Erjon Tola
{{short description|Albanian alpine skier}}
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|disciplines = Super-G, giant slalom, slalom
|club = affiliated to Sci Club Cervino Valtournenche (Italy)
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|birth_place = Tirana, Albania
|height = {{convert|1.81|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
|wcdebut = 20 November 1997
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Erjon Tola (born 15 December 1986) is an Albanian alpine ski racer who represented Albania at the 2006,{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/to/erjon-tola-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418010500/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/to/erjon-tola-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2020-04-18|title=Erjon Tola|publisher=Sports Reference}} 2010, 2014 and 2018 Winter Olympics.{{cite web|url=http://nocalbania.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/Kartolina_web_2014.jpg|title=Kartolina 2014|publisher=Albanian National Olympic Committee|access-date=2013-12-16|archive-date=2016-03-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303222833/http://nocalbania.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/Kartolina_web_2014.jpg|url-status=dead}},
Biography
Tola was born in Tirana in 1986. He trains in Italy and has been living in Cervinia since 1992.[http://www.ctvolympics.ca/countries/country=alb/index.html CTV]
Career
At his first Olympics appearance in 2006, Tola was ranked last among those who finished the men's super-G, but finished 35th in the men's giant slalom. Tola finished 48th in the men's slalom{{cite web|url=http://www.cbc.ca/olympics/content/athletes/erjon-tola-alb.html|title=Erjon Tola, Alpine Skiing|publisher=CBC Canada, VANCOUVER NOW}} and 63rd in the men's giant slalom at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.
During 2013 he participated for the first time in both the World Ski Championships and the World Cup.
Although Tola represented Albania again at the 2014 Winter Olympics, due to injury suffered during a training session he was not able to take part in any competitions.
In 2018 he and Suela Mehilli represented Albania at the Winter Olympic Games in South Korea. It was his fourth and her second Olympics.{{Cite news|url=http://www.tiranatimes.com/?p=135692|title=Two Italy-based skiers represent Albania at South Korea's Winter Olympics|date=2018-02-06|work=Tirana Times|access-date=2018-02-11|language=en-US}}
He obtained his best career placement in the Slalom competition at the 2021 World Championships held in Cortina d'Ampezzo.{{Cite news|url=https://www.ocnal.com/2021/02/another-record-for-albanian-skier-erion.html|date=2021-02-23|title=Another record for Albanian skier Erion Tola: 29th in the world|work=Oculus News|access-date=2021-10-13|language=en-US}}
See also
References
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External links
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- {{Ski-DB}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20110818052407/http://i.nbcolympics.com/athletes/athlete%3D10140/index.html Videos of Erjon Tola in the 2010 Winter Olympics]
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Category:Albanian male alpine skiers
Category:Alpine skiers at the 2006 Winter Olympics
Category:Alpine skiers at the 2010 Winter Olympics
Category:Alpine skiers at the 2014 Winter Olympics
Category:Alpine skiers at the 2018 Winter Olympics
Category:Olympic alpine skiers for Albania