Kai Horwitz

Kai Horwitz (born 9 April 1998) is a Chilean Olympic alpine skier.

Early and personal life Horwitz was born in Santiago, Chile, and is Jewish. His sister Nadja Horwitz represented Chile in sailing at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, in the women's 470 class. His cousins Henrik von Appen and Sven von Appen represented Chile in alpine skiing at the 2017 World Championships in St. Moritz, Switzerland, and Henrik competed for Chile at the 2014 Winter Olympics and 2018 Winter Olympics in all five alpine skiing events. In 2018, Henrik was also Chile's flagbearer at the opening ceremony. He is studying biokinetics at the University of the Andes in Santiago.

Ski career Horwitz's specialties in alpine skiing are alpine combined, downhill, giant slalom, slalom, and super-G. His club is Club Andes in La Parva, Chile. In January 2017, he came in third at the Italian National Junior Race in Giant Slalom at Pozza di Fassa, and in September 2017 he came in third at the South American Cup - Chapelco in Men's Giant Slalom. He did not finish in the Men's Giant Slalom and Men's Slalom.