Kai Horwitz (born 9 April 1998) is a Chilean Olympic

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Early and personal life

Horwitz was born in

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, and is Jewish. His sister Nadja Horwitz represented Chile in sailing at the

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, in the women's 470 class."Alpine Skiing , Athlete Profile: Kai HORWITZ - Pyeongchang 2018 Olympic Winter Games"
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/ref> His cousins Henrik von Appen and Sven von Appen represented Chile in alpine skiing at the 2017 World Championships in

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, Switzerland, and Henrik competed for Chile at the

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and 2018 Winter Olympics in all five alpine skiing events. In 2018, Henrik was also Chile's flagbearer at the

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. Horwitz studied at Burke Mountain Academy in East Burke,

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, from 2012 to 2016. He is studying biokinetics at the University of the Andes in Santiago. Kai stated that sports was always a favorite topic in their very united family, and "we are always finding good ideas."

Ski career

Horwitz's specialties in

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are

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, downhill,

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, slalom, and

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."Alpine Skiing - Kai Horwitz (Chile)"
/ref> His club is Club Andes in La Parva, Chile. His coach is Luciano Acerboni. He won the

at the 2011 Whistler Cup in

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, Canada. At the February

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, Norway, Horwitz came in 20th in the Alpine Combined. In March 2016 he won the FIS - Giant Slalom at

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, and in August 2016 he came in third at the South American Cup - Antillanca in Slalom.">"HORWITZ Kai - Biographie"
/ref> In January 2017, he came in third at the Italian National Junior Race in Giant Slalom at

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, and in September 2017 he came in third at the South American Cup -

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in Men's Giant Slalom. Horwitz competed in the

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at the age of 19. He did not finish in the Men's Giant Slalom and Men's Slalom.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Horwitz, Kai 1998 births Living people Alpine skiers at the 2018 Winter Olympics Chilean male alpine skiers Olympic alpine skiers for Chile Jewish Chilean sportspeople Skiers from Santiago, Chile Alpine skiers at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics 21st-century Chilean sportsmen