| María Cecilia Domínguez | |
| Birth Place: | San Carlos de Bariloche |
| Height: | 163 cm |
| Weight: | 53 kg |
| Sport: | Cross-country skiing |
| Club: | Club Andino Bariloche / Argentine Army |
| Show-Medals: | yes |
María Cecilia Domínguez (pronounced as /es-419/; born, 8 April 1981) is a cross-country skiing player and technical drawer from Argentina.[1] [2]
She used to practice athletics at a young age, in specialties like medium distance.[2] Her first contact with skiing was at the age of 20, while practicing for the team of the Bariloche Municipality.[3] She then joined the team of the Argentine Army.[2]
She specializes in different biathlon disciplines,[4] such as sprint and pursuit. In cross-country skiing, she specializes in freestyle.[2] She was the South American Champion of biathlon seven times, the last time being in August 2017 in Chile.[3] [2] That same year, she participated in the Argentine Winter Games, celebrated in Cerro Catedral, obtaining good results.[5]
Her coaches are Gastón Fanti, Damián Gutiérrez, and Sergio Martínez, all members of the Argentine Army.[2]
She qualified for the 2018 Winter Olympics after the International Ski Federation guaranteed a quota for the Argentine team,[6] [2] and participated in the Ladies' 10 km Free Style, finishing in the 87th place.[7] With this, she became the first Argentine woman to participate in cross-country skiing at the Winter Olympics.[8]
She lives in San Carlos de Bariloche, and studied at the Centro de Capacitación Técnica de Bariloche. She is a member of the Argentine Army as reserve soldier and technical drawer.[3] [2]
She is married to Axel Nicolás Ciuffo, who has also represented Argentina in various competitions of biathlon and cross-country skiing.[3] Together, they have one daughter.[8]