Macarena Simari Birkner

Macarena Simari Birkner
nation	Argentina
birthday	22nd November 1984 (age 35)
place of birth	San Carlos de Bariloche , Argentina
Career
discipline	Downhill , Super-G , giant slalom , slalom , combination
status	active
Placements in the Alpine Ski World Cup
Overall World Cup 101st ( 2004/05 )  Combination World Cup 20th (2004/05)
last change: March 13, 2020

Macarena María Simari Birkner (born November 22, 1984 in San Carlos de Bariloche ) is an Argentine ski racer . Her two older siblings Cristian Javier and María Belén and her younger sister Angélica are also active in skiing.

biography

Macarena is the best female ski racer in South America after her sister María Belén and was runner-up in the FIS South America Cup six times in a row from 2001 to 2006. In the 2009 season she won the overall ranking for the first time; In 2010 and 2012 she came second again. She has won the slalom and giant slalom disciplines several times, and she has also been the Argentine champion in slalom and giant slalom several times. In the World Cup Macarena Simari Birkner denied since 1999 over 70 races. She reached the points twice, in 2005 as 20th in the first World Cup super combination for women in San Sicario and in March 2016 as 25th in the combination in Lenzerheide.

At the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City , 2006 in Turin , 2010 in Vancouver and 2014 in Sochi was Macarena Simari Birkner member of the Argentine Olympic team. Her best result in a total of 13 Olympic starts is 17th place in the 2002 combination . In addition, she has already taken part in eight Alpine World Ski Championships ( 2001 in St. Anton , 2003 in St. Moritz , 2005 in Bormio / Santa Caterina , 2009 in Val- d'Isère , 2011 in Garmisch-Partenkirchen , 2013 in Schladming , 2015 in Vail / Beaver Creek and 2017 in St. Moritz). She also achieved her best World Cup results in the combination or super combination - 21st place in St. Moritz 2003 and Garmisch-Partenkirchen 2011.

successes

winter Olympics

• Salt Lake City 2002 : 17th combination, 31st Super-G, 34th downhill, 39th giant slalom
• Turin 2006 : 26th combination, 31st giant slalom, 36th slalom
• Vancouver 2010 : 26th super combined, 31st downhill, 32nd super-G, 36th slalom, 45th giant slalom
• Sochi 2014 : 20th super combined, 26th super-G, 27th slalom, 32nd downhill, 39th giant slalom

World championships

• Garmisch-Partenkirchen 2011 : 21st super combination, 31st downhill, 34th slalom, 56th giant slalom
• Schladming 2013 : 26th super combination, 50th slalom
• Vail / Beaver Creek 2015 : 37th Super-G, 34th Downhill
• St. Moritz 2017 : 26th Alpine Combination, 35th Super-G, 37th Downhill, 41st Slalom

World cup

• 4 places among the best 30

World Cup ratings

season	total		combination
	space	Points	space	Points
2004/05	101.	11	20th	11
2015/16	118.	6th	43.	6th
2018/19	126.	6th	25th	6th
2019/20	122.	3	37.	3

More Achievements

• 9 victories in FIS races
• 23 victories in the South American Cup
• 7 Argentine championship titles

Web links

Commons : Macarena Simari Birkner  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Macarena Simari Birkner in the database of the International Ski Federation (English)
• Macarena Simari Birkner in the database of Ski-DB (English)
• Portrait of Macarena Simari Birkner (Spanish)
• Portrait of the Simari Birkner siblings in Standard