Personal information | |
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Born | Santa Ana, California, U.S. | May 12, 1983
Occupation | Alpine skier |
Height | 1.61 m (5 ft 3+1⁄2 in)[2] |
Skiing career | |
Disciplines | Giant slalom, slalom |
Club | Club Deportivo Davoss Pereira[1] |
Website | colombiaski |
Olympics | |
Teams | 1 – (2010) |
Medals | 0 |
World Championships | |
Teams | 1 – (2009) |
Medals | 0 |
Cynthia Jennifer "Cici" Denzler[3][1][4] (born May 12, 1983[2] in Santa Ana, California[1][4]) is a Colombian–American–Swiss[4] alpine skier. She competed for Colombia at the 2010 Winter Olympics in the women's slalom and giant slalom skiing competitions.[2][4] Denzler was the first athlete to represent Colombia at the Winter Olympic Games.[3]
Denzler was born in Santa Ana, California, on May 12, 1983. Her parents are Swiss.[4] Denzler and her parents moved to Switzerland, where she still lives, when she was four years old.[4] Denzler began skiing when she was eight years old.[4]
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.[5]
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.[4]
Denzler debuted internationally for the USA as an alpine skier in 1998.[1]
Denzler started representing Colombia from 2008.[1] 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.[6][7] 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."[8] She carried the Colombian flag at the opening ceremony.[9]
All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).[10]
Year | |||||||
Age | Slalom | Giant Slalom |
Super-G | Downhill | Combined | Team Event | |
2010 | 26 | 51 | DNF | — | — | — | — |
Year | Age | Slalom | Giant slalom |
Super-G | Downhill | Combined |
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2009 | 25 | DNF1 | DNF1 | — | — | — |