Shannon-Ogbani Abeda
Shannon-Ogbani Abeda 
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| nation |
 Eritrea
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| birthday | 15th May 1996 (age 24) |
| place of birth |
Fort McMurray , Canada
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| size | 173 cm |
| Weight | 72 kg |
| job | college student |
| Career | |
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| discipline |
Downhill , Super-G , giant slalom , slalom , combination |
| Trainer | Helmut Spiegl |
| status | active |
| last change: February 2, 2018 | |
Shannon-Ogbani Abeda (born May 15, 1996 in Fort McMurray , Alberta ) is an Eritrean - Canadian ski racer . He starts in all disciplines and was the first Eritrean to take part in the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang in 2018 .
biography
Abeda's parents fled to Fort McMurray , Canada in the early 1980s before the Eritrean War of Independence , where he was born in 1996. He started skiing at the age of three.
When he was 15, he competed in his first FIS races in Canada and the USA . With a view to the 2012 Winter Youth Olympic Games in Innsbruck , he reported to the Eritrean Olympic Committee to represent his parents' country of origin at a major event for the first time. He started in all disciplines except the downhill , but retired in every race. In the next two years he started almost exclusively in FIS races, in which he was able to achieve seventh place as the best result so far, but missed his goal of qualifying for the Olympic Winter Games in Sochi . On February 19, 2015 Abeda made his debut in the Nor-Am Cup in Nakiska . A few days later he started at the Canadian championships for the first time and finished 41st in the Super-G . In February 2016, he suffered a knee injury and was thinking of retiring. After he fought his way back, he qualified in giant slalom and slalom as the first Eritrean for the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang . In the giant slalom he finished 61st, just 22 seconds behind winner Marcel Hirscher , in the slalom he was eliminated in the first round.
Abeda is trained by the Austrian Helmut Spiegl, who previously looked after the national teams of Canada and Australia. He lives in Calgary , where he studies computer science.
successes
Olympic games
- Pyeongchang 2018 : 61st giant slalom
More Achievements
- Participation in the 2012 Winter Youth Olympic Games
- 4 Placement among the top ten in FIS races
Web links
- Shannon-Ogbani Abeda in the database of the International Ski Federation (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Sarah Rieger: Calgary skier headed to Winter Olympics ... but not with Team Canada. CBC News , December 28, 2017, accessed February 2, 2018 .
- ↑ Wendy-Ann Clarke: Eritrea's first Winter Olympian is from Alberta. CBC News , December 21, 2017, accessed February 2, 2018 .
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Abeda, Shannon-Ogbani |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Eritrean-Canadian ski racer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 15, 1996 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Fort McMurray |