Joan Verdú (alpine skier)
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Joan Verdú Sánchez[lower-alpha 1] (born 23 May 1995)[1] is an alpine skier from Andorra. He debuted in 2010 and on 22 January 2012 he finished third at the French national championships, and finished third for Super-G at 2012 Winter Youth Olympics. He competed for Andorra at the 2014 Winter Olympics.[2][3] On 9 December 2023 he became the first ski racer from Andorra to achieve a World Cup podium. He finished third at the Giant Slalom of Val-d'Isère.[4] On March 16th, 2024, he obtained his second World Cup podium of his career, finishing second in the Giant Slalom at the world cup finals held in Saalbach, Austria.
Notes
- ↑ In this Catalan name, the first or paternal surname is Verdú and the second or maternal family name is Sánchez; both are generally joined by the conjunction "i".
References
- ↑ "FIS bio". Data.fis-ski.com. Retrieved 6 February 2014.
- ↑ "Sochi 2014 site". M.sochi2014.com. Retrieved 6 February 2014.
- ↑ "Joan Verdú". Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC.
Full name: Joan Verdú Sánchez
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|url=(help) - ↑ "Swiss star Odermatt wins World Cup giant slalom at Val d'Isere in French Alps". CBC. AP. 9 December 2023. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
Joan Verdu, getting a best-ever World Cup result for the tiny principality of Andorra, was third trailing Odermatt by 1.32 seconds.
External links
- Joan Verdú at Olympedia (archive)
- Joan VERDU at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation
- Joan VERDU SANCHEZ at Olympics.com
- Joan VERDU SANCHEZ at Olympic.org (archived)
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