Marc Oliveras

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Marc Oliveras
Personal information
Full nameMarc Oliveras Gabarre
Born (1991-12-20) 20 December 1991 (age 32)
Barcelona, Spain
Height5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Weight165 lb (75 kg)
Sport
Country Andorra
Sport Alpine skiing
Medal record
Men's alpine skiing
Representing Flag of Andorra.svg  Andorra
Winter Universiade
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2015 Granada Super-G

Marc Oliveras Gabarre [lower-alpha 1] (born 20 December 1991, [1] in Barcelona) is an alpine skier who competes for Andorra. He competed for Andorra at the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships in 2013 and 2015 and competed for Andorra at the 2014 Winter Olympics and in the 2015 Winter Universiade. [2]

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Career

He competed for Andorra at the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2013 in Schladming, Italy. He finished 27th in the Super Combined and 43rd in the Downhill. He failed to finish in the Super-G and the Giant Slalom. He competed for Andorra at the 2014 Winter Olympics. He finished 34th in the Super-G, finished 31st in the Combined, finished 38th in the Giant Slalom and 40th in the Downhill. At the 2015 Winter Universiade he won the first medal for the country at the event a silver medal in the Super-G.

Achievements

Winter Universiade

ChampionshipsCompetitionTimeResultWinner
Flag of Spain.svg / Flag of Slovakia.svg Granada/Štrbské Pleso 2015 Super-G 1:23.752 Flag of Italy.svg Michelangelo Tentori
Combined DNF Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Sandro Boner

Winter Olympics

ChampionshipsCompetitionTimeResultWinner
Flag of Russia.svg Sochi 2014 Downhill 2:12.7640 Flag of Austria.svg Matthias Mayer
Super-G 1:22.0234 Flag of Norway.svg Kjetil Jansrud
Giant Slalom 2:53.7438 Flag of the United States.svg Ted Ligety
Combined 2:58.5431 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Sandro Viletta
Flag of South Korea.svg Pyeongchang 2018 Downhill
DNF Flag of Norway.svg Aksel Lund Svindal
Super-G 1:27.8433 Flag of Austria.svg Matthias Mayer
Combined 1:21.6729 Flag of Austria.svg Marcel Hirscher

World Championships

ChampionshipsCompetitionTimeResultWinner
Flag of Austria.svg Schladming 2013 Downhill 2:07.7343 Flag of Norway.svg Aksel Lund Svindal
Super-G DNF Flag of the United States.svg Ted Ligety
Giant Slalom DNF Flag of the United States.svg Ted Ligety
Super Combined 3:15.6827 Flag of the United States.svg Ted Ligety

Notes

  1. In this Catalan name, the first or paternal surname is Oliveraand the second or maternal family name is Gabarre; both are generally joined by the conjunction "i".

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References

  1. "FIS bio". Data.fis-ski.com. Retrieved 6 February 2014.
  2. "Sochi 2014 site". M.sochi2014.com. Retrieved 6 February 2014.