Tess ARBEZ

Ireland

Alpine Skiing

Date of Birth: 1 Dec 1997

Age: 24

Gender: Female

Place of birth: SAINT-JULIEN-EN-GENEVOIS

Birth Country:

France

Residence: VETRAZ-MONTHOUX

Residence Country:

Ireland

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank
Alpine Skiing	Women's Super-G	42
	Women's Giant Slalom	DNF
	Women's Slalom	48

Schedule

Location	Event	Status
Yanqing National Alpine Skiing Centre - Technical	Women's Giant Slalom Run 1	Finished
Yanqing National Alpine Skiing Centre - Technical	Women's Slalom Run 1	Finished
Yanqing National Alpine Skiing Centre - Technical	Women's Slalom Run 2	Finished
Yanqing National Alpine Skiing Centre - Speed	Women's Super-G	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Athlete:

Historical Results

Olympic Games
Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
46	Women's Slalom	2018	PyeongChang, KOR	00:01:58.470
50	Women's Giant Slalom	2018	PyeongChang, KOR	00:02:40.240

World Championship
Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
38	Giant Slalom Ladies	2021	Cortina d'Ampezzo, ITA	2:51.94
43	Slalom Ladies	2019	Are, SWE	2:24.92
52	Slalom Ladies	2017	St. Moritz, SUI	57.73
52	Slalom Ladies	2015	Vail / Beaver Creek, USA	58.90
54	Giant Slalom Ladies	2019	Are, SWE	2:20.07
59	Giant Slalom Ladies	2017	St. Moritz, SUI	1:10.86
65	Giant Slalom Ladies	2015	Vail / Beaver Creek, USA	1:20.75

Hobbies:

Fitness, cycling, hiking, sewing. (Athlete, 12 Oct 2021)

Occupation:

Athlete

Education:

In her third year of bachelor studies in biomedical sciences at the Faculty of Medicine in Geneva (SUI). (Athlete, 12 Oct 2021)

Family:

Father, Jean-Max Arbez. Mother, Marguerite Neerman-Arbez. Brother, Maxime Arbez.

Languages spoken:

English, French

Club name:

Orsatus Ski Racing

Coach:

Club: Fabien Pollier (FRA)

Sporting relatives:

Brother Maxime Arbez (Alpine skiing): Competed at the 2015 World Championships.

Great uncle Maurice Arbez (Ski jumping): Competed for France in the Grenoble 1968 Olympic Winter Games. He went on to coach the French ski jumping team at three Olympic Winter Games (1972, 1976, 1980) and served as a judge at Nagano 1998.

Debut:

2013 FIS event in Cerro Catedral (Slalom - 17th)

National team:

2014

Start:

Growing up in the Jura mountains of France, her father put her on skis as soon as she could walk. "Since then I have never stopped." (Athlete, 12 Oct 2021)

Reason:

The speed, the adrenaline of the competition, all in a beautiful environment. (Athlete, 12 Oct 2021)

Ambition:

"To qualify for my second Olympics and achieve a top-30 finish." (Athlete, 12 Oct 2021)

Memorable:

Competing at four World Championships and at the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic Winter Games (her best memory). (Athlete, 12 Oct 2021)

Hero:

Alpine skier Lindsey Vonn (USA), three-time Olympic and eight-time World Championship medallist. (Athlete, 12 Oct 2021)

Influence:

Her parents. "They have encouraged me since day one." (Athlete, 12 Oct 2021)

Ritual:

"I have many. One example, I always put my right boot on first." (Athlete, 12 Oct 2021)

Philosophy:

"Work in silence and let your success make some noise." (Athlete, 12 Oct 2021)

General Interest

CHANGE OF NATIONALITY
Born in France, she changed nationality to Ireland in June 2014, following her mother's Irish heritage (who is originally from Dublin). "I'm proud to race for Ireland for her." (fis-ski.com; yahoo.com, 14 Feb 2018)

Milestones

Made her Olympic Winter Games debut at PyeongChang 2018, becoming only the sixth female athlete from Ireland to compete in the Olympic Winter Games (the fourth in Alpine skiing).

Competed at four World Championships (in her 2015 debut, she competed alongside her brother Maxime), and two Junior World Championships (2015, 2016).

Social Media

https://www.instagram.com/tess_arbez/
Athlete Website: https://www.tess4eire.com/

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
DNF:: Did Not Finish

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