Fayik Abdi

Fayik Rifat Abdi (; born October 8, 1997) is an Olympic alpine ski racer from Saudi Arabia. He is the first Saudi Arabian ski racer to compete in the Winter Olympic Games and the first ever Winter Olympian from Saudi Arabia and the Gulf. After graduating from the University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Abdi returned to Saudi Arabia to pursue skiing as a professional sport.

Early life and education Abdi was born on October 8, 1997, in San Diego, California to Saudi parents. He attended IMG Academy for high school and graduated from the University of Utah in 2020. As a young boy, Abdi's mother would take him to the slopes of Lebanon, where he would practice skiing. He later started traveling to Switzerland to a winter camp, where he trained in skiing.

As of 2022, Abdi is an athlete for the Saudi Olympic & Paralympic Committee and the Saudi Olympic Training Center.

World Championship results YearAgeSlalomGiantslalomSuper-GDownhillTeamcombinedTeam event 2025 27 — DNS1 — — — —

Olympic results Year Age Slalom Giantslalom Super-G Downhill Combined Teamcombined Team event2022 24 —44————2026 28 —67———