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.

She represented Lebanon in the 2002 and the 2006 Winter Olympics. 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.

Event Schedule (2002 Winter Olympics)

Date Time Sport Event Rank Time Difference 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 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 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 1:15 p.m. Alpine Skiing Women's Slalom 2nd Run Alpine Skiing Women's Slalom Final Ranking ' References External links Torino 2006 Official Site Vancouver 2010 Official Site