Élise Pellegrin
Élise Pellegrin 
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 France (until 2012) Malta (since 2012)
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| birthday | 7th May 1991 (age 29) | ||
| place of birth | Blois , France | ||
| size | 163 cm | ||
| Weight | 55 kg | ||
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| discipline | Slalom , giant slalom | ||
| society | US Ventron | ||
| Trainer | Marvin Hocquaux | ||
| status | active | ||
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| last change: January 2nd, 2019 | |||
Élise Pellegrin (born May 7, 1991 in Blois , Loir-et-Cher ) is a French - Maltese ski racer . She specializes in the technical disciplines of giant slalom and slalom and represented Malta in 2013 and 2014 as the first female athlete at the Alpine World Ski Championships and the Olympic Winter Games .
biography
Childhood and youth
Élise Pellegrin grew up in Montrichard in the Loir-et-Cher department until she was three , before moving to Ventron in the Vosges with her parents . There she discovered her love for skiing at the age of eight and joined the Union Sportive Ventron.
At the age of 15 she competed in her first FIS races in Tignes . In August 2008 she took part in the South American Cup for the first time, where she achieved her best result with ninth place in the slalom at Cerro Catedral . As part of the Argentine championships, she also finished sixth in the slalom, which is her best result in an international competition at this level to this day. After an unsuccessful move to La Plagne and several winters at FIS level, in which she always found herself at the bottom of the result lists, she returned to Ventron. With no prospects in the French Ski Association, she changed her nationality in the summer of 2012 and decided to go to the island state in the Mediterranean because of her father's Maltese descent.
Major events and World Cup
In February 2013, Pellegrin was the first Maltese woman to take part in an Alpine World Ski Championships in Schladming . In both the giant slalom and the slalom, she clearly failed to qualify for the second run with a running gap of 16.5 and a good 14 seconds respectively and finished in 67th and 69th place. Via FIS and Citizen races, she qualified for the Olympic Games 2014 in Sochi and was the first and only female athlete to represent Malta at the Winter Games. 25 seconds behind the winner Mikaela Shiffrin , she finished 42nd in the slalom, but did not get past 65th in the giant slalom. She also competed at the 2015 World Championships in Vail and 2017 in St. Moritz , achieving 57th place in the slalom (2015) as the best result. After the 2015 World Cup, she completed a trainer training at the state Center de ressources, d'expertise et de performance sportives (CREPS) in Nancy . In February 2017, she achieved prestige success in the Citizen Slalom at Le Markstein , when she prevailed against 13 competitors and celebrated a home win.
After she said it was difficult to achieve her best performance in competition, Pellegrin worked with a mental trainer from summer 2017 . With a view to the 2018 Olympics , she again took part in the South American Cup and, for the first time, in the Nor-Am Cup . In September 2017 she finished 12th in the giant slalom in Chapelco, her best result in an FIS race to date. On January 27, 2018, she made her World Cup debut in the giant slalom in Lenzerheide . In Pyeongchang Pellegrin was again represented as the only Maltese athlete - and thus automatically the flag bearer - but could not improve in the technical disciplines compared to Sochi. In the slalom she finished 50th after a satisfactory second run, in the giant slalom she did not finish.
For family reasons, Élise Pellegrin remained closely connected to her home town of Montrichard. For the 2018/19 season, the municipality promised her financial support of 3000 euros , as the ski racer guaranteed a certain international attention.
successes
Olympic games
- Sochi 2014 : 42nd slalom, 65th giant slalom
- Pyeongchang 2018 : 50th slalom
World championships
- Schladming 2013 : 67th giant slalom, 69th slalom
- Vail / Beaver Creek 2015 : 57th slalom, 72nd giant slalom
- St. Moritz 2017 : 59th slalom, 66th giant slalom
More Achievements
- 1 place in the top ten in the South American Cup
- 1 win in a Citizen race
Web links
- Élise Pellegrin in the database of the International Ski Federation (English)
- Élise Pellegrin in the database of Ski-DB (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Elise Pellegrin. France Télévisions , accessed January 2, 2019 (French).
- ↑ a b c Élise Pellegrin, encore et en Corée. La Nouvelle République, February 5, 2018, accessed January 2, 2019 (French).
- ^ Alpine skiing: Elise Pellegrin est l'un des 3 athlètes formés à l'US Ventron présents aux Jeux Olympiques de PyeongChang. Vosges Matin, February 12, 2018, accessed January 2, 2019 (French).
- ↑ Determined performance by Elise Pellegrin in Women's Slalom. Maltese Olympic Committee, February 14, 2018, accessed January 2, 2019 .
- ↑ La commune soutient Élise Pellegrin. La Nouvelle République, October 2, 2018, accessed January 2, 2019 (French).
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Pellegrin, Élise |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French-Maltese ski racer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 7, 1991 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Blois , France |