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French alpine skier
Marion Rolland
(born 17 October 1982) is a retired
World Cup
alpine ski racer
from
France
.
Racing career
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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
.
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[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
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- 2 podiums ? (1
DH
, 1
SG
)
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
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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
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