Mia with Pakistani flag 2019 | |
Personal information | |
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Born | (2003-04-15) 15 April 2003 (age 21) Nice, France |
Occupation | Alpine skier |
Skiing career | |
Disciplines | Slalom, combined, giant slalom, super-G |
Club | Ski-Club Villars Villars-sur-Ollon |
Retired | 12 February 2020 |
Mia Nuriah Freudweiler (born 15 April 2003) is a Pakistani former alpine skier. She was the first female Pakistani athlete to compete in a Youth Olympic Games after qualifying for the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics in Lausanne.
Freudweiler grew up in Switzerland and lives in Villars-sur-Ollon.
Skiing career
Freudweiler participated in her first FIS race (Entry League FIS) in October 2019, in downhill skiing in Snow Valley in Belgium, where she came in 19th place..
She participated in the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics, the first time Pakistan participated in a Youth Olympics. She finished 46th in the Super-G race, which was won by Amélie Klopfenstein from Switzerland. In the following super combined event she rose to rank 30th. She did not finish the slalom nor the giant slalom
A ski accident in February 2020 put an end to her ski racing career.
References
- FIS - Mia Nuriah Freudweiler - Results, visited 19 June 2021.
- IOC Young Reporters - Mia Nuriah Freudweiler - Pakistan's first ever Winter Youth Olympics athlete (YouTube), visited 19 June 2021.
- Olympedia - Alpine skiing: Women's Super-G, visited 19 June 2021.
- Olympedia - Alpine skiing - Women's Alpine Combined, visited 19 June 2021.
- Olympedia - Mia Nuriah Freudweiler, visited 19 June 2021.
- Olympedia - Mia Nuriah Freudweiler, visited 19 June 2021.
External links
- FREUDWEILER Mia Nuriah - Athlete Information Standings at the International Ski Federation
- Mia Nuriah Freudweiler ouvre la voie aux jeunes femmes du monde entier - Olympic News IOC News
- One to watch: Mia Nuriah Freudweiler Profile in Destinations Travel Across Pakistan
- JOJ 2020: Mia Nuriah Freudweiler, la voix du Pakistan RTS Sports
- Podcast: Aksel Lund Svindal's message for Lausanne 2020 and Pakistani skier Olympics.com podcast with Aksel Lund Svindal