Irineu Esteve | |
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Country | Andorra |
Full name | Irineu Esteve Altimiras |
Born | Andorra la Vella, Andorra | 21 June 1996
Height | 179 cm (5 ft 10 in) |
Ski club | NEC La Rabassa-Naturlandia |
World Cup career | |
Seasons | 6 – (2018–present) |
Starts | 81 |
Podiums | 0 |
Overall titles | 0 – (42nd in 2023 ) |
Discipline titles | 0 |
Updated on 29 March 2023. |
Irineu Esteve Altimiras [lower-alpha 1] (born 21 June 1996) is an Andorran cross-country skier who competes internationally. [1]
He competed for Andorra at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2017 in Lahti, Finland.
All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS). [1]
Year | Age | 15 km individual | 30 km skiathlon | 50 km mass start | Sprint | 4 × 10 km relay | Team sprint |
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2018 | 21 | 27 | 46 | 34 | — | — | — |
2022 | 25 | 24 | 20 | 25 [a] | — | — | — |
aDistance reduced to 30 km due to weather conditions.
Year | Age | 15 km individual | 30 km skiathlon | 50 km mass start | Sprint | 4 × 10 km relay | Team sprint |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2017 | 20 | 29 | 33 | — | — | — | — |
2019 | 22 | 22 | 21 | 29 | — | — | — |
2021 | 24 | 15 | 21 | 34 | — | — | — |
2023 | 26 | 7 | 12 | 14 | — | — | — |
Season | Age | Discipline standings | Ski Tour standings | ||||||
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Overall | Distance | Sprint | U23 | Nordic Opening | Tour de Ski | Ski Tour 2020 | World Cup Final | ||
2018 | 21 | NC | NC | — | NC | — | — | — | — |
2019 | 22 | 55 | 39 | NC | 8 | 41 | 24 | — | 43 |
2020 | 23 | 44 | 23 | NC | — | — | 23 | 25 | — |
2021 | 24 | 46 | 34 | NC | — | — | 22 | — | — |
2022 | 25 | 68 | 48 | NC | — | — | 26 | — | — |
2023 | 26 | 42 | 29 | NC | — | — | 31 | — | — |
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