Lluís Marín

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Lluís Marín
Marín carrying the Andorran flag at the 2010 Winter Olympics opening ceremony
Personal information
Full nameLluís Marín Tarroch
Born (1988-10-12) 12 October 1988 (age 35)
Andorra la Vella, Andorra
Height6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight187 lb (85 kg)
Sport
CountryAndorra
SportSnowboarding

Lluís Marín Tarroch[a] (born 12 October 1988) is an Andorran snowboarder. He competed for Andorra in snowboard cross at the 2010, 2014, and 2018 Winter Olympics.[1] Marin was Andorra's flag bearer during the 2010 Winter Olympics opening ceremony.[2] In 2010, Tarroch failed to qualify for the head-to-head rounds of his event after falling in one of his runs and ended up in 34th place.[3]

Marín Tarroch twice finished 3rd in the World Cup: on 16 March 2012 in Italian Valmalenco and on 24 January 2016 in German Feldberg.

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ In this Catalan name, the first or paternal surname is Marín and the second or maternal family name is Tarroch; both are generally joined by the conjunction "i".

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Vancouver 2010 Profile". Archived from the original on 9 April 2010. Retrieved 13 February 2010.
  2. ^ Tarroch named 2010 flagbearer. Archived 17 August 2000 at the Wayback Machine – accessed 11 February 2010.
  3. ^ Men's Snowboard Cross – Official Qualifying Archived 13 May 2010 at the Wayback Machine

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