Sabrina Simader
| Personal information | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Sabrina Wanjiku Simader | ||||||||
| Born | 13 April 1998 Kakuma, Kenya | ||||||||
| Occupation | Alpine skier ♀ | ||||||||
| Skiing career | |||||||||
| Disciplines | Downhill, giant slalom, super-G | ||||||||
| World Cup debut | 7 January 2017 (age 18) | ||||||||
| Olympics | |||||||||
| Teams | 1 – (2018) | ||||||||
| World Championships | |||||||||
| Teams | 3 – (2017–2021) | ||||||||
| World Cup | |||||||||
| Seasons | 4 – (2017–2020) | ||||||||
Medal record
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Sabrina Wanjiku Simader (born 13 April 1998[1]) is an alpine skier from Kenya.
Personal life
[edit]Simader was born in Kenya and moved to Austria when she was three years old, where she picked up the sport. Her mother is Kenyan while her stepfather is Austrian.[2]
Career
[edit]2016 Winter Youth Olympics
[edit]Simader represented Kenya at the Winter Youth Olympics in 2016 in Lillehammer, Norway.[3]
2018 Winter Olympics
[edit]Simader competed for Kenya at the 2018 Winter Olympics in the alpine skiing events. Simader became the first female and alpine skier to compete for Kenya at the Winter Olympics.[4] Simader is aiming for a top 20 finish in her events.[5]
World Cup results
[edit]Results per discipline
[edit]| Discipline | WC starts | WC Top 30 | WC Top 15 | WC Top 5 | WC Podium | Best result | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Location | Place | ||||||
| Slalom | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Giant slalom | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 February 2020 |  Kranjska Gora, Slovenia |
45th |
| Super-G | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 January 2022 |  Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy |
33rd |
| Downhill | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 January 2023 | Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy |
42nd |
| Combined | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 February 2020 |  Crans-Montana, Switzerland |
DNS2 |
| Total | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
- Standings through 29 January 2023
World Championship results
[edit]| Year | |||||||
| Age | Slalom | Giant Slalom |
Super G | Downhill | Combined | Team Event | |
| 2017 | 18 | 50 | 60 | 39 | — | — | — |
| 2019 | 20 | Did not participate | |||||
| 2021 | 22 | — | DSQ | — | — | — | |
| 2023 | 24 | 31 | — | — | |||
Olympic results
[edit]| Year | |||||||
| Age | Slalom | Giant Slalom |
Super G | Downhill | Combined | Team event | |
| 2018 | 19 | — | DNF2 | 38 | — | — | — |
Other results
[edit]European Cup results
[edit]Season standings
[edit]| Season | Age | Overall | Slalom | Giant slalom |
Super-G | Downhill | Combined |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 21 | 148 | — | — | 57 | — | — |
| 2021 | 22 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Results per discipline
[edit]| Discipline | EC starts | EC Top 30 | EC Top 15 | EC Top 5 | EC Podium | Best result | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Location | Place | ||||||
| Slalom | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Giant slalom | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Super-G | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 February 2020 | Sarentino, Italy |
19th |
| Downhill | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 February 2022 | Crans-Montana, Switzerland |
41st |
| Combined | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | DNS2 2 times | ||
| Total | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
- Standings through 7 February 2023
References
[edit]- ^ "SIMADER Sabrina – Biographie". data.fis-ski.com. Retrieved 2018-04-27.
- ^ Kiguru, Muigai (10 January 2018). "History beckons: Wanjiku carries Kenya's hopes to next month's Winter Olympics in South Korea". The Star (Kenya)]. Nairobi, Kenya. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
- ^ "Kenyan skier Simader on fast track to 2018 Olympic downhill". Associated Press. 7 February 2017.
- ^ "Alpine Skiing Quota List for Olympic Games 2018". www.data.fis-ski.com/. International Ski Federation (FIS). 5 December 2017. Retrieved 8 December 2017.
- ^ Kimuyu, Hilary (13 January 2017). "Meet Sabriner Wanjiku, the only Kenyan going to Winter Olympics". Nairobi News. Nairobi, Kenya. Retrieved 14 January 2018.
External links
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