Joan Verdú (alpine skier)
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| Full name | Joan Verdú Sánchez | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 23 May 1995 Andorra la Vella, Andorra | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Joan Verdú Sánchez (born 23 May 1995) is an alpine skier from Andorra. He debuted in 2010 and on 22 January 2012 he finished third at the French national championships, and finished third for Super-G at 2012 Winter Youth Olympics. He competed for Andorra at the 2014, 2018 and 2022 Winter Olympics.
On 9 December 2023 he became the first ski racer from Andorra to achieve a World Cup podium. He finished third at the Giant Slalom of Val-d'Isère. On March 16th, 2024, he obtained his second World Cup podium of his career, finishing second in the Giant Slalom at the world cup finals held in Saalbach, Austria.