Marco Sullivan
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Medal record
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Marco Sullivan (born April 27, 1980) is a former
Sullivan competed in the
World Cup
Sullivan made his
In early December 2003, Sullivan injured his knee in a downhill training run at
Sullivan attained his first World Cup podium on November 24,
In late December 2010, Sullivan crashed during a training run on the Stelvio course at
Season standings
| Season | Age | Overall | Slalom | Giant Slalom |
Super G | Downhill | Combined |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 21 | 144 | — | — | — | 55 | — |
| 2003 | 22 | 55 | — | — | 26 | 20 | — |
| 2004 | 23 | ||||||
| 2005 | 24 | ||||||
| 2006 | 25 | 86 | — | — | 39 | 31 | — |
| 2007 | 26 | 52 | — | — | — | 24 | 42 |
| 2008 | 27 | 26 | — | — | 30 | 4 | — |
| 2009 | 28 | 30 | — | — | 13 | 15 | — |
| 2010 | 29 | 65 | — | — | 25 | 29 | — |
| 2011 | 30 | 167 | — | — | 59 | — | — |
| 2012 | 31 | 93 | — | — | 45 | 37 | — |
| 2013 | 32 | 55 | — | — | — | 14 | — |
| 2014 | 33 | 72 | — | — | — | 28 | — |
| 2015 | 34 | 47 | — | — | 53 | 19 | — |
| 2016 | 35 | 104 | — | — | — | 37 | — |
Top ten finishes
| Season | Date | Location | Discipline | Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 7 Dec 2002 | Beaver Creek, USA | Downhill | 6th |
| 2007 | 1 Dec 2006 | Beaver Creek, USA | Downhill | 10th |
| 16 Dec 2006 | Val Gardena, Italy | Downhill | 4th | |
| 2008 | 24 Nov 2007 | Lake Louise, Canada | Downhill | 2nd |
| 13 Jan 2008 | Wengen, Switzerland | Downhill | 7th | |
| 18 Jan 2008 | Kitzbühel, Austria | Super-G | 10th | |
| 19 Jan 2008 | Downhill | 6th | ||
| 26 Jan 2008 | Chamonix, France | Downhill | 1st | |
| 2009 | 30 Nov 2008 | Lake Louise, Canada | Super G | 5th |
| 19 Dec 2008 | Val Gardena, Italy | Super G | 5th | |
| 20 Dec 2008 | Super G | 4th | ||
| 17 Jan 2009 | Wengen, Switzerland | Downhill | 3rd | |
| 2013 | 24 Nov 2012 | Lake Louise, Canada | Downhill | 3rd |
World Championship results
| Year | Age | Slalom | Giant Slalom |
Super G | Downhill | Combined |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 22 | — | — | 17 | 24 | — |
| 2005 | 24 | injured – did not compete | ||||
| 2007 | 26 | — | — | — | 28 | — |
| 2009 | 28 | — | — | DNF | 25 | — |
| 2011 | 30 | injured – did not compete | ||||
| 2013 | 32 | — | — | — | DNF | — |
Sullivan took a bronze medal at the Junior World Championships in 2000 in the slalom.[7] He first raced in the World Championships in 2003 and finished 17th in the Super-G and 24th in the Downhill.[2] He missed the 2005 and 2011 events due to injury.
Olympic results 
| Year | Age | Slalom | Giant Slalom |
Super G | Downhill | Combined |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 21 | — | — | DNF | 9 | — |
| 2006 | 25 | — | — | — | DNS | — |
| 2010 | 29 | — | — | 23 | DSQ | — |
| 2014 | 33 | — | — | — | 30 | — |
In his Olympic debut in the downhill in 2002, Sullivan finished a surprising ninth on the Grizzly course at Snowbasin, Utah.[9][10][11] He was the 31st racer out of the starting gate and was the sole North American among the top fifteen finishers.
U.S. Ski Championships
Sullivan was the Downhill champion at the U.S. Alpine Championships in 2007 in the
Arctic Man
Sullivan and his partner Tyler Akelstad are five-time champions in the extreme ski/snowmachine race in Alaska - Arctic Man. Sullivan and Akelstad hold the record for the men's ski division, having completed the race with a time of 03:52.72. This was the first time that the four minute threshold was broken.[citation needed]
Movies
- The People vs. Brad Holmes, 2007.
- Appeared in Children of Winter with fellow Olympian Seth Wescott skiing in Cordova, Alaska, at Points North Heli in 2009.
- Appeared in the Kings and Corn segment of Warren Miller's Flow State in 2012 alongside fellow Olympians Daron Rahlves and Tommy Moe.
SKI Magazine column
During the 2012 season, Sullivan has written columns for SKI mag.com, giving insight to life on the World Cup circuit, which includes spending Christmas in Bormio.[13][14]
References
- ^ "U.S. Ski Team Athlete Bios – MARCO SULLIVAN". United States Ski Team. Archived from the original on 2008-02-13.
- ^ a b c Marco Sullivan at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation
- ^ a b "Sullivan breaks through in World Cup downhill". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). wire services. January 27, 2008. p. D2.
- U.S. Ski Team. January 26, 2008.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Ski Racing.com – Healthy Marco Sullivan takes giant step forward, finishing downhill training run – 2005-11-23 – accessed 2012-02-06
- ^ SKI Mag.com – Sullivan reinjures knee, season over – 2004-10-29 – accessed 2012-02-06
- ^ a b c "Marco Sullivan". U.S. Ski & Snowboard. Retrieved 2 March 2019.
- ^ 3wiresports.com – Marco Sullivan ready to run downhill – 2011-11-30 – accessed 2012-02-06
- ^ Layden, Tim (February 18, 2002). "Grizzly Bear". Sports Illustrated. p. 46.
- ^ "Strobl's downhill shock". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. February 11, 2002. p. C6.
- ^ Pennington, Bill (February 11, 2002). "Austria's downhill dominance returns". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). (New York Times). p. 1E.
- ^ "Sullivan wins downhill; Bode Miller 12th". Anchorage Daily News. March 31, 2007. Archived from the original on March 14, 2008.
- ^ SKI Mag.com – Marco Sullivan: World Cup season starts with a bang – December 2011
- ^ SKI Mag.com – Marco Sullivan: Christmas in Bormio – December 2011
External links
- Marco Sullivan at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation
- Marco Sullivan World Cup standings at the International Ski Federation
- Marco Sullivan at Ski-DB Alpine Ski Database
- Marco Sullivan at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- Official website
- U.S. Ski Team.com – profile – Marco Sullivan
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