Colombian-American-Swiss alpine skier

Cynthia Jennifer "Cici" Denzler (born May 12, 1983 in Santa Ana, California) is a Colombian–American–Swiss alpine skier. She competed for Colombia at the 2010 Winter Olympics in the women's slalom and giant slalom skiing compe*ions. Denzler was the first athlete to represent Colombia at the Winter Olympic Games.

Contents

• 1 Personal life
• 2 Skiing career
• 3 Alpine skiing results
  • 3.1 Olympic results
• 4 See also
• 5 References
• 6 External links

Personal life

Denzler was born in Santa Ana, California, on May 12, 1983. Her parents are Swiss. Denzler and her parents moved to Switzerland, where she still lives, when she was four years old. Denzler began skiing when she was eight years old.

Denzler's father, who is also her coach, first arrived to Colombia in 2000 to open a clothes factory. Denzler acquired her Colombian citizenship through her father's residence and activities in Colombia.

She is a graduate of California Coast University.

Denzler's nickname is "Cici". She gained this nickname from a Swiss nanny who found that she could not pronounce Cynthia and decided to call Denzler "Cici" instead.

Skiing career

Denzler debuted internationally as an alpine skier in 1998.

In 2010, Cynthia Denzler competed as part of Colombia's Winter Olympics delegation which consisted of her father Hanspeter, and his brother Fabian, both of which served as coaches. Cynthia Denzler said, "it is an honour to compete for Colombia and I am happy to do so. Representing the country during the Winter Olympics is a good thing and a dream come true." She carried the Colombian flag at the opening ceremony.

Alpine skiing results

All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).

Olympic results

See also

• Colombia at the 2010 Winter Olympics

References

External links

• Cynthia Denzler at the International Ski Federation
• Cynthia Denzler at the International Olympic Committee
• Cynthia Denzler at Olympedia
• Cynthia Denzler at Ski-DB Alpine Ski Database
• Colombian Ski Team
• Cynthia's Page at McBoard | Paragon Sport