Personal information | |
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Born | Santiago, Chile | 23 September 1993
Occupation | Alpine skier ♂ |
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) |
Skiing career | |
Disciplines | Men's giant slalom Men's slalom Men's super-G |
Club | Portillo |
World Cup debut | 8 December 2013 (age 20) |
Olympics | |
Teams | 1 – (2014) |
World Championships | |
Teams | 3 (2011, 2013, 2015) |
Eugenio Claro (born September 23, 1993 [1] in Santiago, Chile [2] ) is an alpine skier from Chile. Claro competed for Chile at the 2014 Winter Olympics in three alpine skiing events. [3] [4]
Claro started alpine skiing during his teens in 2006. Claro said the ski season in Chile is short, lasting three months. Most of the ski resorts are in the Andes and difficult to access, which makes the sport expensive for Chileans. [5]
Discipline | WC starts | WC Top 30 | WC Top 15 | WC Top 5 | WC Podium | Best result | ||
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Date | Location | Place | ||||||
Slalom | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Giant slalom | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 December 2013 | Beaver Creek, United States | DNF1 |
Super-G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Downhill | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Combined | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Total | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Year | |||||||
Age | Slalom | Giant Slalom | Super G | Downhill | Combined | Team Event | |
2011 | 17 | DNFQ2 | DNF1 | — | — | — | — |
2013 | 19 | — | 46 | — | — | — | — |
2015 | 21 | 34 | DNFQ1 | DNF | — | — | — |
Year | ||||||
Age | Slalom | Giant Slalom | Super G | Downhill | Combined | |
2018 | 20 | DNF2 | DNF1 | 45 | — | — |
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