Chirine Njeim

Chirine Njeim
— Alpine skier —
Disciplines Downhill, Super-G,
Giant slalom, Slalom,
Combined
Club Faraya Mzaar
Born October 4, 1984
Beirut, Lebanon
Height 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)[1]
Olympics
Teams 3
Medals 0
World Championships
Medals 0

Chirine Njeim (born 4 October 1984) is a Lebanese alpine skier.

She represented Lebanon in the 2002, 2006 and the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.

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.

Event Schedule (2002 Winter Olympics)

Date Time Sport Event [2] Rank Time Difference
Alpine Skiing Women's Slalom 1st Run
46
1:05.54
Alpine Skiing Women's Slalom 2nd Run
36
1:07.94
Alpine Skiing Women's Slalom Final Ranking
36
2:13.48
Alpine Skiing Women's Giant Slalom 1st Run
52
1:27.76
Alpine Skiing Women's Giant Slalom 2nd Run
46
1:25.66
Alpine Skiing Women's Giant Slalom Final Ranking
45
2:53.42

Event Schedule (2006 Winter Olympics)

Date Time Sport Event [3] 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
DNF
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
DNF
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
DNF
x
x
Alpine Skiing Women's Giant Slalom Final Ranking
x
x
x

Event Schedule (2010 Winter Olympics)

Date Time Sport Event [4] Rank Time Difference
February 20 10:00 a.m. Alpine Skiing Women's Super-G
37
1:29.59
+ 9.45
February 24 10:00 a.m. Alpine Skiing Women's Giant Slalom 1st Run
50
1:23.28
+ 8.16
February 25 9:30 a.m. Alpine Skiing Women's Giant Slalom 2nd Run
42
1:18.33
+7.18
Alpine Skiing Women's Giant Slalom Final Ranking
43
2:41.61
+14.50
February 26 10:00 a.m. Alpine Skiing Women's Slalom 1st Run
53
58.97
+8.22
1:15 p.m. Alpine Skiing Women's Slalom 2nd Run
43
59.23
+7.31
Alpine Skiing Women's Slalom Final Ranking
43
1:58.20
+15.31

References

  1. ↑ http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/nj/chirine-njeim-1.html
  2. ↑ Athlete Bio and Results
  3. ↑ Alpine Skiing Results on the Torino 2006 Official Website
  4. ↑ Athlete Bio and Links to Results on the Vancouver 2010 Official Website

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