Marielle Thompson

Marielle Thompson
Personal information
Nickname(s) "Big Air Mar"
Nationality Canadian
Born (1992-06-15) June 15, 1992
North Vancouver, B.C.[1]
Residence Whistler, British Columbia
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Weight 165 lb (75 kg)
Website mariellethompson.com
Sport
Country  Canada
Sport Freestyle skiing
Club BC Ski Cross
Team Canadian Ski Cross Team
Coached by Eric Archer, Willy Raine, Stan Hayer
Achievements and titles
World finals Silver Medal at 2013 World Championships in Voss
Olympic finals Gold Medal at 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi
Highest world ranking 1st in Ski Cross World Cup (2012, 2014, 2017)
Medal record
Women's Freestyle skiing
Representing  Canada
Olympic Games
2014 SochiSki Cross
World Championships
2013 VossSki Cross
Winter X Games
2016 AspenSki Cross
Junior World Championships
2013 Valmalenco, Italy Ski Cross

Marielle Thompson (born June 15, 1992) is a Canadian freestyle skier specializing in ski cross. She won gold at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi. Marielle was the overall World Cup champion for ski cross in 2011-2012 for which she won the Crystal Globe and was also third overall in freestyle in the same year. In Marielle's 2013-2014 & 2016-17 seasons she won the World Cup Overall Crystal Globe.

Career

She debuted in the World Cup on December 18, 2010.[2] Thompson placed third on December 17, 2011 in San Candido, Italy.[2] In the 2010–11 World Cup season she placed 50th in Overall Freestyle standings and at 17th place in ski cross standings.[3] Thompson was again a strong contender during the 2013-14 season going into the Winter Olympics, leading the way in the standings again. In the end of the 2014 season she won the World Cup Overall title in an exciting finish in La Plagne, France. Marielle is still the only to Canadian to win a Crystal Globe and now she has received the prestigious award twice.

At the 2014 Winter Olympics, Thompson qualified third going into the elimination rounds for ski cross. Her teammate and compatriot, Kelsey Serwa, qualified in first place just ahead of Ophelie David of France. Thompson made her way into the finals where Serwa also made the final in a near photo finish. In the big final Thompson led nearly the entire way and Serwa trailed just behind after a fall by David. The Canadians would end the race in the one and two positions securing gold and silver. After the race Thompson said that "It's crazy. I don't think it's even sunk in yet. I just had a big wave of emotion. I'm so, so happy, especially to be up there with my teammate. We're just having fun all day. I know Kelsey and we tried to help each other all the way down the course."[4]

While training for the 2018 Winter Olympics in October 2017, Thompson crashed and ruptured her ACL and injured her MCL putting her participation in the games in jeopardy.[5] However, she ultimately was able to participate in the games, having undergone an accelerated rehabilitation program.[6] Thompson placed first in the seeding runs on February 22.[7] She was eliminated in the first heat after falling and finishing third. The event was instead won by teammate Serwa, with another teammate, Brittany Phelan, taking the silver medal.[8]

Personal

She is the sister of alpine skier Broderick Thompson.[9]

Results

Olympic results

 Year  Ski Cross
2014 Sochi1
2018 Pyeongchang17

World Championships results

 Year  Ski Cross
2011 Deer Valley15
2013 Voss2
2015 Kreischberg8
2017 Sierra Nevada5

World Cup results

All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).[10]

Season standings

 Season  Overall Ski cross Cross Alps Tour
20115016N/A
201231N/A
2013367N/A
201441N/A
2015348N/A
201662N/A
2017211
2018injured: did not compete

Race Podiums

  • 20 wins – (20 SX)
  • 31 podiums – (31 SX)
No. Season Date Location Discipline Place
12011–1217 December 2011Innichen, ItalySki Cross3rd
211 January 2012Alpe d'Huez, FranceSki Cross2nd
319 January 2012Blue Mountain, CanadaSki Cross1st
426 February 2012Bischofswiesen, GermanySki Cross3rd
53 March 2012Branäs, SwedenSki Cross1st
610 March 2012Grindelwald, SwitzerlandSki Cross1st
72012–1319 February 2013Sochi, RussiaSki Cross2nd
817 March 2013Åre, SwedenSki Cross2nd
92013–147 December 2013Nakiska, CanadaSki Cross1st
1022 December 2013Innichen, ItalySki Cross2nd
1117 January 2014Val Thorens, FranceSki Cross1st
1225 January 2014Kreischberg, AustriaSki Cross3rd
1315 March 2014Åre, SwedenSki Cross2nd
1423 March 2014La Plagne, FranceSki Cross1st
152014–156 December 2014Nakiska, CanadaSki Cross1st
169 January 2015Val Thorens, FranceSki Cross1st
1710 January 2015Ski Cross1st
182015–165 December 2015Montafon, AustriaSki Cross1st
1917 January 2016Watles, ItalySki Cross1st
2023 January 2016Nakiska, CanadaSki Cross1st
2113 February 2016Idre Fjäll, SwedenSki Cross2nd
2214 February 2016Ski Cross1st
234 March 2016Arosa, SwitzerlandSki Cross2nd
242016–179 December 2016Val Thorens, FranceSki Cross1st
2512 December 2016Arosa, SwitzerlandSki Cross1st
2617 December 2016Montafon, AustriaSki Cross1st
2721 December 2016Innichen, ItalySki Cross2nd
2815 January 2017Watles, ItalySki Cross1st
2912 February 2017Idre Fjäll, SwedenSki Cross1st
3025 February 2017Sunny Valley, RussiaSki Cross1st
315 March 2017Blue Mountain, CanadaSki Cross1st

References

  1. ↑ "Bio". Mariellethompson.com. Retrieved March 18, 2012.
  2. 1 2 "FIS-Ski.com profile". FIS-Ski.com. Retrieved March 18, 2012.
  3. ↑ "2010–11 FIS Freestyle Skiing World Cup Standings". FIS. Archived from the original on January 24, 2013. Retrieved March 18, 2012.
  4. ↑ Kate Pettersen (February 21, 2014). "Marielle Thompson, Kelsey Serwa win gold, silver in ski cross". CBC Sports.
  5. ↑ "Olympic ski cross champion Marielle Thompson suffers knee injury". CBC Sports. October 20, 2017.
  6. ↑ "Marielle Thompson aiming for second ski cross gold 4 months after having knee surgery". The Star. February 21, 2018.
  7. ↑ "Marielle Thompson leads Canadian trio atop skicross seeding standings". Metro News. February 21, 2018.
  8. ↑ "Canada's Kelsey Serwa wins gold, Brittany Phelan grabs silver in women's skicross at Winter Olympics". The Globe and Mail. February 22, 2018.
  9. ↑ "Broderick Thompson". Alpine Canada Alpin. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
  10. ↑ "Marielle Thompson". FIS-Ski. International Ski Federation. Retrieved 4 January 2016.
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