Marion Rolland

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Marion Rolland
Rolland in January 2009
Personal information
Born ( 1982-10-17 ) 17 October 1982 (age 41)
Saint-Martin-d'Heres ,
Isere , France
Occupation Alpine skier
Height 167 cm (5 ft 6 in)
Skiing career
Disciplines Downhill , Super G , Combined
Club Douanes - Les 2 Alpes
World Cup debut 30 January 2004 (age 21)
Website marionrolland.com
Olympics
Teams 1 - ( 2010 )
Medals 0
World Championships
Teams 3 - ( 2009 , 2011 , 2013 )
Medals 1 (1 gold)
World Cup
Seasons 11 - ( 2004 2013 , 2015 )
Wins 0
Podiums 2 - (1 DH , 1 SG )
Overall titles 0 - (23rd in 2012 )
Discipline titles 0 - (6th in DH , 2012 )
Medal record
Women's alpine skiing
Representing   France
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2013 Schladming Downhill

Marion Rolland (born 17 October 1982) is a retired World Cup alpine ski racer from France .

Racing career [ edit ]

Born in Saint-Martin-d'Heres , Isere , she made her World Cup debut in January 2004 and attained her first top-10 in February 2009 in Bansko . She has two World Cup podium finishes, both at the finals at Schladming in March 2012 . [1] [2]

After making her first Olympic team in 2010 , Rolland took a tumble in the downhill only four seconds from the starting gate at Whistler . [3] [4] She has competed for France in three World Championships , in 2009 , 2011 and 2013 . Without a podium in the 2013 season, Rolland won the downhill world title at Schladming for her first career win. [5] [6]

Rolland injured her knee ligaments whilst in pre-season training in Chile before the 2013-14 season, which prevented her from competing at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi and from defending her World Championship title at the 2015 Worlds in Beaver Creek . She subsequently announced her retirement from competition in February 2015. [7]

World Cup top ten finishes [ edit ]

Season Date Location Discipline Place
2009 27 Feb 2009 Bansko , Bulgaria Downhill 7th
28 Feb 2009 Downhill 6th
2010 5 Dec 2009 Lake Louise , Canada Downhill 9th
8 Jan 2010 Haus im Ennstal , Austria Downhill 5th
9 Jan 2010 Downhill 4th
30 Jan 2010 St. Moritz , Switzerland Downhill 7th
2011 3 Dec 2010 Lake Louise, Canada Downhill 7th
26 Feb 2011 Are , Sweden Downhill 7th
2012 28 Jan 2012 St. Moritz, Switzerland Downhill 9th
18 Feb 2012 Sochi , Russia Downhill 5th
14 Mar 2012 Schladming , Austria Downhill 2nd
15 Mar 2012 Super G 3rd
2013 12 Jan 2013 St. Anton , Austria Downhill 8th
19 Jan 2013 Cortina d'Ampezzo , Italy Downhill 4th

Season standings [ edit ]

Season Age Overall Slalom Giant
Slalom
Super G Downhill Combined
2005 22 85 ? ? ? 37 ?
2006 23
2007 24 125 ? ? ? 50 ?
2008 25 84 ? ? ? 36 38
2009 26 49 ? ? 32 18 46
2010 27 30 ? ? 32 9 ?
2011 28 32 ? ? 24 16 ?
2012 29 23 ? ? 17 6 ?
2013 30 27 ? ? 23 11 ?

References [ edit ]

  1. ^ "Lindsey Vonn dominates World Cup Finals downhill in Schladming" . Ski Racing.com. 14 March 2012.
  2. ^ "Vonn blows big lead but hangs on for super G title; Rebensburg wins, Mancuso second" . Ski Racing.com. 15 March 2012.
  3. ^ "Rolland rolls out in embarrassing crash" . Reuters. 18 February 2010.
  4. ^ YouTube.com - video - CTV - 2010-02-17 - accessed 2012-03-14
  5. ^ Mintz, Geoff (10 February 2013). "France's Rolland picks up first career win at World Champs DH, while Americans fall short" . Ski Racing.com.
  6. ^ "Marion Rolland races to sensational Downhill Gold!" . FIS Alpine.com. 10 February 2013.
  7. ^ "Skiing world champion Rolland announces retirement" . sports.yahoo.com . 24 February 2015 . Retrieved 2 March 2015 .

External links [ edit ]