Matías Zuloaga (; born 23 December 1997) is an Argentine

cross-country skier Cross-country skiing is a form of skiing where skiers rely on their own locomotion to move across snow-covered terrain, rather than using ski lifts or other forms of assistance. Cross-country skiing is widely practiced as a sport and recreation ...

. He competed in the men's 15 kilometre freestyle at the

2018 Winter Olympics , nations = 93 , athletes = 2,922 (1,680 men and 1,242 women) , events = 102 in 7 sports (15 disciplines) , opening = , closing = , opened_by = President Moon Jae-in , cauldron = Kim Yun-a , stadium = Pyeongchang Olympic Stadium , winte ...

Personal life

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

1992 Winter Olympics ) , nations = 64 , athletes = 1,801 (1313 men, 488 women) , events = 57 in 6 sports (12 disciplines) , opening = 8 February 1992 , closing = 23 February 1992 , opened_by = President François Mitterrand , cauldron ...

and

1994 Winter Olympics The 1994 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XVII Olympic Winter Games ( no, De 17. olympiske vinterleker; nn, Dei 17. olympiske vinterleikane) and commonly known as Lillehammer '94, was an international winter multi-sport event held fro ...

, and Gustavo Giró who competed at the

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

Sports career

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

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

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in Cerro Catedral and

Cerro Castor Cerro Castor is a ski resort on the southern slope of Mount Krund, 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 sea ...

. 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

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15 km freestyle event, after qualifying due to the score accumulation of

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and

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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