Name Kenza Tazi Role Alpine skier | Height 1.66 m Weight 60 kg | |
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Born February 6, 1996 (age 28) ( 1996-02-06 ) Boston, United States Profiles | ||
Kenza Tazi (born February 6, 1996 in Boston, United States) is a Moroccan alpine skier. She competed for Morocco at the 2014 Winter Olympics in the slalom and giant slalom.
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Early life
Kenza Tazi was born on February 6, 1996 in Boston, United States. Tazi began to ski at the age of three, joining her first ski club when she turned 12. She later explained that, "every year my family took me skiing for one week in winter and my love of the sport grew from there".
Skiing career
After competing in the international skiing circuit, Tazi ranked high enough to qualify for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia. This followed her recovery from a cruciate ligament injury suffered a year prior at Ancelle. She was selected to represent Morocco at the 2014 Winter Olympics, alongside fellow skiier Adam Lamhamedi.
Tazi admitted that she was not expecting to win medals, saying "I'll try to enjoy myself. I have neither the technique, nor the experience, to win a medal at this major sporting event, so I have different goals. I'm here primarily to ski and to improve my abilities." She placed 62nd overall in the women's giant slalom, and 45th in the slalom.
Following the Olympics, she was selected as a member of a delegation who met with President of the United States Barack Obama, and went on to attend university at Imperial College London where she studies physics.