Roger Vidosa

Andorran alpine skier (born 1984)

Roger Vidosa

Full name| Roger Vidosa Riba
Born|  (1984-02-29) February 29, 1984 (age 40)
La Massana, Andorra
Height| 184 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Ski club| Arinsal Pal

Roger Vidosa

Personal information

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

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### FIS Race results

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Slalom

1st place - 5 times
2nd place - 9 times
3rd place - 3 times

Giant slalom

1st place - 5 times
2nd place - 7 times
3rd place - 1 time

### FIS World Cup

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Super Combined \- 22
Downhill \- 46
Super G \- 33

### Olympic Games

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2006 Winter Olympics

Combined \- 28
Downhill \- 50
Slalom \- 27

2010 Winter Olympics

Downhill \- 48
Super G \- 33
Super combined \- 25

### World Ski Championships

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2005 Bormio World Ski Championships

Giant slalom \- 39
Slalom \- 36

2007 Are World Ski Championships

Downhill \- 46
Super G \- 55
SuperCombined \- 28

## After retirement

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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

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1. ^ 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

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1. ^ "VIDOSA Roger - Athlete Information". www.fis-ski.com.
2. ^ "Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics - results & video highlights". International Olympic Committee. June 19, 2019.
3. ^ 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

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* 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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