Marion Rolland

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Marion Rolland
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

Born in

2012.[1][2]

After making her first

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

  • 2 podiums – (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
Åre
, 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

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

  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. sports.yahoo.com
    . 24 February 2015. Retrieved 2 March 2015.

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