Chirine Njeim


Chirine Njeim 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 , 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

SportEventRankTime
Alpine SkiingWomen's Slalom 1st Run
46
1:05.54
Alpine SkiingWomen's Slalom 2nd Run
36
1:07.94
Alpine SkiingWomen's Slalom Final Ranking
36
2:13.48
Alpine SkiingWomen's Giant Slalom 1st Run
52
1:27.76
Alpine SkiingWomen's Giant Slalom 2nd Run
46
1:25.66
Alpine SkiingWomen's Giant Slalom Final Ranking
45
2:53.42

2006 Winter Olympics

DateTimeSportEventRankTimeDifference
February 1512:00 p.m.Alpine SkiingWomen's Downhill
34
2:02.86
+ 6.37
February 1717:00 p.m.Alpine SkiingWomen's Combined Slalom 1st Run
DNF
x
x
19:30 p.m.Alpine SkiingWomen's Combined Slalom 2nd Run
x
x
x
Alpine SkiingWomen's Combined Final Ranking
x
x
x
February 1814:00 p.m.Alpine SkiingWomen's Combined Downhill
DNF
x
x
February 2012:00 p.m.Alpine SkiingWomen's Super-G
46
1:47.93
+ 5.46
February 2214:45 p.m.Alpine SkiingWomen's Slalom 1st Run
43
47.24
+ 4.86
17:45 p.m.Alpine SkiingWomen's Slalom 2nd Run
39
51.90
+ 5.24
Alpine SkiingWomen's Slalom Final Ranking
39
1:39.14
+ 10.10
February 249:30 a.m.Alpine SkiingWomen's Giant Slalom 1st Run
41
1:06.80
+ 5.91
13:00 p.m.Alpine SkiingWomen's Giant Slalom 2nd Run
DNF
x
x
Alpine SkiingWomen's Giant Slalom Final Ranking
x
x
x

2010 Winter Olympics

DateTimeSportEventRankTimeDifference
February 2010:00 a.m.Alpine SkiingWomen's Super-G
37
1:29.59
+ 9.45
February 2410:00 a.m.Alpine SkiingWomen's Giant Slalom 1st Run
50
1:23.28
+ 8.16
February 259:30 a.m.Alpine SkiingWomen's Giant Slalom 2nd Run
42
1:18.33
+7.18
Alpine SkiingWomen's Giant Slalom Final Ranking
43
2:41.61
+14.50
February 2610:00 a.m.Alpine SkiingWomen's Slalom 1st Run
53
58.97
+8.22
1:15 p.m.Alpine SkiingWomen's Slalom 2nd Run
43
59.23
+7.31
Alpine SkiingWomen's Slalom Final Ranking
43
1:58.20
+15.31

2016 Summer Olympics

DateSportEventRankTime
August 14
Athletics
Women's Marathon
109
2:51:08