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Full name | Joan Verdú Sánchez | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Andorra la Vella, Andorra | 23 May 1995|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Joan Verdú Sánchez [a] (born 23 May 1995) [1] is an alpine skier from Andorra. He debuted in 2010 and on 22 January 2012 he finished third at the French national championships, and finished third for Super-G at 2012 Winter Youth Olympics. He competed for Andorra at the 2014 Winter Olympics. [2] [3]
On 9 December 2023 he became the first ski racer from Andorra to achieve a World Cup podium. He finished third at the Giant Slalom of Val-d'Isère. [4] On March 16th, 2024, he obtained his second World Cup podium of his career, finishing second in the Giant Slalom at the world cup finals held in Saalbach, Austria.
Full name: Joan Verdú Sánchez
Joan Verdu, getting a best-ever World Cup result for the tiny principality of Andorra, was third trailing Odermatt by 1.32 seconds.