Tess Arbez
{{Short description|Irish alpine skier (born 1997)}}
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Tess Arbez (born 1 December 1997) is an Irish alpine ski racer.
Biography
She competed at the 2015 World Championships in Beaver Creek, United States, in the giant slalom{{cite web |url=http://data.fis-ski.com/pdf/2015/AL/5214/2015AL5214RLR2.pdf |title=Ladies' Giant Slalom Official Results |website=FIS-ski.com |access-date=14 February 2015 |archive-date=13 February 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150213094156/http://data.fis-ski.com/pdf/2015/AL/5214/2015AL5214RLR2.pdf |url-status=live }} and in the slalom. Tess Arbez also competed in four other FIS Alpine World Ski Championships: in St Moritz, Switzerland, in 2017; in Åre, Sweden, in 2019, in Cortina, Italy, in 2021 and Courchevel-Meribel in 2023. In 2018, she was the only female athlete competing for Team Ireland at the PyeongChang Winter Olympic Games. During the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, she became the first Irishwoman to compete in a speed race at the Olympics{{cite web |url=https://www.irishmirror.ie/sport/other-sport/tess-arbez-makes-history-ireland-26201973 |title=Tess Arbez makes history for Ireland at Winter Olympics |website=IrishMirror.ie |date=11 February 2022}} ranking 42nd in the Super-G. She finished 48th in the slalom.{{Cite web |url=https://olympics.com/beijing-2022/olympic-games/static/owg2022/pdf/OWG2022/ALP/OWG2022_ALP_B99_ALP-------------------------------.pdf |title=Alpine skiing - Results Book |work=Beijing 2022 Olympics |access-date=23 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220220091448/https://olympics.com/beijing-2022/olympic-games/static/owg2022/pdf/OWG2022/ALP/OWG2022_ALP_B99_ALP-------------------------------.pdf |archive-date=20 February 2022}}
References
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External links
- {{FIS alpine skier}}
- {{Olympedia}}
- {{Olympics.com|tess-arbez}}
- {{Olympics.ie|tess-arbez}}
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Category:Irish female alpine skiers
Category:Olympic alpine skiers for Ireland
Category:Alpine skiers at the 2018 Winter Olympics
Category:Alpine skiers at the 2022 Winter Olympics
Category:21st-century Irish sportswomen
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