Vicenç Vilarrubla Solsona (born 31 January 1981 in

la Seu d'Urgell La Seu d'Urgell (; , formerly ''Urgell'') is a town located in Alt Urgell county in Alt Pirineu, Catalonia, Spain. The town is also the head of its judicial district and the seat of the Bishop of Urgell, one of the co-princes of Andorra. It is ...

) is a Catalan

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cross-country skier from Bellestar (

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) who has competed in the

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since 2001. Vilarrubla competed in four

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from

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2009 2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ...

and at

2006 2006 was designated as the International Year of Deserts and Desertification. Events January * January 1– 4 – Russia temporarily cuts shipment of natural gas to Ukraine during a price dispute. * January 12 – A stampede during t ...

and

2010 The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year ...

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. Vilarrubla's best Olympic results are 31st places in 30 km pursuit events in 2006 and 2010. His best World Championships result is a 27th place at the 15 km event in

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2005 2005 was designated as the International Year for Sport and Physical Education and the International Year of Microcredit. The beginning of 2005 also marked the end of the International Decade of the World's Indigenous Peoples, Internationa ...

, and his best World Cup result is a 17th place at a 15 km event in

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in 2007.

References

* 1981 births Living people People from La Seu d'Urgell Sportspeople from the Province of Lleida Cross-country skiers at the 2006 Winter Olympics Cross-country skiers at the 2010 Winter Olympics Olympic cross-country skiers for Spain Spanish male cross-country skiers Skiers from Catalonia 21st-century Spanish sportsmen {{Catalonia-sport-bio-stub