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Lebanese alpine skier and long-distance runner
Chirine Njeim
Personal information
Born (1984-10-04) October 4, 1984 (age 40)
Beirut, Lebanon
OccupationAlpine skier
Height5 ft 1 in (1.55 m)
Skiing career
DisciplinesDownhill, super-G,
Giant slalom, slalom, combined
ClubFaraya Mzaar
Olympics
Medals0
World Championships
Medals0

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.

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.

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.

2002 Winter Olympics

Sport Event Rank Time
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

2006 Winter Olympics

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 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

2010 Winter Olympics

Date Time Sport Event 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

2016 Summer Olympics

Date Sport Event Rank Time
August 14 Athletics Women's Marathon 109 2:51:08

References

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  2. Joe Battaglia Chirine Njeim - The Unlikeliest Rio Olympian FloSports Archived 4 August 2016 at the Wayback Machine
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  4. "Rio Olympics: Sumgong Gives Kenya Its First Women's Marathon Gold". The New York Times. 14 August 2016. Retrieved 14 August 2016.
  5. "Chirine Njeim Bio, Stats, and Results | Olympics at Sports-Reference.com". Apr 18, 2020. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18. Retrieved Jan 22, 2023.
  6. "archive.ph". archive.ph. Archived from the original on February 18, 2013. Retrieved Jan 22, 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  7. "Athlete Bio and Links to Results on the Vancouver 2010 Official Website". Archived from the original on 2010-02-26. Retrieved 2010-02-25.

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