Claudio Nieto Jiménez (born September 24, 1977) is a

Chile Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in western South America. It is the southernmost country in the world and the closest to Antarctica, stretching along a narrow strip of land between the Andes, Andes Mountains and the Paci ...

ski mountaineer Ski mountaineering (abbreviated to skimo) is a skiing discipline that involves climbing mountains either on skis or carrying them, depending on the steepness of the ascent, and then descending on skis. There are two major categories of equipment ...

and

triathlete A triathlon is an endurance multisport race consisting of swimming, cycling, and running over various distances. Triathletes compete for fastest overall completion time, racing each segment sequentially with the time transitioning between the ...

. Nieto was born in

Santiago de Chile Santiago (, ; ), also known as Santiago de Chile (), is the capital city, capital and largest city of Chile and one of the largest cities in the Americas. It is located in the country's Chilean Central Valley, central valley and is the center ...

. As a military officer in the ran of a Capitán, he serves as a skiing instructor and high mountain guide in the

Chilean Army The Chilean Army () is the land arm of the Chilean Armed Forces. This 80,000-person army (9,200 of which are conscripts) is organized into six divisions, an army aviation brigade and a special operations brigade. In recent years, and after sever ...

. Currently he studies

civil engineering Civil engineering is a regulation and licensure in engineering, professional engineering discipline that deals with the design, construction, and maintenance of the physical and naturally built environment, including public works such as roads ...

at Academia Politécnica Militar, the polytechnic academie of the national military forces. He also coaches the national ski mountaineering selection. In 2007, he participated at the 2007 South American Ski Mountaineering Championship, and won Silver.II South American Continental Championship
, Skimountaineering.org, September 2007.

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Claudio Nieto
at SkiMountaineering.org 1976 births Living people Chilean male ski mountaineers Ski mountaineering coaches Chilean male triathletes Chilean Army officers Sportspeople from Santiago, Chile 21st-century Chilean people {{Chile-wintersport-bio-stub