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. Tahiri is a dentist by profession and he trained in Slovenia, Austria and Italy.
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. 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 PlaceSlalom 2 0 0 0 0 10 March 2019 Kranjska Gora, Slovenia 54thGiant slalom 3 0 0 0 0 3 March 2018 Kranjska Gora, Slovenia 44thSuper-G 0 0 0 0 0 Downhill 1 0 0 0 0 13 January 2018 Wengen, Switzerland 55thCombined 1 0 0 0 0 12 January 2018 Wengen, Switzerland 43rdTotal 7 0 0 0 0 Standings through 8 February 2021
World Championship results YearAgeSlalomGiantSlalomSuper GDownhillCombined 2017 28 51 DNF1 49 51 45 2019 30 61 51 45 55 DNF2 2021 32 32 37 — — —
Olympic results YearAgeSlalomGiantSlalomSuper GDownhillCombined 2018 29 39 56 47 50 37 2022 32 30 — 35 15
References
External links
Profile at International Ski Federation Profile at 2018 Winter Olympics