Joaquim
Salarich Baucells

Alpine Skiing
Slalom

Nationality: Spain
Born: 2 January 1994

Equipment

3 entries · 3 categories

Skis

Nordica

FIS race-stock World Cup slalom ski from Nordica's Race Department; full wood core with Titanal metal layers over the edges (slalom-specific counterpart to the existing GS model)

Slalom

Reference

Boots

Nordica

Dobermann 5 96 (Stiff)

96mm-last race-inspired boot, flex range approx. 90-140

Reference

Poles

One Way

Model not published

Race-stock alpine pole

Alpine Skiing

Brand only Reference

Setup verified 8 July 2026

Sources

About

Spanish World Cup alpine ski racer specializing in slalom, born 2 January 1994 in Vic and racing for LMCE. Competed at the 2011 and subsequent FIS Junior World Ski Championships, with a best junior result of 12th in slalom at the 2013 championships in Mont-Sainte-Anne, and won the Spanish junior slalom title in 2013. Qualified for Spain's team at the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics, competing in slalom. Posted back-to-back top-10 World Cup slalom finishes at Garmisch-Partenkirchen in February 2022 (8th and 7th, 0.13 seconds off the podium), then took a career-best 5th place in the World Cup finals slalom at Meribel on 20 March 2022 after winning the second run from 25th - the first Spanish men's World Cup top-5 since Paquito Fernandez Ochoa in 1975. Competed at the Milano-Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics, where he was Spain's flagbearer at the opening ceremony (with figure skater Olivia Smart) and finished 19th in slalom, and has continued racing World Cup and European Cup slalom through the 2025-26 season.

FIS Code 491879. Career-best World Cup result: 7th, slalom, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, 27 Feb 2022 (Spain's best slalom result since 1973). 2018 Olympics: DNF slalom 2nd run. 2026 Olympics: 19th, slalom (Bormio). Credited by Olympics.com with helping revitalize competitive alpine skiing in Spain.