Sabrina_Simader
Sabrina Simader
Kenyan alpine skier
Sabrina Wanjiku Simader (born 13 April 1998[1]) is an alpine skier from Kenya.
| Personal information | |||||||||
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| Full name | Sabrina Wanjiku Simader | ||||||||
| Born | (1998-04-13) 13 April 1998 (age 26) Kakuma, Kenya | ||||||||
| Occupation | Alpine skier ♀ | ||||||||
| Skiing career | |||||||||
| Disciplines | Downhill, giant slalom, super-G | ||||||||
| World Cup debut | 7 January 2017 (age 18) | ||||||||
| Olympics | |||||||||
| Teams | 1 – (2018) | ||||||||
| World Championships | |||||||||
| Teams | 3 – (2017-2021) | ||||||||
| World Cup | |||||||||
| Seasons | 4 – (2017–2020) | ||||||||
Medal record
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Simader was born in Kenya and moved to Austria when she was three years old, where she picked up the sport. Her mother is Kenyan while her stepfather is Austrian.[2]
2016 Winter Youth Olympics
Simader represented Kenya at the Winter Youth Olympics in 2016 in Lillehammer, Norway.[3]
2018 Winter Olympics
Simader competed for Kenya at the 2018 Winter Olympics in the alpine skiing events. Simader became the first female and alpine skier to compete for Kenya at the Winter Olympics.[4] Simader is aiming for a top 20 finish in her events.[5]
Results per discipline
| Discipline | WC starts | WC Top 30 | WC Top 15 | WC Top 5 | WC Podium | Best result | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Location | Place | ||||||
| Slalom | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Giant slalom | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 February 2020 |  Kranjska Gora, Slovenia | 45th |
| Super-G | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 January 2022 |  Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy | 33rd |
| Downhill | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 January 2023 | Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy | 42nd |
| Combined | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 February 2020 |  Crans-Montana, Switzerland | DNS2 |
| Total | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
- Standings through 29 January 2023
| Year | |||||||
| Age | Slalom | Giant Slalom |
Super G | Downhill | Combined | Team Event | |
| 2017 | 18 | 50 | 60 | 39 | — | — | — |
| 2019 | 20 | Did not participate | |||||
| 2021 | 22 | — | DSQ | — | — | — | |
| 2023 | 24 | 31 | — | — | |||
| Year | |||||||
| Age | Slalom | Giant Slalom |
Super G | Downhill | Combined | Team event | |
| 2018 | 19 | — | DNF2 | 38 | — | — | — |
European Cup results
Season standings
| Season | Age | Overall | Slalom | Giant slalom | Super-G | Downhill | Combined |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 21 | 148 | — | — | 57 | — | — |
| 2021 | 22 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Results per discipline
| Discipline | EC starts | EC Top 30 | EC Top 15 | EC Top 5 | EC Podium | Best result | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Location | Place | ||||||
| Slalom | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Giant slalom | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Super-G | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 February 2020 | Sarentino, Italy | 19th |
| Downhill | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 February 2022 | Crans-Montana, Switzerland | 41st |
| Combined | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | DNS2 2 times | ||
| Total | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
- Standings through 7 February 2023
- "SIMADER Sabrina - Biographie". data.fis-ski.com. Retrieved 2018-04-27.
- Kiguru, Muigai (10 January 2018). "History beckons: Wanjiku carries Kenya's hopes to next month's Winter Olympics in South Korea". The Star (Kenya)]. Nairobi, Kenya. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
- "Kenyan skier Simader on fast track to 2018 Olympic downhill". Associated Press. 7 February 2017.
- "Alpine Skiing Quota List for Olympic Games 2018". www.data.fis-ski.com/. International Ski Federation (FIS). 5 December 2017. Retrieved 8 December 2017.
- Kimuyu, Hilary (13 January 2017). "Meet Sabriner Wanjiku, the only Kenyan going to Winter Olympics". Nairobi News. Nairobi, Kenya. Retrieved 14 January 2018.
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| Preceded by | Flagbearer for  Kenya Pyeongchang 2018 |
Succeeded by Incumbent |
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