Marjan Kalhor

Marjan Kalhor (Persian مرجان کلهر; born July 21, 1988 in Tehran ) is an Iranian alpine and former Grasskiläuferin. She took in 2005 at the Grass Skiing World Cup, 2009 and 2011 Olympics at the Alpine World Skiing Championships and 2010 as the first Iranian woman in Winter Games part. In Grass Skiing World Cup they reached the podium, at the Alpine Skiing World Cup, they did not start yet.

• 2.1 Alpine Skiing
• 2.2 Grasski

Career

Alpine Skiing

Kalhor grew up in Iran Dizin ski resort on and began at the age of four years with the skiing. In the winter of 2005/ 06, she participated in her first FIS races in alpine skiing in Iran and Turkey. She reached from the start good rankings and celebrated on April 6th in the giant slalom at Dizin their first victory. The next winter she reached back several podium finishes in FIS races and early April 2007 she was Iranian champion in giant slalom. A total of seven victories in FIS races in Iran get her in the 2007/ 08 season and in March, she won the Iranian championship in the giant slalom and Super- G. In April 2008 they launched the first time in more occupied FIS races in Switzerland, but always was able to place only at the end.

In February 2009, Kalhor took part in the World Championships in Val d'Isere as one of three Iranians. In the giant slalom, she took the last to the 60th place in the slalom she was disqualified for a gate faults in the first round. A week later Kalhor Iranian champion was in the slalom and giant slalom and in the rest of the season, they still managed several podium finishes in FIS races in their home. In winter 2009/2010 Kalhor was the fourth time Iranian champion in giant slalom and won several FIS races. At the Olympic Winter Games 2010 in Vancouver Kalhor was the first Iranian women, who took part in the Olympic Winter Games. At the opening ceremony, it was the flag bearer of the Iranian delegation. She won the giant slalom with a gap of 38.28 seconds and the 60th place in the slalom with 35.71 seconds behind the 55th rank. So she was the last of the runners each evaluated.

After further victories in FIS races and four national titles at the beginning of 2011, Kalhor also participated in the 2011 World Championships in Garmisch -Partenkirchen. In slalom, she placed 55th place among 60 runners and evaluated in the giant slalom the 88th place among 91 runners evaluated. In 2012, more wins were added in FIS races and three Iranian title.

Grasski

In Grasski Kalhor had their first international appearances at the FIS races in the Czech Branná in August 2005. Beat your best score it was the eighth place in the slalom. Four weeks later, she participated in the World Cup 2005 in her home Dizin, where she indeed was unable to find the times of the top runners, but could three times finished in the top ten. In the giant slalom she finished eighth, ninth in the slalom, in combination tenth and Super- G Rank 13 After she attended no grass ski race in 2006, Kalhor started in July 2007 for the first time in a World Cup race. In the giant slalom at Dizin, in which, however, very few foreign runners were at the start, she reached the second place and thus in the 2007 season equal on points with her ​​compatriot Mitra Kalhor 13th place in the overall standings. In February 2008 she again took part in a World Cup race in Dizin and this time came in eighth place in the Super G and thus ranked 16th in the overall standings. At other grass ski races they have not previously participated.

Achievements

Alpine Skiing

Olympic Winter Games:

• Vancouver 2010: 55th slalom, giant slalom 60th

' World Championships:

• Val d'Isere 2009: 60 Giant Slalom
• Garmisch -Partenkirchen 2011: 55th slalom, giant slalom 88

Iranian championships:

• Kalhor is 13 times Iranian Alpine Skiing Champion: 2007-2012 Giant Slalom, Slalom, 2009 and 2011, Super-G in 2008 and 2011-2012, Super Combined 2011-2012

Grasski

World Championships:

• Dizin 2005: 8 Giant Slalom, Slalom 9, 10 combination, 13 Super -G

World Cup:

• A podium, once again in the top ten