Norbert Farkas (alpine skier)

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Norbert Farkas
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Personal information
Born (1992-04-07) 7 April 1992 (age 33)
Budapest, Hungary
Occupation Alpine skier
Height1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Skiing career
Disciplines Slalom, giant slalom, super-G, Super Combined
World Cup debut24 Januar 2012 (age 19)
Website Official website
Olympics
TeamsFlag of Hungary.svg  Hungary

Norbert Farkas (born 7 April 1992 [1] in Budapest [2] ) is an alpine skier from Hungary. He competed for Hungary at the 2014 Winter Olympics in the slalom and giant slalom. He is 11-time Hungarian National Champion, 28-time Hungarian National Junior Champion. A team member of Felix Promotion sport-management agency. He learned to ski at the age of three. [3] He has been studying International Business at Budapest University of Technology and Economics [4] and was granted "A Good Student, a Good Athlete" award in 2013. [5] Coaches are: Armin Brunner, Budai Balázs and Zakariás Zsolt. His role model is Felix Neureuther. [6]

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FIS World Ski Championship participation

Race datePlaceCountryCategoryDisciplinePositionPoints
15.02.2013 Schladming Flag of Austria.svg  Austria FIS World Ski Championships Giant slalom 47111.28
18.02.2011 Garmisch-Partenkirchen Flag of Germany.svg  Germany FIS World Ski Championships Giant slalom 63
13.02.2009 Val-d'Isère Flag of France.svg  France FIS World Ski Championships Giant slalom BDNF1

Competitive History (Notable results)

2007/2008

2008/2009

2009/2010

2010/2011

2011/2012

2012/2013

XXII Olympic Winter Games (Sochi)

Norbert Farkas represented Hungary on men's alpine skiing events (slalom and giant slalom) at the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.

References

  1. FIS Biography
  2. "Sochi 2014 profile". Archived from the original on 2014-02-11. Retrieved 2014-02-12.
  3. "Téli olimpia, pálmafákkal – mit hozhat Szocsi?". Nlcafe.hu. 27 January 2014. Retrieved 28 January 2014.
  4. "Harcban saját kvótáért". Utanpotlassport.hu. 11 December 2013. Retrieved 28 January 2014.
  5. "Cseh László: "Nagyon sokat kaptam a BME-től, szeretnék visszaadni valamennyit."". BME.hu. 30 May 2013. Retrieved 28 January 2014.
  6. "Farkas Norbert". MOB.hu. 22 January 2014. Retrieved 28 January 2014.
  7. "XXII Olympic Winter Games official result men's Giant Slalom" (PDF). fis-ski.com. Retrieved 22 February 2014.
  8. "XXII Olympic Winter Games official result men's Slalom" (PDF). fis-ski.com. Retrieved 22 February 2014.

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