Sabrina Simader
| Personal information | |||||||||
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| Full name | Sabrina Wanjiku Simader | ||||||||
| Born | 13 April 1998 Kilifi, Kenya | ||||||||
| Skiing career | |||||||||
| Sport | Alpine skiing ♀ | ||||||||
| 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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Sabrina Wanjiku Simader (born 13 April 1998[1]) is a Kenyan alpine skier.
Early life
Simader was born in Kilifi, Kenya and moved to Austria when she was three years old with her Kenyan mother and Austrian step-father.[2][3] Her step-father owned a ski lift and trained Simader in skiing during her childhood.[4] She grew up in Sankt Johann am Wimberg and later the family moved to Haus im Ennstal from where Simader would go to Schihauptschule Schladming, one of the few secondary schools focussed on skiing in Austria.[5][6]
Career
2016 Winter Youth Olympics
Simader represented Kenya at the Winter Youth Olympics in 2016 in Lillehammer, Norway.[7]
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.[8][9]
World Cup results
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 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 January 2022 |  Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy | 33rd |
| Downhill | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 January 2024 | Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy | 39th |
| Combined | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 February 2020 | .svg.png){kind=small} Crans-Montana, Switzerland | DNS2 |
| Total | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
- Standings through 8 February 2025
World Championship results
| 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 | 26 | — | — |
| 2025 | 26 | DSQ | 28 | ||||
Olympic results
| Year | |||||||
| Age | Slalom | Giant Slalom |
Super G | Downhill | Combined | Team event | |
| 2018 | 19 | — | DNF2 | 38 | — | — | — |
Other results
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
References
- ↑ "SIMADER Sabrina – Biographie". data.fis-ski.com. Retrieved 2018-04-27.
- ↑ Hartman, Ellie (25 January 2024). "Resilience reignited: Sabrina Wanjiku Simader returns to speed in Cortina". Ski Racing.
- ↑ 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. Archived from the original on 10 January 2018. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
- ↑ Adegoke, Yemisi (2 February 2018). "Sabrina Simader: Kenya's 'Snow Leopard' aiming for Olympic glory". BBC News.
- ↑ Gran, Wolfgang (2020). "Second home Zillertal". Zillertal.
- ↑ "Ski alpin: Jetzt lebt Sabrina Simader ihren Traum". www.kleinezeitung.at (in German). 2016-06-16. Retrieved 2025-07-14.
- ↑ "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.