Albin Tahiri
Kosovo Albanian alpine ski racer (born 1989)
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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.
Born15 February 1989
OccupationAlpine skier ♂
DisciplinesCombined, downhill, giant slalom, slalom and Super-G
ClubSK Crna
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.[5] He was the Kosovo's flag bearer during the Parade of Nations of the opening ceremony in Pyeongchang.
World Cup results
Results per discipline
| 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
| 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
| Year | ||||||
| Age | Slalom | Giant Slalom |
Super G | Downhill | Combined | |
| 2018 | 29 | 39 | 56 | 47 | 50 | 37 |
| 2022 | 32 | 30 | — | 35 | 15 |
