Ireneu ESTEVE ALTIMIRAS

Andorra

Cross-Country Skiing

Date of Birth: 21 Jun 1996

Age: 25

Gender: Male

Place of birth: ANDORRA LA VELLA

Birth Country:

Andorra

Residence: ANDORRA LA VELLA

Residence Country:

Andorra

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank
Cross-Country Skiing	Men's 15km Classic	24
	Men's 15km + 15km Skiathlon	20
	Men's 50km Mass Start Free	25

Schedule

Location	Event	Status
Zhangjiakou National Cross-Country Skiing Centre	Men's 15km + 15km Skiathlon	Finished
Zhangjiakou National Cross-Country Skiing Centre	Men's 15km Classic	Finished
Zhangjiakou National Cross-Country Skiing Centre	Men's 50km Mass Start Free	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Athlete:

Historical Results

Olympic Games
Rank	Event	Year	Location
26	Men's 15 kilometres, Freestyle	2018	PyeongChang, KOR
33	Men's 50 kilometres Mass Start, Classical	2018	PyeongChang, KOR
44	Men's 30 kilometres Skiathlon	2018	PyeongChang, KOR

World Championship
Rank	Event	Year	Location
15	15 km F Men	2021	Oberstdorf, GER
20	Skiathlon 15/15km C/F Men	2019	Seefeld, AUT
21	Skiathlon 15/15km C/F Men	2021	Oberstdorf, GER
22	15 km C Men	2019	Seefeld, AUT
28	15 km C Men	2017	Lahti, FIN
29	50 km F Mst Men	2019	Seefeld, AUT
32	Skiathlon 15/15km F/C Men	2017	Lahti, FIN
34	50 km C Mst Men	2021	Oberstdorf, GER

World Cup Rankings
Season	All	Distance
2021/2022	53	40
2020/2021	46	34
2019/2020	44	35
2018/2019	55	39

Best performances per season in World Cup events from 2018/2019 - Individual events until 15km

Season	SP C	SP F	10km F	15km C	15/15km C/F	15km F	15km P
2021/22						1 x 37th
2020/21	1 x 50th	1 x 80th	1 x 13rd	1 x 9th		1 x 28th	1 x 10th
2019/20	1 x 50th	1 x 74th	1 x 8th	1 x 16th	1 x 24th	1 x 12nd	1 x 25th
2018/19		1 x 68th		1 x 32nd		1 x 9th	1 x 20th

Best performances per season in World Cup events from 2018/2019 - Individual events longer than 15km

Season	30km F	30km P	>30km F	50km P
2021/22
2020/21				1 x 35th
2019/20		1 x 32nd	1 x 23rd
2018/19	1 x 19th

Ten Best World Cup Performances in Current Season
Rank	Event	Season	Location
26	FIS Tour de Ski Men	2021/2022	FIS Tour de Ski, FIS
37	15 km F Men	2021/2022	Davos, SUI
54	15 km F Men	2021/2022	Lillehammer, NOR

Nickname:

Iri

Hobbies:

Everything related to motor sports, cycling, and fitness. (Athlete, Jul 2021)

Occupation:

Athlete

Education:

Professional degree in mechanics. (Athlete, Jul 2021)

Family:

Father, Carles. Mother, Montserrat.

Languages spoken:

Catalan, Spanish, French, Italian, Some English

Club name:

Nordic Esqui Club La Rabassa - Naturland (Sant Julia de Loria, AND)

Coach:

National: Joan Erola (AND)

Debut:

2017 World Cup in Lillehammer (Skiathlon - 45th)

National team:

2014

Start:

Began with alpine skiing at around age 10-12, and did not like cross-country skiing then, but finally joined his parents who used to go skiing every weekend, and fell in love. Joined local club at age 15. (Athlete, Jul 2021)

Ambition:

Winning the Tour de Ski. (Athlete, Jul 2021)

Hero:

Anyone in any field that does not care about the result, but loves the spectacle. (Athlete, Jul 2021)

Influence:

His parents and the team at the Rabassa Resort in Andorra. (Athlete, Jul 2021)

Philosophy:

Healthy competition, where everyone gives their best in search of their limits without cheating. (Athlete, Jul 2021)

Award:

Served as Andorra's flag bearer for the opening and closing ceremonies of the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic Winter Games.

General Interest

UPHILL SPECIALIST
One of the reasons he is an uphill specialist has to do with where he is from. "We don’t have enough space in Andorra for flats – it’s all about long uphills and sharp downhills where I train.” (dailyskier.com, 6 Oct 2019)

ADRENALINE JUNKIE
Besides his love for motorsports, enjoys climbing and doing crazy things such as human flags off cliffs. (Instagram, Sep 2018)

Milestones

OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES
Made his Olympic Winter Games debut at PyeongChang 2018, where his best result was 26th in the 15km free.

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
First World Championships appearance was in 2017 in Lahti. Had his personal best at Oberstdorf 2021, where he finished 15th in the 15km free.

Competed at three Junior World Championships from 2014-16 with the eighth in skiathlon at Almaty 2015 as his best result.

Had a successful series of three appearances at the U23 World Championships from 2017-19, with a pair of fourths in skiathlon in 2017 (Soldier Hollow) and in the 15km in 2018 (Goms), and one fifth in skiathlon in 2018 (Goms).

WORLD CUP
Is best-known as a great uphill skier with two World Cup top-10 results in the Final Climb of the Tour de Ski. Initially stronger in the free technique but set his personal best in the classic technique during the 2020/21 Tour de Ski finishing ninth in the 15km classic mass start competition at Val Mustair.

Social Media

https://www.instagram.com/iriestevea/

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event

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