Marco Tadé Explained

Marco Tadé
Sport:Freestyle skiing
Event:Moguls
Club:Sci Club Airolo
Birth Date:3 December 1995
Birth Place:Locarno, Switzerland

Marco Tadé (born 3 December 1995) is a Swiss freestyle skier.[1] He competed in the 2022 Winter Olympics.[2]

Career

Tadé began skiing in 2000. He won a bronze medal at the 2014 Junior World Championships in the dual moguls event. He also won a bronze medal in dual moguls at the 2017 World Championships. His career high World Cup placement is second, which he achieved in moguls in Ruka in the 2020–21 season[3] and in dual moguls in Thaiwoo in the 2016–17 season. He was selected to represent Switzerland at the 2018 Winter Olympics but was forced to withdraw due to injury.[4]

He failed to qualify in the first qualifying round but was the final qualifier into the finals of the men's moguls event at the 2022 Winter Olympics.[5] He then finished 18th out of 20 competitors in the first final round,[6] eliminating him from medal contention.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: TADE Marco - Athlete Information. www.fis-ski.com.
  2. Web site: Marco TADE Biography, Olympic Medals, Records and Age . . https://web.archive.org/web/20220403194908/https://olympics.com/en/athletes/marco-tade . 2022-04-03 . live.
  3. Web site: Laffont and Horishima triumph at FIS Moguls World Cup opener in Ruka. December 5, 2020. www.insidethegames.biz.
  4. Web site: Marco Tadé nicht an den Olympischen Spielen. Swiss. Ski. Swiss-Ski.
  5. Web site: Olympia 2022: Marco Tadé nicht direkt im Final. Nau.
  6. Web site: Saturday's Freestyle Skiing Results. February 5, 2022. Federal News Network.