Macarena Simari Birkner

{{Short description|Argentine alpine skier (born 1984)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2023}}

{{Infobox sportsperson

| name = Macarena Simari Birkner

| image = Macarena Simari Birkner Semmering 2010.jpg

| imagesize = 200px

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| fullname = Macarena María Simari Birkner

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1984|11|22}}

| birth_place = Bariloche, Argentina

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| height = {{convert|168|cm}}

| weight = {{convert|58|kg}}

| website = {{URL|http://www.sbskiteam.com}}

| country = {{ARG}}

| sport = Skiing

| event = Alpine Skiing

| club = Club Andino Bariloche

| olympics = 2002 Winter Olympics "Salt Lake City":
17 combine; 31 super G
2006 Winter Olympics "Torino":
giant slalom 31
slalom 36
super-G DNF
combined 26
2010 Winter Olympics "Vancouver":
downhill 31
slalom 37 & 36
giant slalom 51 & 45
super-G 32
super combined 27 & 26
2014 Winter Olympics "Sochi":
downhill 32
slalom 27
giant slalom 39
Super-G– 26
super combined 20

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Macarena María Simari Birkner (born 22 November 1984) is a female skier from Argentina. She has represented Argentina in 2002, 2006, 2010 and the 2014 Winter Olympics, in the Alpine skiing events.{{cite web |url=http://www.vancouver2010.com/olympic-alpine-skiing/athletes/macarena-simari-birkner_ath1014577za.html |title=Macarena Simari Birkner, Alpine Skiing |publisher=www.vancouver2010.com |accessdate=12 March 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100312084635/http://www.vancouver2010.com/olympic-alpine-skiing/athletes/macarena-simari-birkner_ath1014577za.html |archivedate=12 March 2010}}{{cite web |url=https://sports.yahoo.com/olympics/torino2006/arg/Macarena+Simari+Birkner/600546 |title=Macarena Simari Birkner |work=2006 Winter Olympics profile |publisher=Yahoo! Sports |accessdate=12 March 2010 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121022234800/http://sports.yahoo.com/olympics/torino2006/arg/Macarena%2BSimari%2BBirkner/600546 |archivedate=22 October 2012 |url-status=dead}} She also took part in the 2005 Alpine Skiing World Cup, where she came 20th in the women's combined, and in the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2009. She is the sister of fellow alpine skiers Cristian Simari Birkner and María Belén Simari Birkner.{{cite web |url=http://olympstats.com/2014/01/20/multiple-siblings-at-the-winter-olympics/ |title=Multiple Siblings at the Winter Olympics |last=Mallon |first=Bill |authorlink=Bill Mallon |date=20 January 2014 |website=OlympStats |accessdate=29 January 2014}} She was in a relationship with British former alpine skier Noel Baxter, with whom she has a child.{{cite web |url=http://www.strathspey-herald.co.uk/Sport/Skiing/Baxters-end-season-on-downhill-note-1103.htm |title=Baxters end season on downhill note |author= |date=28 February 2007 |website=Strathspey and Badenoch Herald |accessdate=14 February 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222141311/http://www.strathspey-herald.co.uk/Sport/Skiing/Baxters-end-season-on-downhill-note-1103.htm |archivedate=22 February 2014}} Simari Birkner has completed all the five Alpine Ski events in both 2010 and 2014 Winter Olympic Games, a record she shares with pluri-medalist Tina Maze.