Alexandra "Alex" Tilley (born 5 October 1993)[2] is a Scottish alpine ski racer. She is from Torphins, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.[3]
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| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 5 October 1993[1] Torphins, Aberdeenshire, Scotland |
| Occupation | Alpine skier ♀ |
| Skiing career | |
| Disciplines | Slalom, giant slalom |
| Club | Gordon Skiers[1] |
| World Cup debut | 27 January 2013 (age 19) |
| Olympics | |
| Teams | 1 – (2018) |
| World Championships | |
| Teams | 4 – (2015–2021) |
| World Cup | |
| Seasons | 9 – (2013–2021) |
| Overall titles | 0 – (79th in 2018, 2020) |
| Discipline titles | 0 – (28th in GS, 2018) |
She competed at the 2015 World Championships in Beaver Creek, US, in the giant slalom.[4] She scored her first points in the Alpine Skiing World Cup when she finished 19th in a giant slalom in Lienz in December 2015.[1] At the 2017 World Championships in St. Moritz, Switzerland, she finished 30th in the giant slalom[5] and 25th in the slalom.[6]
She competed in the 2018 and 2022 Winter Olympics in the slalom and giant slalom skiing events.[3][7][8] She broke her ankle while training in November 2021.[9]
World Cup results
edit| Season | Age | Overall | Slalom | Giant slalom |
Super-G | Downhill | Combined |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 22 | 103 | — | 44 | — | — | — |
| 2017 | 23 | 87 | 41 | 42 | — | — | — |
| 2018 | 24 | 79 | 58 | 28 | — | — | — |
| 2019 | 25 | 96 | — | 36 | — | — | — |
| 2020 | 26 | 79 | 47 | 29 | — | — | — |
| 2021 | 27 | 83 | — | 57 | — | — | — |
Results per discipline
edit| Discipline | Starts | Top 30 | Top 15 | Top 5 | Podiums | Best result | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Location | Place | ||||||
| Slalom | 40 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 March 2017 |  Squaw Valley, United States |
20th |
| Giant slalom | 45 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19 December 2017 |  Courchevel, France |
13th |
| Super-G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Downhill | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Combined | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Parallel event | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 November 2020 |  Lech-Zürs, Austria |
17th |
| Total | 87 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
- Standings through 29 January 2021
World Championship results
edit| Year | ||||||||
| Age | Slalom | Giant Slalom |
Super G | Downhill | Combined | Parallel | Team event | |
| 2015 | 21 | 24 | 35 | — | — | — | — | 9 |
| 2017 | 23 | 25 | 30 | — | — | — | — | |
| 2019 | 25 | — | DNF2 | — | — | — | 9 | |
| 2021 | 27 | DNF1 | 17 | DNF | — | — | 15 | 12 |
Olympic results
edit| Year | |||||||
| Age | Slalom | Giant Slalom |
Super G | Downhill | Combined | Team event | |
| 2018 | 24 | DNF1 | DNF1 | — | — | — | 5 |
| 2022 | 28 | DNF1 | 22 | — | — | — | — |
Other results
editEuropean Cup results
editSeason standings
edit| Season | Age | Overall | Slalom | Giant slalom |
Super-G | Downhill | Combined |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 20 | 171 | — | 71 | — | — | — |
| 2015 | 21 | 112 | — | 43 | — | — | — |
| 2016 | 22 | 102 | 69 | 39 | — | — | — |
| 2017 | 23 | 104 | 45 | — | — | — | — |
| 2018 | 24 | 94 | — | 34 | — | — | — |
| 2019 | 25 | 119 | — | 47 | — | — | — |
Results per discipline
edit| Discipline | EC starts | EC Top 30 | EC Top 15 | EC Top 5 | EC Podium | Best result | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Location | Place | ||||||
| Slalom | 15 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16 December 2016 |  Andalo, Italy |
6th |
| Giant slalom | 22 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 22 January 2015 7 December 2015 3 December 2017 |
Zell am See, Austria  Trysil, Norway Hafjell, Norway |
6th |
| Super-G | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 January 2014 | Innerkrems, Austria |
105th |
| Downhill | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Combined | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 January 2014 | Spital am Pyhrn, Austria |
65th |
| Total | 42 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 0 | |||
- Standings through 29 January 2021
References
edit- ^ a b c "Tilley Alexandra - Biografie". Federation Internationale de Ski. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
- ^ "Alex Tilley". Team GB. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
- ^ a b "Alex Tilley". British Ski + Snowboard. Retrieved 26 January 2018.
- ^ "Ladies' Giant Slalom Official Results" (PDF). Retrieved 14 February 2015.
- ^ "Stephanie Brunner places fifth in ladies Giant Slalom". Head (company). 16 February 2017. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
- ^ "Alpine World Ski Championships: Mikaela Shiffrin wins third world slalom gold". bbc.co.uk. 18 February 2017. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
- ^ "Record number of Team GB skiers and snowboarders set for PyeongChang 2018". Snowsport England. Archived from the original on 4 December 2018. Retrieved 26 January 2018.
- ^ Law, Callum (26 January 2018). "North-east skiers win their places at Winter Olympics in PyeongChang". Evening Express. Retrieved 26 January 2018.
- ^ Smith, David (13 November 2021). "The three Ps will help Tilley return stronger - David Smith MBE". HeraldScotland. Newsquest Media Group. Archived from the original on 7 February 2022. Retrieved 7 February 2022.
External links
edit- Official website
- Alexandra Tilley at FIS (alpine)
- Alexandra Tilley at Olympedia
- Alexandra Tilley at Team GB
