in Beaver Creek, US, 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 competed in the 2018 and 2022 Winter Olympics in the slalom and giant slalom skiing events. [3] [7] [8] She broke her ankle while training in November 2021. [9]

World Cup results

SeasonAgeOverallSlalomGiant
slalom
Super-GDownhillCombined
2016 2210344
2017 23874142
2018 24795828
2019 259636
2020 26794729
2021 278357

Results per discipline

DisciplineStartsTop 30Top 15Top 5PodiumsBest result
DateLocationPlace
Slalom 40300011 March 2017 Flag of the United States.svg Squaw Valley, United States20th
Giant slalom 451710019 December 2017 Flag of France.svg Courchevel, France13th
Super-G 00000
Downhill 00000
Combined 00000
Parallel event2200026 November 2020 Flag of Austria.svg Lech-Zürs, Austria17th
Total8723100
Standings through 29 January 2021

World Championship results

Year
AgeSlalomGiant
Slalom
Super GDownhillCombinedParallelTeam event
2015 21 24 35 9
2017 23 25 30
2019 25 DNF2 9
2021 27 DNF1 17 DNF 15 12

Olympic results

Year
AgeSlalomGiant
Slalom
Super GDownhillCombinedTeam event
2018 24 DNF1 DNF1 5
2022 28 DNF1 22

Other results

European Cup results

Season standings

SeasonAgeOverallSlalomGiant
 slalom 
Super-GDownhillCombined
20142017171
20152111243
2016221026939
20172310445
2018249434
20192511947

Results per discipline

DisciplineEC startsEC Top 30EC Top 15EC Top 5EC PodiumBest result
DateLocationPlace
Slalom 15210016 December 2016 Flag of Italy.svg Andalo, Italy6th
Giant slalom 22760022 January 2015
7 December 2015
3 December 2017
Flag of Austria.svg Zell am See, Austria
Flag of Norway.svg Trysil, Norway
Flag of Norway.svg Hafjell, Norway
6th
Super-G 3000013 January 2014 Flag of Austria.svg Innerkrems, Austria105th
Downhill 00000
Combined 2000024 January 2014 Flag of Austria.svg Spital am Pyhrn, Austria65th
Total429700
  • Standings through 29 January 2021

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. Archived from the original on 4 December 2018. 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.
  9. Smith, David (13 November 2021). "The three Ps will help Tilley return stronger - David Smith MBE". HeraldScotland. Newsquest Media Group. Archived from the original on 7 February 2022. Retrieved 7 February 2022.