Noel Baxter (born 25 July 1981) is a Scottish alpine skier from

Aviemore Aviemore (; gd, An Aghaidh Mhòr ) is a town and tourist resort, situated within the Cairngorms National Park in the Highlands of Scotland. It is in the Badenoch and Strathspey committee area, within the Highland council area. The town is popul ...

. He represented Britain at the

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and 2006 Winter Olympics.

Skiing career

He represented Great Britain in

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, coming 21st in the men's slalom. Despite good form in the 2009-2010 season, he was not picked for the

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. After retiring from competition Baxter became a coach for the Spanish national ski team. he now coaches the British Women's Alpine Team. Baxter, as with his brother Alain, also played

shinty Shinty ( gd, camanachd, iomain) is a team game played with sticks and a ball. Shinty is now played mainly in the Scottish Highlands and amongst Highland migrants to the big cities of Scotland, but it was formerly more widespread in Scotland, an ...

for Kincraig Camanachd.

Family

He is the half-brother of fellow Alpine skier,

Alain Baxter Alain Baxter (born 26 December 1973) is a Scottish former alpine skier who was formerly a professional specialising in the slalom discipline. He is best known for failing a drug test after finishing third in the men's slalom of the 2002 Winter ...

, and a cousin of snowboarder Lesley McKenna.

References

1981 births Living people Sportspeople from Edinburgh People from Badenoch and Strathspey Alpine skiers at the 2002 Winter Olympics Alpine skiers at the 2006 Winter Olympics Olympic alpine skiers for Great Britain Scottish male alpine skiers Shinty players Sportspeople from Highland (council area) Skiing coaches {{UK-alpine-skiing-bio-stub