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Andorran alpine skier (born 1984)
Roger Vidosa
Full nameRoger Vidosa Riba
Born (1984-02-29) February 29, 1984 (age 40)
La Massana, Andorra
Height184 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Ski clubArinsal Pal
Roger Vidosa
Personal information
OccupationAlpine skier
Skiing career
DisciplinesGiant slalom, Slalom, Super Combined, Super G, Downhill
RetiredApril 2013

Roger Vidosa Riba (born February 29, 1984, in La Massana) was an Andorran alpine skier. He represented Andorra at the 2006 Winter Olympics and at the 2010 Winter Olympics.

Best results

FIS Race results

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

Super Combined - 22
Downhill - 46
Super G - 33

Olympic Games

2006 Winter Olympics

Combined - 28
Downhill - 50
Slalom - 27

2010 Winter Olympics

Downhill - 48
Super G - 33
Super combined - 25

World Ski Championships

2005 Bormio World Ski Championships

Giant slalom - 39
Slalom - 36

2007 Are World Ski Championships

Downhill - 46
Super G - 55
SuperCombined - 28

After retirement

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

  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

  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

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