Albin Tahiri

Albin Tahiri ; born 15 February 1989) is a Kosovo Albanian World Cup alpine ski racer, he represented the Kosovo Olympic Committee for the first time in Winter Olympic Games in February 2018.[1][2] Tahiri is a dentist by profession[3] and he trained in Slovenia, Austria and Italy.

Albin Tahiri
Alpine skier ♂
DisciplinesCombined, downhill, giant slalom, slalom and Super-G
ClubSK Crna
Born (1989-02-15) 15 February 1989
SR Slovenia
World Cup debut4 March 2017 (age 28)
Olympics
Teams1 – (2018)
World Championships
Teams2 – (2017–2019)

Early life

Tahiri was born in SR Slovenia from Kosovo Albanian father and Slovenian mother.

Career

He started skiing at the age of 7 in Slovenia. In June 2009, he changed his nationality and has since been competing in Kosovo. He was the first athlete to represent Kosovo at the Winter Olympics.[4] He was the Kosovo's flag bearer during the Parade of Nations of the opening ceremony in Pyeongchang.

Results per discipline
Discipline WC starts WC Top 30 WC Top 15 WC Top 5 WC Podium Best result
Date Location Place
Slalom100004 March 2018 Kranjska Gora, SloveniaDNF
Giant slalom200003 March 2018 Kranjska Gora, Slovenia44th
Super-G00000
Downhill1000013 January 2018 Wengen, Switzerland55th
Combined1000012 January 2018 Wengen, Switzerland43rd
Total50000
  • Standings through 29 January 2019

World Championship results
Year
Age Slalom Giant
Slalom		 Super G Downhill Combined
20172851DNF1495145
20193061514555DNF2

Olympic results
Year
Age Slalom Giant
Slalom		 Super G Downhill Combined
2018293956475037

References
  1. GazetaExpress (2018-02-05). "Kosovo participating Winter Olympics for the first time". Archived from the original on 2018-02-16. Retrieved 2018-02-16.
  2. https://plus.google.com/+travelandleisure/posts. "These 6 Countries Are Competing in the Winter Olympics for the Very First Time (Video)". Travel + Leisure. Retrieved 2018-02-16.
  3. "Kosovo dentist competes at Winter Olympics - Dentistry.co.uk". Dentistry.co.uk. 2018-02-14. Retrieved 2018-02-16.
  4. "These are the six countries making their debut in the Winter Olympics". 2018-02-06. Retrieved 2019-02-11.
Winter Olympics
Preceded by
none		 Flagbearer for  Kosovo
Pyeongchang 2018		 Succeeded by
TBD
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