Marjan Kalhor

{{Short description|Iranian alpine skier (born 1988)}}

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Marjan Kalhor ({{langx|fa| مرجان كلهر }}; born 21 July 1988 in Tehran{{cite web|url=http://www.fis-ski.com/uk/604/613.html?sector=AL&competitorid=124826&type=result|title=Biography|publisher=International Ski Federation|accessdate=12 February 2010}}) is an Iranian alpine skier who became the first Iranian woman to participate in the Winter Olympics, at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics. Kalhor competed in the slalom and giant slalom competitions. She was her nation's flag bearer in the Opening Ceremony.{{cite news|url=https://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5iFFb1LRfAGgWOUFBmW9qjzMbMcww|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100217045828/http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5iFFb1LRfAGgWOUFBmW9qjzMbMcww|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 17, 2010|title=First Iranian woman skier ready for Canada slopes|last=Pouladi|first=Farhad|date=7 February 2010|work=Agence France-Presse|accessdate=12 February 2010}} Kalhor finished 60th among 86 competitors in the giant slalom [http://www.vancouver2010.com/olympic-alpine-skiing/schedule-and-results/ladies-giant-slalom-2nd-run_asw030102lV.html Women's GS official results] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100225223058/http://www.vancouver2010.com/olympic-alpine-skiing/schedule-and-results/ladies-giant-slalom-2nd-run_asw030102lV.html |date=2010-02-25 }}. Accessed February 25, 2010. and 55th among 87 participants in the slalom.[https://web.archive.org/web/20100116003020/http://www.vancouver2010.com/olympic-alpine-skiing/schedule-and-results/ladies-slalom-2nd-run_asw020102ig.html Women's slalom official results]. Accessed February 27, 2010.

Kalhor started skiing at the age of four, in the Dizin resort north of Tehran, in the Alborz mountain range. At the age of eleven, she won a national competition, and later competed and won medals in Turkey and Lebanon.{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2010/SPORT/02/10/iran.olympic.skier/|title=Olympic dream a reality for Iran's female skier|last=Simone|first=Samira|author2=Azadeh Ansari|date=10 February 2010|work=CNN|accessdate=12 February 2010}} She has not yet competed in a World Cup event. Kalhor is studying to become a physical education teacher.