Macarena Simari Birkner (born November 22, 1984) is a female

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from

Argentina Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , making it the second-largest country in South America after Brazil, t ...

. She has represented Argentina in

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, 2006,

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and the

2014 Winter Olympics The 2014 Winter Olympics, officially called the XXII Olympic Winter Games (russian: XXII Олимпийские зимние игры, XXII Olimpiyskiye zimniye igry) and commonly known as Sochi 2014 (russian: Сочи 2014), was an international ...

, in the Alpine skiing events. She also took part in the

2005 Alpine Skiing World Cup 5 (five) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number, and cardinal number, following 4 and preceding 6, and is a prime number. It has attained significance throughout history in part because typical humans have five digits on each ...

, where she came 20th in the Women's Combined, and in the

FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2009 The FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2009 were the 40th FIS Alpine World Ski Championships, held 2–15 February in France at Val-d'Isère, Savoie. The International Ski Federation (FIS) awarded the championships to Val-d'Isère on 2 June ...

. She is the sister of fellow alpine skiers Cristian Simari Birkner and María Belén Simari Birkner. She was in a relationship with British former alpine skier Noel Baxter, with whom she has a child. Simari Birkner, has set an impressive record having completed all the five Alpine Ski events in both 2010 and 2014 Winter Olympic Games. She shares this record with pluri-medalist

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Results

2001 Alpine Skiing World Cup:
slalom; 31

2003 Alpine Skiing World Cup 3 (three) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number following 2 and preceding 4, and is the smallest odd prime number and the only prime preceding a square number. It has religious or cultural significance in many socie ...

combine;21

:
Combined– 20
26 slalom
2006 Winter Olympics:
Giant Slalom–31
Slalom–36
Super-G–DNF
Combined–26

:
Super Combined– 23
Downhill– 30
Giant Slalom– 37

2010 Winter Olympics )'' , nations = 82 , athletes = 2,626 , events = 86 in 7 sports (15 disciplines) , opening = February 12, 2010 , closing = February 28, 2010 , opened_by = Governor General Michaëlle Jean , cauldron = Catriona Le May Doan Nancy GreeneWayne Gr ...

:
Downhill– 31
Slalom– 37 & 36
Giant Slalom– 51 & 45
Super-G– 32
Super Combined– 27 & 26
2011 Alpine Skiing World Cup:
21 super combi; 31 Downhill; 34 slalom

:
Downhill– 32
Slalom– 27
Giant Slalom– 39
Super-G– 26
Super Combined– 20

References

External links

Macarena Simari Birkner at www.vancouver2010.com
1984 births Living people Argentine people of German descent Sportspeople from Bariloche 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 Argentine female alpine skiers Olympic alpine skiers of Argentina {{Argentina-alpine-skiing-bio-stub