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.Joe Battaglia Chirine Njeim - The Unlikeliest Rio Olympian FloSports
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
SportEvent Rank Time Alpine skiing Women's slalom 1st Run Alpine skiing Women's slalom 2nd Run Alpine skiing Women's slalom Final Ranking Alpine skiing Women's giant slalom 1st Run Alpine skiing Women's giant slalom 2nd Run Alpine skiing Women's giant slalom Final Ranking
2006 Winter Olympics
DateTimeSportEvent Rank Time Difference February 15 12:00 p.m. Alpine skiing Women's Downhill February 17 17:00 p.m. Alpine skiing Women's Combined Slalom 1st Run 19:30 p.m. Alpine skiing Women's Combined Slalom 2nd Run Alpine skiing Women's Combined Final Ranking February 18 14:00 p.m. Alpine skiing Women's Combined Downhill February 20 12:00 p.m. Alpine skiing Women's Super-G February 22 14:45 p.m. Alpine skiing Women's slalom 1st Run 17:45 p.m. Alpine skiing Women's slalom 2nd Run Alpine skiing Women's slalom Final Ranking February 24 9:30 a.m. Alpine skiing Women's giant slalom 1st Run 13:00 p.m. Alpine skiing Women's giant slalom 2nd Run Alpine skiing Women's giant slalom Final Ranking
2010 Winter Olympics
DateTimeSportEvent Rank Time Difference February 20 10:00 a.m. Alpine skiing Women's Super-G February 24 10:00 a.m. Alpine skiing Women's giant slalom 1st Run February 25 9:30 a.m. Alpine skiing Women's giant slalom 2nd Run Alpine skiing Women's giant slalom Final Ranking February 26 10:00 a.m. Alpine skiing Women's slalom 1st Run 1:15 p.m. Alpine skiing Women's slalom 2nd Run Alpine skiing Women's slalom Final Ranking
2016 Summer Olympics
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