Matías Zuloaga (; born 23 December 1997) is an Argentine cross-country skier. He competed in the men's 15 kilometre freestyle at the

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Personal life

He is related to the Argentine biathletes María Giró who competed in the

1992 Winter Olympics The 1992 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XVI Olympic Winter Games () and commonly known as Albertville '92 (Franco-Provençal, Arpitan: ''Arbèrtvile '92''), were a winter multi-sport event held from 8 to 23 February 1992 in and aroun ...

and

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, and Gustavo Giró who competed at the

1998 Winter Olympics The 1998 Winter Olympics, officially known as the and commonly known as Nagano 1998 (), were a winter multi-sport event held from 7 to 22 February 1998, mainly in Nagano, Nagano, Nagano, Nagano Prefecture, Japan, with some events ...

Sports career

He started skiing when he was 3 years old, influenced by his family. He also competed in

biathlon The biathlon is a winter sport that combines cross-country skiing and rifle shooting. It is treated as a race, with contestants skiing through a cross-country trail whose distance is divided into shooting rounds. The shooting rounds are not ti ...

and

Mountain biking Mountain biking (MTB) is a sport of riding bicycles off-road, often over rough terrain, usually using specially designed mountain bikes. Mountain bikes share similarities with other bikes but incorporate features designed to enhance durability ...

. In 2017, he won the Argentine Championship in 10 km freestyle and every single competence organized by the

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Cerro Catedral Cerro Catedral is a mountain located from San Carlos de Bariloche, and inside the Nahuel Huapí National Park, in Patagonia, Argentina. The complex is one of the most important ski resorts in South America and the Southern Hemisphere, with a ...

and

Cerro Castor Cerro Castor is a ski resort on the southern slope of , from the city of Ushuaia, in the Argentine province of Tierra del Fuego. Its tracks can be used during several months because of the cold weather of the region. The standard season take ...

. That same year, he competed in the Junior World Championship in the

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, finishing in the 60th place in skiathlon and 67th place in 10 km freestyle.

Pyeongchang 2018

At the

, he competed for the first time in the cross-country 15 km freestyle event, after qualifying due to the score accumulation of

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. He finished in the 100th place with a time of 42:27.5. His coach, Sebastián Menci, participated in the 1992 Winter Olympics.

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Zuloaga, Matias 1997 births Living people Argentine male cross-country skiers Olympic cross-country skiers for Argentina Cross-country skiers at the 2018 Winter Olympics People from Ushuaia 21st-century Argentine sportsmen