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Alice Robinson (piper)
Alice Robinson (born 1 December 2001) is a New Zealand FIS Alpine Ski World Cup, World Cup Alpine skiing, alpine ski racer. At age sixteen, she competed at the Alpine skiing at the 2018 Winter Olympics, 2018 Winter Olympics in Alpine skiing at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Women's giant slalom, giant slalom and Alpine skiing at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Women's slalom, slalom. She represented New Zealand in the giant slalom event at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing. Early life Robinson was born in Sydney, Australia, the second of three children of Sarah and David Robinson. Her parents moved to Queenstown, New Zealand, Queenstown permanently when Robinson was four. She started her ski racing career at Coronet Peak with the Queenstown Alpine Ski Team and also trained in California, United States, with the Sugar Bowl Ski Resort, Sugar Bowl Ski Team and Academy based in Tahoe City, California, Tahoe City during the northern hemisphere winter. From 2016 to 2019, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soldeu
Soldeu () is a village and ski resort in Andorra in the Pyrenees mountains, located in the parish of Canillo. Overview It comes alive in the winter months as a ski town, and is part of the Grand Valira ski resort, the largest in the Pyrenees with of ski runs.GrandvaliraSoldeu, Grandvalira ''grandvalira.com'', 2011. According to ''The Sunday Times'', Soldeu is one of the three best budget skiing resorts in Europe.S Newsom (2009)Three of the best budget resorts—Europe’s top ski resorts are hideously expensive—but we have a solution ''The Sunday Times'', 4 October 2009. (Last accessed 2009-10-08) The ski area links to Encamp, Canillo, El Tarter, Grau Roig and Pas de la Casa. The Soldeu Ski School has a large number of native English speaking instructors and has won awards for the quality of its tuition. The village is at an elevation of above sea level and the top of the ski area is at . The gondola from the village rises to , where the ski and board school ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
