{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2023}} {{short description|Lebanese alpine skier}} {{Infobox alpine ski racer |name = Jackie Chamoun |gender = Female |disciplines = Slalom, giant slalom |club = Club Le Chalet |occupation = |birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1991|10|21|df=y}} |birth_place = Deir el Qamar, Lebanon |height = 175 cm |website = |olympicteams = 2 – (2010–2014) |olympicmedals = |olympicgolds = |worldsteams = 2 – (2009–2013) |worldsmedals = |worldsgolds = |wcseasons = |wcwins = |wcpodiums = |wcoveralls = |wctitles = |show-medals = |medals = }}
'''Jackie Chamoun''' (born 21 October 1991) is a Lebanese alpine skier. At the age of 14, she started participating in professional skiing events (slalom and giant slalom) all around the world. She participated in FIS Alpine World Ski Championships in 2009 as well as in 2013. She has skied for Lebanon at the Winter Olympics in 2010 and 2014.
==Education== Chamoun studied Sports Management at the Glion Institute of Higher Education, Switzerland and hopes to improve sports in Lebanon by encouraging children to participate in athletics, and putting in place better practice facilities. While she was in school, she interned in Paris in Havas Sports and in Monaco in Peace and Sport.<ref>{{cite web|title=Behind Sports with Jackie Chamoun: Lebanon Olympic Skier|url=http://behindsports.com/jackie-chamoun/|accessdate=18 February 2014|archive-date=24 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140224151310/http://behindsports.com/jackie-chamoun/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
==Skiing career== Chamoun became a skier at age 3 in Lebanon's kfardebian.<ref name=WhoIsJackieChamoun>{{cite web |url= https://now.mmedia.me/lb/en/europe/535001-who-is-jackie-chamoun |title= Who is Jackie Chamoun? |date= 11 February 2014 |publisher= Now. |work= Planet Lebanon |access-date= 22 February 2014 |archive-date= 2 April 2015 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150402151400/https://now.mmedia.me/lb/en/europe/535001-who-is-jackie-chamoun |url-status= dead }}</ref> At 14, she started to compete professionally in alpine skiing.<ref name=WhoIsJackieChamoun/> She competed at the World Ski Championships at Val D'Isere in 2009.<ref name=WhoIsJackieChamoun/>
At the age of 18, Chamoun represented her country in the 2010 Winter Olympics that took place in Vancouver and finished in 54th place in slalom.<ref name=NBCOlympics-JackieProfile>{{cite web|title=Jackie's Profile|url=http://www.nbcolympics.com/athlete/jackie-chamoun|publisher=NBC|accessdate=18 February 2014|archive-date=27 January 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140127212850/http://www.nbcolympics.com/athlete/jackie-chamoun|url-status=dead}}</ref>
{{quote| "It is very nice to represent our country," Chamoun said. "People are surprised to see us there because they don’t expect Lebanon in the Winter Olympic Games. But we are really glad to have this chance to be a part of the Olympics and be able to exchange with people from other nationalities and talk about our culture and discover other cultures." | <ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.nbcolympics.com/news/alpine-skier-jackie-chamoun-defies-odds-make-it-beirut-big-time#sthash.5jZcoCfk.dpuf |title= Alpine skier Jackie Chamoun defies odds to make it from Beirut to big time |date= 30 January 2014 |author= Joe Battaglia |publisher= NBC Olympics |access-date= 21 February 2014 |archive-date= 28 August 2023 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230828030159/https://www.nbcolympics.com/news/alpine-skier-jackie-chamoun-defies-odds-make-it-beirut-big-time#sthash.5jZcoCfk.dpuf |url-status= dead }}</ref> }}
She competed at the World Ski Championships at Schladming in 2013.<ref name=WhoIsJackieChamoun/>
She participated at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, as Lebanon’s only female skier to compete in the Olympic Games in both the slalom and the giant slalom.<ref name=NBCOlympics-JackieProfile/> Her participation at the Olympics became controversial in Lebanon after it was revealed at home in 2014 that she had posed in sexy photos for an Austrian calendar in 2011 by Hubertus von Hohenlohe. A ministerial investigation has been mooted, while an online support protest "Strip for Jackie" has been organized. Chamoun has denied that she posed nude publicly on her Facebook page, saying that the behind the scenes images were not for publication.<ref>{{cite news |url= http://www.sportetstyle.fr/girls/galeries/a,780,jackie-chamoun-au-royaume-des-skieuses-topless.html |language= French |date= 12 February 2014 |author= Isabelle Vatan |publisher= L'Equipe Sport&Style |title= Jackie Chamoun au royaume des skieuses topless |access-date= 21 February 2014 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140224221522/http://www.sportetstyle.fr/girls/galeries/a,780,jackie-chamoun-au-royaume-des-skieuses-topless.html |archive-date= 24 February 2014 |url-status= dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url= https://www.courrierinternational.com/article/2014/02/12/jackie-oh |publisher= Le Monde Courrier International |title= Jackie, oh! |author= Ziyad Makhoul |date= 12 February 2014 |language=fr}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url= http://www.sunnewsnetwork.ca/sunnews/sports/archives/2014/02/20140215-081323.html |title= Naked fans support topless Lebanese skier Jackie Chamoun |date= 15 February 2014 |author= QMI |publisher= Sun News |url-status= dead |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20140224135113/http://www.sunnewsnetwork.ca/sunnews/sports/archives/2014/02/20140215-081323.html |archivedate= 24 February 2014 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url= https://sports.yahoo.com/news/mariachi-topless-lebanese-muse-olympic-slalom-035955693--oly.html?pt=BureoF2GVB%2F |title= Mariachi, topless Lebanese muse take to Olympic slalom |date= 20 February 2014 |author= Luke Phillips |work= AFP |publisher= Yahoo Sports |access-date= 14 January 2017 |archive-date= 5 March 2014 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140305181506/http://sports.yahoo.com/news/mariachi-topless-lebanese-muse-olympic-slalom-035955693--oly.html?pt=BureoF2GVB%2F |url-status= dead }}</ref> She finished 47th in slalom at the Games, 44.20s behind the leader.<ref name=NYDN-2014-02-21-47th>{{cite news |url= http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/olympics/lebanese-skier-topless-video-scandal-finishes-47th-slalom-article-1.1632726 |title= Winter Olympics: Lebanese skier Jacky Chamoun, who got caught up in topless video scandal, finishes 47th in slalom |work= New York Daily News |author= Nathaniel Vinton |date= 21 February 2014 }}</ref> After the first run, she was 58th with a time of 1:16.05 some 23 seconds behind the leader, after having started 87th.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://olympics.cbc.ca/alpine-skiing/event/women-slalom/phase=asw020101/index.html |title=Alpine Skiing - Women's slalom – Run 1 |date= 21 February 2014 |publisher=CBC Olympics |author=CBC Sports |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140221230641/http://olympics.cbc.ca/alpine-skiing/event/women-slalom/phase%3Dasw020101/index.html |archivedate=21 February 2014 }}</ref> After both runs she was 47th with a total time of 2:28.74.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://olympics.cbc.ca/athletes/athlete/chamoun-jacky-2058837/ |title= Jacky Chamoun |publisher= CBC Olympics |author= CBC Sports |accessdate= 21 February 2014 }}</ref>
== Personal life == In May 2017, she married former French footballer and World cup winner Christian Karembeu in Lebanon.<ref>[https://www.purepeople.com/article/christian-karembeu-et-jackie-chamoun-premieres-photos-de-leur-mariage_a281761/1 Christian Karembeu et Jackie Chamoun : Premières photos de leur mariage]</ref> The couple announced the birth of their daughter later in the year.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.closermag.fr/people/christian-karembeu-papa-l-ex-footballeur-presente-sa-fille-sur-instagram-760276|title=Christian Karembeu papa : l'ex-footballeur présente sa fille sur Instagram |work=closermag.fr|accessdate=10 April 2018}}</ref>
==Achievements== *2014: Olympics - 47th (slalom)<ref name=NYDN-2014-02-21-47th/> *2013: World Championships – 84th (giant slalom), 88th (slalom)<ref name=NBCOlympics-JackieProfile/> *2013: Lebanese National Championships – Silver (slalom), Bronze (giant slalom)<ref name=NBCOlympics-JackieProfile/> *2010: Olympics – 54th (slalom)<ref name=NBCOlympics-JackieProfile/> *2009: World Championships – 47th (slalom)<ref name=NBCOlympics-JackieProfile/> *2009: Lebanese National Championships – Gold (slalom), Silver (giant slalom)<ref name=NBCOlympics-JackieProfile/> *2008: Lebanese National Championships – Bronze (slalom), 5th (giant slalom)<ref name=NBCOlympics-JackieProfile/> *2007: Lebanese National Championships – Bronze (giant slalom)<ref name=NBCOlympics-JackieProfile/>
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{Facebook|JackieChamoun}} * {{FIS alpine skier|127167}} * {{Olympedia}} * {{Olympics.com|jackie-chamoun}} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20140222005101/http://www.sochi2014.com/en/athlete-jacky-chamoun Jacky Chamoun] at Sochi 2014 (archived) * [https://web.archive.org/web/20140127212850/http://www.nbcolympics.com/athlete/jackie-chamoun Jackie Chamoun] at NBC Olympics (archived) * [https://web.archive.org/web/20140329095741/http://olympics.cbc.ca/athletes/athlete/chamoun-jacky-2058837/ Jacky Chamoun] at CBC Olympics (archived)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Chamoun, Jackie}} Category:1991 births Category:Living people Category:Lebanese female alpine skiers Category:Olympic alpine skiers for Lebanon Category:Alpine skiers at the 2010 Winter Olympics Category:Alpine skiers at the 2014 Winter Olympics Category:People from Chouf District Category:Sportspeople from Mount Lebanon Governorate