Kosovo dentist achieves victory as 1st in country to compete at Winter Olympics: 3 insights

Dr. Albin Tahiri, a Kosovo dentist, is competing at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics as an alpine skier. He is the first in his country to compete at the Winter Olympics, according to Reuters.

Here are three insights:

1. Dr. Tahiri is his country's only athlete at the 2018 games and he is set to compete in all five individual alpine skiing events.

2. The alpine skier, recently graduated from dental school and plans to open a private practice in Kosovo.

3. Dr. Tahiri has one more year of his internship and plans to study mouth reconstruction with implantation. He is interested in oral surgery and prosthetics.

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