Chirine Njeim

Chirine Njeim

Personal information
Occupation	Alpine skier
Height	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
Sport
Country	Lebanon
Skiing career
Disciplines	Downhill, Super-G, Giant slalom, Slalom, Combined
Club	Faraya Mzaar
Olympics
Teams	3
Medals	0
World Championships
Medals	0

Chirine Njeim (born 4 October 1984) is a Lebanese alpine skier from Maasser el Chouf.

She participated in the 2006 Winter Olympics with the Lebanese olympic team. She is currently representing Lebanon in the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.

Biography

The daughter of a tradesman in chemical products, Njeim spent her childhood in Lebanon. She fell in love with the sport when she started skiing at age 3. In her early teens, she went to France to train for a couple of years then moved to Salt Lake City in ninth grade to attend the Rowmark Ski Academy, former home of U.S. Olympian Picabo Street.

She finished 36th in Slalom and 45th in Giant Slalom at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City.

Event Schedule (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 Event Schedule (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 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 '