Xavier "Xavi" Capdevila Romero (born 17 July 1976) from

Escaldes-Engordany Escaldes-Engordany () is one of the 7 parishes of Andorra. The Escaldes-Engordany parish was founded on 14 June 1978 and has the second largest population after Andorra la Vella. The parish is composed of the areas of les Escaldes, Engordany, E ...

is an

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ski mountaineer Ski mountaineering (abbreviated to skimo) is a skiing discipline that involves climbing mountains either on skis or carrying them, depending on the steepness of the ascent, and then descending on skis. There are two major categories of equipmen ...

. Capdevila was born in

Canillo Canillo () is one of the parishes of Andorra. Canillo is also the name of the main town of the parish. The parish is considered the religious center of Andorra with the Sanctuary and Chapel of Our Lady of Meritxell, patron saint of Andorra, and ...

. He started ski mountaineering in 1998 and competed first in the ''(La) Serrera'' race in the same year. He is a professional firefighter, and is married to Neus Tort Gendrau.Personal information
Neus Tort Gendrau's Facebook profile

Selected results

* 2004: ** 8th,

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relay race (together with Joan Vilana Díaz, Manel Pelegrina Lopez and Toni Casals Rueda) * 2005: ** 1st, ''Circuit Català Pro-Olímpic'' ** 1st, ''Snow Top Andorra'' ** 7th, European Championship relay race (together with Toni Casals Rueda, Xavier Comas Guixé and Joan Vilana Díaz) * 2006: ** 8th,

relay race (together with Toni Casals Rueda, Joan Albós Cavaliere and Joan Vilana Díaz) * 2007: ** 7th, European Championship relay race (together with Toni Casals Rueda, Joan Albós Cavaliere and Xavier Comas Guixé) * 2008: ** 8th,

relay race (together with Xavier Comas Guixé, Joan Vilana Díaz and Joan Albós Cavaliere) * 2009: ** 6th, European Championship relay race (together with Toni Casals Rueda, Joan Albós Cavaliere and Joan Vilana Díaz)

External links

Xavier Capdevila Romero
at ''Skimountaineering.org''

References

1976 births Living people Andorran male ski mountaineers People from Escaldes-Engordany {{Skimountaineering-bio-stub