Norbert Farkas (alpine skier) explained

Norbert Farkas
Disciplines:Slalom, giant slalom, super-G, Super Combined
Birth Date:7 April 1992
Birth Place:Budapest, Hungary
Height:1.78m
Wcdebut:24 Januar 2012 (age 19)
Website:Official website

Norbert Farkas (born 7 April 1992[1] in Budapest[2]) is an alpine skier from Hungary. He competed for Hungary at the 2014 Winter Olympics in the slalom and giant slalom. He is 11-time Hungarian National Champion, 28-time Hungarian National Junior Champion. A team member of Felix Promotion sport-management agency. He learned to ski at the age of three.[3] He has been studying International Business at Budapest University of Technology and Economics[4] and was granted "A Good Student, a Good Athlete" award in 2013.[5] Coaches are: Armin Brunner, Budai Balázs and Zakariás Zsolt. His role model is Felix Neureuther.[6]

FIS World Ski Championship participation

Race date Place Country Category Discipline Position Points
15.02.2013SchladmingFIS World Ski ChampionshipsGiant slalom47111.28
18.02.2011Garmisch-PartenkirchenFIS World Ski ChampionshipsGiant slalom63
13.02.2009Val-d'IsèreFIS World Ski ChampionshipsGiant slalomBDNF1

Competitive History (Notable results)

2007/2008

2008/2009

2009/2010

2010/2011

2011/2012

2012/2013

XXII Olympic Winter Games (Sochi)

Norbert Farkas represented Hungary on men's alpine skiing events (slalom and giant slalom) at the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.

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Notes and References

  1. http://data.fis-ski.com/dynamic/athlete-biography.html?sector=AL&competitorid=136805&type=result FIS Biography
  2. Web site: Sochi 2014 profile . 2014-02-12 . 2014-02-11 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140211080431/http://www.sochi2014.com/en/athlete-norbert-farkas . dead .
  3. Web site: Téli olimpia, pálmafákkal – mit hozhat Szocsi? . Nlcafe.hu . 27 January 2014 . 28 January 2014.
  4. Web site: Harcban saját kvótáért . Utanpotlassport.hu . 11 December 2013 . 28 January 2014.
  5. Web site: Cseh László: "Nagyon sokat kaptam a BME-től, szeretnék visszaadni valamennyit." . BME.hu . 30 May 2013 . 28 January 2014.
  6. Web site: Farkas Norbert . MOB.hu . 22 January 2014 . 28 January 2014.
  7. Web site: XXII Olympic Winter Games official result men's Giant Slalom . fis-ski.com . 22 February 2014.
  8. Web site: XXII Olympic Winter Games official result men's Slalom . fis-ski.com . 22 February 2014.