Adam Barwood (born 30 July 1992, in
Queenstown, New Zealand
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The town is built around an inlet called Queenstown Bay on Lake Wakatipu, a long, thin, Z-shaped lake formed by ...
) is an
alpine skier from
New Zealand
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. He competed for
New Zealand at the 2014 Winter Olympics
New Zealand competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia from 7 to 23 February 2014. The team consisted of 15 competitors in five sports. Only three members had prior Olympic Games experience (Shane Dobbin, Dobbin, Ben Sandford, Sandford a ...
in the
slalom
To slalom is to zigzag between obstacles. It may refer to:
Sports
;Alpine skiing and/or snowboarding
* Slalom skiing, an alpine skiing and alpine snowboarding discipline
* Giant slalom, an alpine skiing and alpine snowboarding discipline
* Super-G ...
and
giant slalom
Giant slalom (GS) is an alpine skiing and alpine snowboarding discipline. It involves skiing between sets of poles ("gates") spaced at a greater distance from each other than in slalom but less than in Super-G.
Giant slalom and slalom make up t ...
.
Adam's career in ski racing began at Coronet Peak in 2001 with a school holiday programme learning to ski and weekends, to where he now a full-time athlete. He has also spent time training at Cardrona and Treble Cone. Since 2004, summers have been spent in the northern hemisphere continuing the training in Europe, Canada and the USA. Adam participated in the Olympics in Sochi, Russia February 2014 in slalom (placing 25th) and giant slalom (44th).
Adam has been a member of the New Zealand National Alpine Ski Team since 2010 and has won the Overall NZ Alpine Champion trophy 2012 and 2013; open slalom champion 2012, 2013; open giant slalom champion 2013.
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1992 births
Living people
New Zealand male alpine skiers
Olympic alpine skiers for New Zealand
Alpine skiers at the 2014 Winter Olympics
Alpine skiers at the 2018 Winter Olympics
People from Queenstown, New Zealand
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