Chirine Njeim Explained

Chirine Njeim
Disciplines:Downhill, super-G,
Giant slalom, slalom, combined
Club:Faraya Mzaar
Birth Date:4 October 1984
Birth Place:Beirut, Lebanon
Height:[1]
Olympicmedals:0
Worldsmedals:0

Chirine Njeim (born October 4, 1984) is a Lebanese alpine skier and long-distance runner.

She represented Lebanon in the 2002, 2006 and the 2010 Winter Olympics, and the 2016 Summer Olympics.

Biography

Njeim started skiing at age 3. At 12, she went to France to train for 2 of years with a personal coach.[2]

She then moved to Salt Lake City in the United States in ninth grade, when she was 13, to attend the Rowmark Ski Academy, former home of U.S. Olympian Picabo Street. She went on to study at, and compete for, the University of Utah.

Njeim married Ronny Kamal, a Lebanese-American management consultant, in 2012 - the couple first met when they were seated together on a flight from Beirut to the United States in 2009. Since marrying the couple have lived in Chicago.[3]

Whilst in Chicago Njeim took up running, completing the 2012 Chicago Marathon in 3 hours 7 minutes and the 2013 edition of the race in 3:05.4. At the 2015 Chicago Marathon she posted a time of 2:46.41, placing her 29th among the women in the field. At the 2016 Houston Marathon, she completed the course in 2:44.14, securing herself a place on the Lebanese team at the 2016 Summer Olympics. She finished the 2016 Olympic Marathon in 109th place with a time of 2:51.08.[4]

2002 Winter Olympics

SportEvent[5] RankTime
Alpine skiingWomen's slalom 1st Run
Alpine skiingWomen's slalom 2nd Run
Alpine skiingWomen's slalom Final Ranking
Alpine skiingWomen's giant slalom 1st Run
Alpine skiingWomen's giant slalom 2nd Run
Alpine skiingWomen's giant slalom Final Ranking

2006 Winter Olympics

DateTimeSportEvent[6] RankTimeDifference
February 1512:00 p.m. Alpine skiingWomen's Downhill
February 1717:00 p.m.Alpine skiingWomen's Combined Slalom 1st Run
19:30 p.m.Alpine skiingWomen's Combined Slalom 2nd Run
Alpine skiingWomen's Combined Final Ranking
February 1814:00 p.m. Alpine skiingWomen's Combined Downhill
February 2012:00 p.m.Alpine skiingWomen's Super-G
February 2214:45 p.m.Alpine skiingWomen's slalom 1st Run
17:45 p.m.Alpine skiingWomen's slalom 2nd Run
Alpine skiingWomen's slalom Final Ranking
February 249:30 a.m.Alpine skiingWomen's giant slalom 1st Run
13:00 p.m.Alpine skiingWomen's giant slalom 2nd Run
Alpine skiingWomen's giant slalom Final Ranking

2010 Winter Olympics

DateTimeSportEvent[7] RankTimeDifference
February 2010:00 a.m.Alpine skiingWomen's Super-G
February 2410:00 a.m.Alpine skiingWomen's giant slalom 1st Run
February 259:30 a.m.Alpine skiingWomen's giant slalom 2nd Run
Alpine skiingWomen's giant slalom Final Ranking
February 2610:00 a.m.Alpine skiingWomen's slalom 1st Run
1:15 p.m.Alpine skiingWomen's slalom 2nd Run
Alpine skiingWomen's slalom Final Ranking

External links

Notes and References

  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418010323/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/nj/chirine-njeim-1.html Chirine Njeim at Sports Reference
  2. Joe Battaglia Chirine Njeim - The Unlikeliest Rio Olympian FloSports
  3. Web site: Chicago marathoner aims to make history as Winter/Summer Olympian. Greenstein . Teddy . 22 February 2016 . . 14 August 2016.
  4. Web site: Rio Olympics: Sumgong Gives Kenya Its First Women's Marathon Gold . . 14 August 2016 . . 14 August 2016.
  5. Web site: Chirine Njeim Bio, Stats, and Results | Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Apr 18, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418010323/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/nj/chirine-njeim-1.html . Jan 22, 2023. 2020-04-18 .
  6. Web site: archive.ph. archive.ph. Jan 22, 2023. February 18, 2013. https://archive.today/20130218123828/http://www.torino2006.it/ENG/IDF/AS/X05.html. bot: unknown.
  7. Web site: Athlete Bio and Links to Results on the Vancouver 2010 Official Website . 2010-02-25 . 2010-02-26 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100226001238/http://www.vancouver2010.com/olympic-alpine-skiing/athletes/chirine-njeim_ath1014953Ui.html . dead .