César Baena

For the Venezuelan footballer, see César Baena (footballer).
César Baena
Full name César Augusto Baena Sierraalta
Born (1986-11-02) 2 November 1986
Caracas,  Venezuela
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Ski club VENEZUELA NORDIC SKI TEAM  Venezuela
World Cup career
Seasons

2009 Cross Country Skiing

2010 Roller Skiing
Updated on 04 Abril 2010.

César Augusto Baena Sierraalta, (Altamira (Caracas), November 2, 1986) is a Venezuelan cross country skier.

Education

Baena was born in Altamira, Caracas. He completed his primary and high school studies at the Colegio Simón Bolívar in Caracas. He speaks German, English, Spanish and Swedish.

Biathlon

Cesar is the only and first Venezuelan athlete in Biathlon Sport. In 2007 he trained for the South American Biathlon Championship in Chile. In 2008 in Bariloche Argentina. On 2010 he did in New Zealand.

Cesar Baena training Cross-country skiing (skating style) in Bariloche, Argentina previous to South American Biathlon Championships 2008.

Nordic Skiing

While living in Germany he started to ski at age of 19.

In 2008 he trained in Austria. He was the first Venezuelan Skier at Kangaroo Hoppet 18th edition in Australia, racing 42 km. As well the first of his nation to compete at the Australian National Championships. At the year 2009 he competed at the Merino Race in New Zealand and won the 7 km competition. In 2012 he represented Venezuela at the Vasaloppet; one of the largest cross country ski races in the world.

Nordic World Ski Championships Liberec 2009

In 2009 he took part in Nordic Skiing World Championships in Liberec placing close to last in each event.

World Cup

Late 2009, he became the first South-American Cross Country Skier to participate in World Cup representing Venezuela, and twice, in Düsseldorf Germany 5 December 2009 and Davos Switzerland 12 December 2009. As well on January 2013 he competed at the Sochi World Cup Sprint event in Rusia.

Worlds Cup Nordic Skiing

Date Place Discipline
6 December 2009 Duesseldorf Sprint
12 December 2009 Davos Sprint
1 February 2013 Sochi Sprint

Oslo 2011 Nordic World Ski Championships

Along with his brother Bernardo Baena he participated at the Oslo 2011 World Ski Championships, racing the 10 km classic qualification, the free sprint, the pursuit, the team sprint, and the 50 km mass start race. Bernardo and Cesar, as Venezuelan team, were the only and first Latin American team to compete in the sprint relay in the Nordic Ski Championships history. Also competed in the 10 km individual qualification.

Guinness World Record

Cesar Baena set on July 5, 2012 the Guinness World Record for the longest roller ski trip. The journey took 57 days and started in Stockholm; following the route to Mora, Sälen, Hudiskvall, Östersund; where he crashed with a trailer hurting his leg and after covering 2,246.21 km ended up in Holmenkollen on the independence day of Venezuela (5 July) on 2012.

References

·*Nevasport - Noticias

Baena finished primary and high school studies,[1] He trains with Sport Institut.[2] Baena was an Olympic volunteer.[3]

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Gerardino 2004, p. 16.
  2. ↑ Lindsberger 2007, p. 11.
  3. ↑ Montanarello 2006, p. 19.

References

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