Cristian Javier Simari Birkner (born 4 October 1980 in

San Carlos de Bariloche San Carlos de Bariloche, usually known as Bariloche (), is a city in the province of Río Negro, Argentina, situated in the foothills of the Andes on the southern shores of Nahuel Huapi Lake. It is located within the Nahuel Huapi National Par ...

) is an

Argentinian Argentines (mistakenly translated Argentineans in the past; in Spanish ( masculine) or ( feminine)) are people identified with the country of Argentina. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Argentines, ...

alpine skier. He competed in the

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, 2006 and

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. He served as Argentina's flag bearer at the

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. and followed in 2014 as flagbearer. He is the brother of fellow alpine skiers

María Belén Simari Birkner María Belén Simari Birkner (born 18 August 1982) is a female skier from Argentina. She has represented Argentina in both the 2006 and the 2010 Winter Olympics, in the Alpine skiing events. She also took part in the 2005 Alpine Skiing World C ...

and

Macarena Simari Birkner Macarena Simari Birkner (born November 22, 1984) is a female skier from Argentina. She has represented Argentina in 2002, 2006, 2010 and the 2014 Winter Olympics, in the Alpine skiing events. She also took part in the 2005 Alpine Skiing World C ...

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* * * * 1980 births Living people Argentine male alpine skiers Olympic alpine skiers for Argentina Alpine skiers at the 2002 Winter Olympics Alpine skiers at the 2006 Winter Olympics Alpine skiers at the 2010 Winter Olympics Alpine skiers at the 2014 Winter Olympics Sportspeople from Bariloche Argentine people of Italian descent Argentine people of German descent {{Argentina-alpine-skiing-bio-stub