Matías Zuloaga

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Matías Zuloaga
Personal information
NationalityArgentine
Born (1997-12-23) 23 December 1997 (age 24)
Sport
SportCross-country skiing

Matías Zuloaga (American Spanish: [maˈti.as suloˈaɣa]; born 23 December 1997) is an Argentine cross-country skier. He competed in the men's 15 kilometre freestyle at the 2018 Winter Olympics.[1]

Personal life[]

He is related to the Argentine biathletes who competed in the 1992 Winter Olympics and 1994 Winter Olympics, and Gustavo Giró who competed at the 1998 Winter Olympics.[2]

Sports career[]

He started skiing when he was 3 years old, influenced by his family. He also competed in biathlon and Mountain biking.[2]

In 2017, he won the Argentine Championship in 10 km freestyle and every single competence organized by the International Ski Federation in Cerro Catedral and Cerro Castor.[3] That same year, he competed in the Junior World Championship in the United States, finishing in the 60th place in skiathlon and 67th place in 10 km freestyle.[4][2]

Pyeongchang 2018[]

At the 2018 Winter Olympics, he competed for the first time in the cross-country 15 km freestyle event, after qualifying due to the score accumulation of Austria and Germany.[5][6] He finished in the 100th place with a time of 42:27.5.[3]

His coach, Sebastián Menci, participated in the 1992 Winter Olympics.[7]

References[]

  1. ^ "Matías Zuloaga". Pyeongchang 2018. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
  2. ^ a b c "ATHLETE PROFILE - MATIAS ZULOAGA". olympic.org. International Olympic Committee.
  3. ^ a b "Matías Zuloaga fue Top 100 en su debut olímpico". El Sureño. 17 February 2018.
  4. ^ "ZULOAGA Matías". data.fis-ski.com. International Ski Federation (FIS).
  5. ^ "Cross-country Skiing Quota List for Olympic Games 2018". www.data.fis-ski.com. International Ski Federation (FIS). 12 December 2017.
  6. ^ "Los Juegos de Pyeongchang reciben a una delegación argentina tan pequeña como entusiasta". La Nación (Argentina). 7 February 2018.
  7. ^ "Matías Zuloaga ratificó en Corea que es el mejor sudamericano". El Diario del Fin del Mundo. 19 February 2018.

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