Lise-Marie Morerod

Lise-Marie Morerod
Medal record
Women's Alpine Skiing
World Championships
1978 Garmisch-PartenkirchenGiant Slalom
1974 St. MoritzSlalom

Lise-Marie Morerod (born 16 April 1956) is a Swiss former slalom skier.[1] In 1977, she was women's overall season champion.

She born in Les Diablerets, Vaud. In 1972, at age 15, she became Swiss champion in giant slalom. Her winning the bronze medal in the slalom race at the FIS Alpine Skiing World Championships was a great surprise because she was an unknown racer. (Best racers wear bib numbers between 1 and 15; she had 39.) It was the only medal won by the Swiss racers at their "Home World Championships". At the 1976 Winter Olympics, she took fourth place in the giant slalom[2] but didn't finish the slalom race. She achieved 24 victories and another 17 podiums in World Cup races and was the first Swiss racer to win the Overall World Cup.

A car accident in July 1978 left Morerod in a coma for six weeks and led to a six-month hospital stay. The injuries she sustained in the accident left her with long-term memory problems.[3] She returned to the World Cup in 1979, but failed to find her previous form and did not qualify for the 1980 Winter Olympics. She retired after the 1979–80 season.

References

  1. Egli, Herbie (7 February 2011). "So war es an der Ski-WM 1978 in Garmisch - Ski wm2011". 20 Minuten (in German). 20 Minuten Online. Retrieved 1 March 2011.
  2. Alpine Skiing at the 1976 Innsbruck Winter Games: Women's Giant Slalom, archived from the original on 2017-07-24, retrieved 2017-07-24
  3. Dubath, Philippe (2016-05-28). "«Plus j'avance en âge, plus ma mémoire revient!»" ["The older I get, the more my memory comes back"]. 24 heures (in French). Retrieved 2017-07-24.

World Cup victories

Overall

SeasonDiscipline
1975Giant Slalom
1975Slalom
1976Giant Slalom
1977Overall
1977Giant Slalom
1977Slalom

Individual races

DateLocationRace
January 4, 1975West Germany Garmisch-PartenkirchenSlalom
January 29, 1975France Saint-GervaisSlalom
March 13, 1975United States Sun ValleyGiant Slalom
March 20, 1975Italy Val GardenaSlalom
December 4, 1975France Val-d'IsèreGiant Slalom
December 11, 1975Italy ApricaSlalom
January 12, 1976France Les DiableretsSlalom
January 15, 1976France Les GetsGiant Slalom
January 25, 1976Slovenia Kranjska GoraGiant Slalom
January 26, 1976Slovenia Kranjska GoraSlalom
March 13, 1976United States AspenGiant Slalom
December 9, 1976France Val-d'IsèreGiant Slalom
December 16, 1976Italy Cortina d'AmpezzoSlalom
January 3, 1977West Germany OberstaufenSlalom
January 19, 1977Austria SchrunsSlalom
January 20, 1977Switzerland ArosaGiant Slalom
February 2, 1977Slovenia MariborGiant Slalom
March 6, 1977United States Sun ValleyGiant Slalom
March 24, 1977Spain Sierra NevadaGiant Slalom
December 8, 1977France Val-d'IsèreGiant Slalom
January 9, 1978Switzerland Les MossesGiant Slalom
January 19, 1978Austria Bad GasteinSlalom
February 9, 1978France MegèveGiant Slalom
March 7, 1978United States Waterville ValleyGiant Slalom
Awards and achievements
Preceded by
Switzerland Karin Iten
Swiss Sportswoman of the Year
1974 1975
Succeeded by
Switzerland Christine Stückelberger
Preceded by
Switzerland Christine Stückelberger
Swiss Sportswoman of the Year
1977
Succeeded by
Switzerland Cornelia Bürki
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