| Matías Zuloaga | |
| Birth Date: | 23 December 1997 |
| Birth Place: | Ushuaia, Argentina |
| Sport: | Cross-country skiing |
| Club: | Club Andino Ushuaia |
Matías Zuloaga (pronounced as /es-419/; born 23 December 1997) is an Argentine cross-country skier. He competed in the men's 15 kilometre freestyle at the 2018 Winter Olympics.[1]
He is related to the Argentine biathletes María Giró who competed in the 1992 Winter Olympics and 1994 Winter Olympics, and Gustavo Giró who competed at the 1998 Winter Olympics.[2]
He started skiing when he was 3 years old, influenced by his family. He also competed in biathlon and Mountain biking.[2]
In 2017, he won the Argentine Championship in 10 km freestyle and every single competence organized by the International Ski Federation in Cerro Catedral and Cerro Castor.[3] That same year, he competed in the Junior World Championship in the United States, finishing in the 60th place in skiathlon and 67th place in 10 km freestyle.[4] [2]
At the 2018 Winter Olympics, he competed for the first time in the cross-country 15 km freestyle event, after qualifying due to the score accumulation of Austria and Germany.[5] [6] He finished in the 100th place with a time of 42:27.5.
His coach, Sebastián Menci, participated in the 1992 Winter Olympics.[7]