Chirine Njeim

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Chrine Njeim (born 4 October 1984) is a Lebanese Alpine Skier.

She participated in the 2006 Winter Olympics with the Lebanese olympic team.

[edit] Biography

The daughter of a tradesman in chemical products, Njeim spent her childhood in Lebanon. She fell in love with the sport when she started skiing at age 3. In her early teens, she went to France to train for a couple of years then moved to Salt Lake City in ninth grade to attend the Rowmark Ski Academy, former home of U.S. Olympian Picabo Street.

She finished 36th in Slalom and 45th in Giant Slalom at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City.

[edit] Event Schedule (2006)

Date Time Sport Event Rank Time Difference February 15 12:00 p.m. Alpine Skiing Women's Downhill 34 2:02.86 + 6.37 February 17 17:00 p.m. Alpine Skiing Women's Combined Slalom 1st Run Abandon x x 19:30 p.m. Alpine Skiing Women's Combined Slalom 2nd Run x x x Alpine Skiing Women's Combined Final Ranking x x x February 18 14:00 p.m. Alpine Skiing Women's Combined Downhill Abandon x x February 20 12:00 p.m. Alpine Skiing Women's Super-G 46 1:47.93 + 5.46 February 22 14:45 p.m. Alpine Skiing Women's Slalom 1st Run 43 47.24 + 4.86 17:45 p.m. Alpine Skiing Women's Slalom 2nd Run 39 51.90 + 5.24 Alpine Skiing Women's Slalom Final Ranking 39 1:39.14 + 10.10 February 24 9:30 a.m. Alpine Skiing Women's Giant Slalom 1st Run 41 1:06.80 + 5.91 13:00 p.m. Alpine Skiing Women's Giant Slalom 2nd Run Abandon x x Alpine Skiing Women's Giant Slalom Final Ranking x x x  This Lebanese biographical article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.  This biographical article relating to alpine skiing is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.