Adam Lamhamedi
Adam Lamhamedi 
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 Morocco
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| birthday | 22nd April 1995 (age 25) | ||||||
| place of birth | Quebec, Canada | ||||||
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| discipline |
Super-G , giant slalom , slalom , combination |
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| society | Skibec Alpin | ||||||
| status | active | ||||||
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| last change: February 18, 2018 | |||||||
Adam Lamhamedi ( Arabic آدم المحمدي, DMG Ādam al-Muḥammadī ; * April 22, 1995 in Québec , Canada ) is a Canadian- Moroccan ski racer .
biography
Lamhamedi was born and raised in Canada. He learned to ski at the age of four. In December 2010 he first took part in FIS races , initially starting for Canada. In autumn 2011 he decided to represent Morocco, his father's homeland, in the future. At the 2012 Winter Youth Olympic Games in Innsbruck , he won the gold medal in the Super-G discipline . This makes him the first African athlete to win an Olympic medal in a winter sport.
Lamhamedi achieved the first podium in an FIS race in February 2012, and the first appearances in the Nor-Am Cup followed in December of the same year. With two further podium places in FIS races, he qualified for the 2014 Winter Olympics , where he competed in giant slalom and slalom.
successes
Olympic games
- Sochi 2014 : 47th giant slalom
- Pyeongchang 2018 : 53rd giant slalom
Youth Olympic Games
- Innsbruck 2012 : 1st Super-G
Junior World Championships
- Québec 2013 : 53rd giant slalom, 58th Super-G
Web links
- Adam Lamhamedi in the database of the International Ski Federation (English)
- Adam Lamhamedi in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
Individual evidence
- ↑ Moroccan Adam Lamhamedi wins in Super-G. German Olympic Sports Confederation , January 15, 2012, accessed February 8, 2014 .
- ^ Jean-François Tardif: Adam Lamhamedi: de Québec à Sotchi ... pour le Maroc. (No longer available online.) La Presse January 29, 2014, archived from the original on February 22, 2014 ; Retrieved February 8, 2014 (French). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Simon Drouin: Adam Lamhamedi: champion africain d'hiver. La Presse , February 4, 2012, accessed February 8, 2014 (French).
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| SURNAME | Lamhamedi, Adam |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | آدم المحمدي (Arabic) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Moroccan ski racer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 22, 1995 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Quebec , Canada |