María Belén Simari Birkner (born 18 August 1982) is a female

skier Skiing is the use of skis to glide on snow. Variations of purpose include basic transport, a recreational activity, or a competitive winter sport. Many types of competitive skiing events are recognized by the International Olympic Committee (IO ...

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, th ...

. She has represented Argentina in both the

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and the

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 DoanNancy GreeneWayne Gretz ...

, 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 eac ...

, where she came 28th 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 Cristian Javier Simari Birkner (born 4 October 1980 in San Carlos de Bariloche) is an Argentinian alpine skier. He competed in the 2002 Winter Olympics, 2002, 2006 Winter Olympics, 2006 and 2010 Winter Olympics. He served as Argentina's flag bea ...

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 Cu ...

Results

;

:Combined– 28 ;

2006 Winter Olympics The 2006 Winter Olympics, officially the XX Olympic Winter Games ( it, XX Giochi olimpici invernali) and also known as Torino 2006, were a winter multi-sport event held from 10 to 26 February 2006 in Turin, Italy. This marked the second t ...

:Giant slalom – DNF :Slalom – 37 :Super-G – 47 :Combined – 29 ;

FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2007 The FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2007 were the 39th FIS Alpine World Ski Championships, held 2–18 February in Åre, Sweden. Åre previously hosted the world championships in 1954, and often hosts late season World Cup events. The FIS ...

:Super Combined – 27 :Giant slalom – 46 :Slalom – DNF ;

:Downhill – 29 :Slalom – DNF :Giant slalom– 46 :Super-G – 31 :Combined – DNF

References

External links

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María Belén Simari Birkner at www.vancouver2010.com
1982 births Living people Argentine people of German descent Alpine skiers at the 2002 Winter Olympics Alpine skiers at the 2006 Winter Olympics Alpine skiers at the 2010 Winter Olympics Argentine female alpine skiers Olympic alpine skiers for Argentina Skiers from Bariloche {{Argentina-alpine-skiing-bio-stub