Chirine njeim biography

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

    Lebanese alpine skier and long-distance runner

    Chirine Njeim (born October 4, 1984) fryst vatten a Lebanesealpine skier and long-distance runner.

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

    Biography

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

    Njeim married Ronny Kamal, a Lebanese-American management consultant, in 2012 - the couple first met when they were seated together on a flygning 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

    HPT Athlete Interview: Chirine Njeim

    Firstly, tell us about your history in ski racing.

    Since I was really young, like 3 years old, I was skiing – but around 8-9 is when I started to watch it on TV and that’s when I really fell in love with it. On the weekend I’d go to the mountains I would try to do exactly the same thing [as Alberto Tomba]. I began racing in Lebanon (where I’m originally from) and I traveled all across Europe for it. When the Olympics were getting closer in 2002 (SLC Games) I started looking at Utah and academies where I could continue ski racing while studying.

    My parents were really supportive, they trusted me 100% so I did everything possible to focus on my skiing.

    What initiated your transition into marathon/distance running?

    I never thought I’d be a distance runner. Ski racing is all about power, so it was back squats, front squats, and sprints up the hill. Every time we’d play soccer with the team I [thought] “this is miserable”.

    What really changed w

    Date

    Place, Discipline

    Nat., Cat.

    Place

    Nation

    Category

    Discipline

    Position

    FIS Points

    Cup points

    Position

    FIS Points

    Cup Points

    11-01-2014

    Mont. Ripley, Mi

    FIS

    FIS

    Slalom

    10-03-2013

    Mzaar

    FIS

    FIS

    Giant Slalom

    09-03-2013

    Mzaar

    FIS

    FIS

    Slalom

    08-03-2013

    Mzaar

    FIS

    FIS

    Giant Slalom

    03-03-2013

    Cedars

    NC

    National Championships

    Giant Slalom

    02-03-2013

    Cedars

    NC

    National Championships

    Slalom

    19-03-2012

    Mzaar

    FIS

    FIS

    Giant Slalom

    18-03-2012

    Mzaar

    FIS

    FIS

    Slalom

    26-02-2010

    Whistler Creekside

    Whistler Creekside

    Slalom

    OWG

    Olympic Winter Games

    Slalom

    25-02-2010

    Whistler Creekside

    Whistler Creekside

    Giant Slalom

    OWG

    Olympic Winter Games

    Giant Slalom

    20-02-2010

    Whistler Creekside

    Whistler Creekside

    Super G

    OWG

    Olympic Winter Games

    Super G

    10-01-2010

    Snowbird, UT

    FIS

    FIS

    Slalom

    07-01-2010

    Park City, UT

    Park City, UT

    Giant Slalom

    FIS

    FIS

    Giant Slalom

    27-03-2009

    Park Cit

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