{{Short description|Scottish alpine skier (born 1981)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2017}} {{Use British English|date=January 2017}} '''Noel Baxter''' (born 25 July 1981)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympic.org/noel-baxter|title=Noel Baxter|publisher=IOC|accessdate=5 January 2019}}</ref> is a Scottish alpine skier from Aviemore. He represented Britain at the 2002 and 2006 Winter Olympics.
==Skiing career== He represented Great Britain in 2002 Olympics, coming 21st in the men's slalom.<ref name="BBC 23 Feb 2002">{{cite news |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/winterolympics2002/hi/english/alpine_skiing/newsid_1838000/1838032.stm |title=Baxter grabs bronze for Britain |work=BBC News |date=23 February 2002 |access-date=1 July 2017}}</ref>
Baxter was not picked for the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.strathspey-herald.co.uk/news/fullstory.php/aid/5049/Baxter_devastated_at_Olympic_snub.html |title=Baxter devastated at Olympic snub |author=Gavin Musgrove |date=27 January 2010 |publisher=Strathspey and Badenoch Herald |accessdate=30 June 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100310190901/http://www.strathspey-herald.co.uk/news/fullstory.php/aid/5049/Baxter_devastated_at_Olympic_snub.html |archive-date=10 March 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref> After retiring from competition Baxter became a coach for the Spanish national ski team. he now coaches the British Women's Alpine Team.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.chhp.com/testimonial/noel-baxter |title=Noel Baxter - CHHP |website=chhp.com |accessdate=14 February 2014}}</ref> <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.strathspey-herald.co.uk/Sport/Skiing/Baxters-end-season-on-downhill-note-1103.htm |title=Baxters end season on downhill note |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=28 February 2007 |website=Strathspey and Badenoch Herald |accessdate=14 February 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222141311/http://www.strathspey-herald.co.uk/Sport/Skiing/Baxters-end-season-on-downhill-note-1103.htm |archivedate=22 February 2014 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> Baxter, as with his brother Alain, also played shinty for Kincraig Camanachd.
==Family== He is the half-brother of fellow Alpine skier, Alain Baxter,<ref name="BBC 23 Feb 2002"/> and a cousin of snowboarder Lesley McKenna.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/winterolympics2002/hi/english/alpine_skiing/newsid_1838000/1838078.stm |title=Team GB hails Baxter |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=23 February 2002 |website=bbc.co.uk |access-date=15 February 2014}}</ref> He was in a relationship with Argentine alpine skier Macarena Simari Birkner, with whom he has a child.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.strathspey-herald.co.uk/Sport/Skiing/Baxters-end-season-on-downhill-note-1103.htm |title=Baxters end season on downhill note |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=28 February 2007 |website=Strathspey and Badenoch Herald |accessdate=1 March 2024 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222141311/http://www.strathspey-herald.co.uk/Sport/Skiing/Baxters-end-season-on-downhill-note-1103.htm |archivedate=22 February 2014}}</ref>
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