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.[2][3] Tahiri is a dentist by profession[4] and he trained in Slovenia, Austria and Italy.

Albin Tahiri
Personal information
Born (1989-02-15) 15 February 1989 (age 35)
Slovenj Gradec, SR Slovenia, Yugoslavia[1]
OccupationAlpine skier 
Skiing career
DisciplinesCombined, downhill, giant slalom, slalom and Super-G
ClubSK Crna
World Cup debut4 March 2017 (age 28)
Olympics
Teams2 – (2018, 2022)
World Championships
Teams3 – (20172021)

Early life

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

Career

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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.[5] He was the Kosovo's flag bearer during the Parade of Nations of the opening ceremony in Pyeongchang.

World Cup results

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Results per discipline

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Discipline WC starts WC Top 30 WC Top 15 WC Top 5 WC Podium Best result
Date Location Place
Slalom 2 0 0 0 0 10 March 2019   Kranjska Gora, Slovenia 54th
Giant slalom 3 0 0 0 0 3 March 2018   Kranjska Gora, Slovenia 44th
Super-G 0 0 0 0 0
Downhill 1 0 0 0 0 13 January 2018   Wengen, Switzerland 55th
Combined 1 0 0 0 0 12 January 2018   Wengen, Switzerland 43rd
Total 7 0 0 0 0
  • Standings through 8 February 2021

World Championship results

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Year
Age Slalom Giant
Slalom
Super G Downhill Combined
2017 28 51 DNF1 49 51 45
2019 30 61 51 45 55 DNF2
2021 32 32 37

Olympic results

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Year
Age Slalom Giant
Slalom
Super G Downhill Combined
2018 29 39 56 47 50 37
2022 32 30 35 15

References

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  1. ^ "Albin TAHIRI". Olympics.com. Archived from the original on 3 March 2022. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
  2. ^ GazetaExpress (2018-02-05). "Kosovo participating Winter Olympics for the first time". Archived from the original on 2018-02-16. Retrieved 2018-02-16.
  3. ^ "These 6 Countries Are Competing in the Winter Olympics for the Very First Time (Video)". Travel + Leisure. Retrieved 2018-02-16.
  4. ^ "Kosovo dentist competes at Winter Olympics - Dentistry.co.uk". Dentistry.co.uk. 2018-02-14. Retrieved 2018-02-16.
  5. ^ "These are the six countries making their debut in the Winter Olympics". 2018-02-06. Retrieved 2019-02-11.
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Winter Olympics
Preceded by
First
Flagbearer for   Kosovo
Pyeongchang 2018
Beijing 2022
Succeeded by
Incumbent