Chirine Njeim

Chirine Njeim (born October 4, 1984) is a Lebanese alpine skier and long-distance runner.

[2] She then moved to Salt Lake City in the United States in ninth grade, when she was 13, to attend the Rowmark Ski Academy, former home of U.S. Olympian Picabo Street.

[3] Njeim married Ronny Kamal, a Lebanese-American management consultant, in 2012 - the couple first met when they were seated together on a flight from Beirut to the United States in 2009.

At the 2015 Chicago Marathon she posted a time of 2:46.41, placing her 29th among the women in the field.

At the 2016 Houston Marathon, she completed the course in 2:44.14, securing herself a place on the Lebanese team at the 2016 Summer Olympics.