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Roger Vidosa
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| Roger Vidosa | |
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| Full name | Roger Vidosa Riba |
| Born | February 29, 1984 La Massana, Andorra |
| Height | 184 cm (6 ft 0 in) |
| Ski club | Arinsal Pal |
| Personal information | |
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| Occupation | Alpine skier |
| Skiing career | |
| Disciplines | Giant slalom, Slalom, Super Combined, Super G, Downhill |
| Retired | April 2013 |
Roger Vidosa Riba[a] (born February 29, 1984, in La Massana) was an Andorran alpine skier.[1] He represented Andorra at the 2006 Winter Olympics and at the 2010 Winter Olympics.[2][3]
Best results
[edit]FIS Race results
[edit]1st place - 5 times
2nd place - 9 times
3rd place - 3 times
1st place - 5 times
2nd place - 7 times
3rd place - 1 time
FIS World Cup
[edit]Super Combined - 22
Downhill - 46
Super G - 33
Olympic Games
[edit]Combined - 28
Downhill - 50
Slalom - 27
Downhill - 48
Super G - 33
Super combined - 25
World Ski Championships
[edit]2005 Bormio World Ski Championships
Giant slalom - 39
Slalom - 36
2007 Are World Ski Championships
Downhill - 46
Super G - 55
SuperCombined - 28
After retirement
[edit]Vidosa retired as an Alpine Skier in April 2013. After retirement he became a Ski Instructor in Andorra for 5 months and then in Leeds, United Kingdom for 10 months. He took up the job of a Personal Trainer in July 2013 at The Gym Group in Leeds, UK for a year.
He studied at Paul Sabatier University for a year and became Strength and Conditioning Coach at Track League of Midi-Pyrenees, Toulouse Area, France in December 2014 where he works till date.
Notes
[edit]- ^ In this Catalan name, the first or paternal surname is Vidosa and the second or maternal family name is Riba; both are generally joined by the conjunction "i".
References
[edit]- ^ "VIDOSA Roger - Athlete Information". www.fis-ski.com.
- ^ "Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics - results & video highlights". International Olympic Committee. June 19, 2019.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Roger Vidosa". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2016-12-04.
Full name: Roger Vidosa Riba
External links
[edit]- Roger Vidosa at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation
- Roger Vidosa at Olympics.com
- Roger Vidosa at Olympic.org (archived)
- Roger Vidosa at Olympedia
- LinkedIn profile
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