Marie-Michèle Gagnon

Marie-Michèle Gagnon
 Alpine skier 
Disciplines Slalom, Combined,
Giant slalom, Super-G
Club Mont Orignal
Born (1989-04-25) 25 April 1989
Lac-Etchemin, Quebec, Canada
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
World Cup debut 13 December 2008 (age 19)
Website mariemichelegagnon.com
Olympics
Teams 2 - (2010, 2014)
Medals 0
World Championships
Teams 5 - (20092017)
Medals 0
World Cup
Seasons 9th - (200917)
Wins 2 - (2 SC)
Podiums 4 - (2 SL, 2 SC)
Overall titles 0 - (13th in 2014)
Discipline titles 1 - (SC, 2014)[A]

Marie-Michèle Gagnon (born 25 April 1989) is a World Cup alpine ski racer from Canada. Born in Lac-Etchemin, Quebec, she competes in four alpine disciplines, specializing in the technical events of slalom and giant slalom.

Career

Gagnon made her World Cup debut in December 2008 and has represented Canada at two Winter Olympics and four World Championships. She attained her first World Cup podium in March 2012, a third-place finish in a slalom at Åre, Sweden.[1][2] She won her first World Cup event in January 2014, a combined event at Altenmarkt, Austria.[3]

World Cup results

Season titles

Season Discipline
2014Combined A

Season standings

SeasonAge Overall  Slalom Giant
 slalom 
Super-GDownhillCombined
200919733335
20102010343
2011212922164915
2012222110264412
201323211723324
201424136191951   1 A
20152528113431   5 A
201626161114444
20172720131621
201828803836

A Crystal globes in combined were not awarded during these seasons. However, athletes still get their medals.[4]

  • Standings through 4 February 2018

Race podiums

  • 2 wins – (2 SC)
  • 4 podiums – (2 SL, 2 SC)
  • 47 top tens – (28 SL, 10 GS, 7 SC, 2 SG)
Season Date Location Discipline Place
201210 Mar 2012Sweden Åre, SwedenSlalom3rd
201412 Jan 2014Austria Altenmarkt, AustriaSuper combined1st
201615 Feb 2016 Switzerland  Crans-Montana, SwitzerlandSlalom3rd
28 Feb 2016Andorra Soldeu, AndorraSuper combined1st

World Championship results

  Year   Age  Slalom  Giant 
 slalom 
Super-GDownhillCombined
200919DNFDNF
201121DNF2322DNF
201323138
2015251023DNFDNF
2017272020196

Olympic results

  Year   Age  Slalom  Giant 
 slalom 
Super-GDownhillCombined
2010203121
2014249DNF1DNF1DNF2

References

  1. Williams, Eric (10 March 2012). "Hoefl-Riesch regains slalom from with win in Are, Gagnon first podium in third". Ski Racing. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
  2. Bouzane, Bradley (10 March 2012). "Marie-Michele Gagnon wins first World Cup medal". Ottawa Citizen. Retrieved 22 March 2012.
  3. FIS Alpine (12 January 2014). "Altenmarkt – Super Combined". Retrieved 12 January 2014.
  4. "Skiing to revive super-combined". ESPN. Associated Press. 5 October 2012. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
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