| Personal information | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Sabrina Wanjiku Simader | ||||||||
| Born | 13 April 1998 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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Sabrina Wanjiku Simader (born 13 April 1998 [1] ) is an alpine skier from Kenya.
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]
Simader represented Kenya at the Winter Youth Olympics in 2016 in Lillehammer, Norway. [3]
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]
| 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 | |||
| 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 | — | — | — |
| Season | Age | Overall | Slalom | Giant slalom | Super-G | Downhill | Combined |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 21 | 148 | — | — | 57 | — | — |
| 2021 | 22 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 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 | DNS22 times | ||
| Total | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
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