César Baena

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César Baena Cross-country skiing biathlon
César Baena
nation VenezuelaVenezuela Venezuela
birthday November 2nd 1986
place of birth Caracas
Career
discipline Cross-country skiing
biathlon
society Fenix ​​ski team Jesenik (CZE) 2008, 2009
VENEZUELA NORDIC SKI TEAM (VEN) 2010
Trainer 2008: Viktor Novotny
2009: David Schreier
2011: Mattias Lind
2012, 2013: Helena Wiklund
status active
 

César Baena (born November 2, 1986 in Caracas ) is a Venezuelan cross-country skier and biathlete . He is considered to be the most successful cross-country skier in Venezuela at world championships.

Life

César Baena first came into contact with skiing in 2005 during a study exchange lasting several weeks in Germany. Later he trained as a student at the University of Klagenfurt under the supervision of Tony Lindsberger in Austria. In November 2008 he started at the 15 km freestyle race in Muonio .

At the Nordic World Ski Championships in Liberec in 2009 , he started for Venezuela. In the pursuit over 2 × 15 km he achieved the 60th place and in the mass start over 50 km the 56th place. In the sprint qualification he reached 132nd place and thus the last place. His first of three World Cup races so far he ran in December 2009 in Düsseldorf , which he finished in 75th place in the sprint.

In 2011 he started, together with his brother Bernardo Baena , at the Nordic World Ski Championships in Oslo ; however, he retired from the 30 km pursuit race and the men's 50 km freestyle mass start. In the sprint he reached rank 116, where he was able to defeat the Kenyan Philip Boit for the first time . At the Nordic World Ski Championships in 2013 in Val di Fiemme , he achieved 126th place in the sprint. In February 2017 he came in 148th place in the sprint at the Nordic World Ski Championships in Lahti .

At the South American level as well as in regional races in Europe, César Baena also took part in several biathlon races.

Web links

Commons : César Baena  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Cross-country FIS race Muonio (FIN) 15 km freestyle men
  2. ↑ Cesar Baena and the dream destination Olympia , February 25, 2009
  3. ↑ Cesar Baena - Results 2009 ( Memento of the original from May 5, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / aol.sport1.de
  4. ↑ Nordic World Ski Championships, Oslo (NOR): 30 km, pursuit, men's results 2011
  5. ↑ Nordic World Ski Championships, Oslo (NOR): 50 km, freestyle, mass start, men's results 2011
  6. ^ Nordic World Ski Championships, Oslo (NOR), Sprint F results 2011
personal data
SURNAME Baena, César
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Venezuelan cross-country skier
DATE OF BIRTH November 2nd 1986
PLACE OF BIRTH Caracas , Venezuela