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Samira Zargari

Samira Zargari (born April 4, 1983)is a former Iranian alpine skier and current head coach of the National Iranian Women's ski team. She competed at the Grasski World Championships in 2005, reached three top-five finishes in the Grasski World Cup and became Iranian champion in slalom in Alpine skiing in 2007.

Education

Zargari attended an art high school in Tehran majoring in graphic design. She attended Islamic Azad University in 2002 and graduated with a bachelors in Science majoring Physical Education.

Career

Zargari started her professional career in junior handball league in Iran. She studied

Zargari competed in her first international grass-ski races in August 2005 in Branné,Czech Republic. In these FIS races she finished 11th in the Super-G, but she could not finish the slalom and the giant slalom. Four weeks later, she competed at the 2005 World Championships in Dizin, Iran, where her only result was 12th place in the Super-G. In the giant slalom she was eliminated in the first round and in the slalom she was disqualified after a goal error, which is why she did not get into the classification in the combination. After not competing in any competitions in the 2006 season, Zargari competed in World Cup racesfor the first time in Dizin in July 2007. In the absence of most of the top runners, she finished fourth in the Super-G and giant slalom, placing 12th in the overall standings of the 2007 season. In the 2008 season she only participated in the World Cup races in her home country and finished fifth in the giant slalom and sixth in the Super-G. In the overall classification, she finished 14th in points with her compatriot Mitra Kalhor. In the 2009 season she also took part in the World Cup giant slalom in Maria Gugging, Austria, in which she did not finish in the World Cup giant slalom where she was only tenth and last in the Super-G and failed in the giant slalom. In the overall classification, she finished 20th and last, together with the Latvian R'ta Irbe Tropa. After 2009, she did not participate in any grass-ski races.

In Alpine skiing, Zargari has been taking part in FIS races since 2006, mainly in Iran and Turkey. She has won five FIS slaloms so far and became Iranian slalom champion in April 2007.

In 2021, her husband, legalized by Iranian law, refused to take her out as a national coach for the Alpine World Ski Championships.

In 2019, Samira Zargari founded the snowy path ski school in Iran where she also works a a coach.

Personal Life

Samira Zargari enjoys water skiing during off season. Her favorite dish is Iranian ''Abgoosht. She lives in Shahrak-e-garb neigbourhood of Tehran.''