Marion Rolland
 Rolland in January 2009 | |||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||
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| Born | 17 October 1982 Saint-Martin-d'Hères, Isère, 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
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Marion Rolland (born 17 October 1982) is a retired World Cup alpine ski racer from France.
Racing career[edit]
Born in Saint-Martin-d'Hères, Isère, 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 | 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[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]
- ^ "Lindsey Vonn dominates World Cup Finals downhill in Schladming". Ski Racing.com. 14 March 2012.
- ^ "Vonn blows big lead but hangs on for super G title; Rebensburg wins, Mancuso second". Ski Racing.com. 15 March 2012.
- ^ "Rolland rolls out in embarrassing crash". Reuters. 18 February 2010.
- ^ YouTube.com - video - CTV - 2010-02-17 - accessed 2012-03-14
- ^ Mintz, Geoff (10 February 2013). "France's Rolland picks up first career win at World Champs DH, while Americans fall short". Ski Racing.com.
- ^ "Marion Rolland races to sensational Downhill Gold!". FIS Alpine.com. 10 February 2013.
- ^ "Skiing world champion Rolland announces retirement". sports.yahoo.com. 24 February 2015. Retrieved 2 March 2015.
External links[edit]
- Marion Rolland at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation
- Marion Rolland World Cup standings at the International Ski Federation
- Marion Rolland at Ski-DB Alpine Ski Database
- Marion Rolland at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- marionrolland.com personal site (in French)
- French Ski Team – 2013 women's A team at the Wayback Machine (archived 2007-07-26) (in French)
- Marion Rolland at Rossignol.com at the Wayback Machine (archived 2013-11-26)
