Brigitte Acton

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Brigitte Acton Alpine skiing
nation CanadaCanada Canada
birthday 30th November 1985 (age 34)
place of birth Sault Ste. Marie , Canada
size 168 cm
Career
discipline Slalom, giant slalom, combination
society Mont-Tremblant Ski Club
status resigned
End of career August 2010
Medal table
JWM medals 0 × gold 2 × silver 0 × bronze
FIS Alpine Ski Junior World Championships
silver Puy Saint-Vincent 2003 Super G
silver Bardonecchia 2005 Giant slalom
Placements in the Alpine Ski World Cup
 Individual World Cup debut November 29, 2003
 Overall World Cup 61st (2005/06, 2009/10)
 Super G World Cup 56th (2005/06)
 Giant Slalom World Cup 32nd (2005/06)
 Slalom World Cup 21st (2009/10)
 Combination World Cup 10. (2004/05)
 

Brigitte Acton (born November 30, 1985 in Sault Ste. Marie ) is a former Canadian ski racer . She specialized in the disciplines of giant slalom and slalom .

biography

After Acton had won the overall standings of the Nor-Am Cup in the 2002/03 season , she contested her first World Cup race in November 2003 . At the Junior World Championships 2003 in Puy Saint-Vincent she was second in the Super-G . She also took second place at the Junior World Championships 2005 in Bardonecchia , she was runner-up in the giant slalom world champion . Another overall victory in the Nor-Am Cup followed in the 2004/05 season.

In February 2005 Acton first took part in an Alpine World Ski Championships in Bormio . In the combination she was twelfth. Together with her teammates Patrick Biggs , François Bourque , Emily Brydon , Thomas Grandi and Erik Guay , she achieved fifth place in the newly created team competition. At the 2006 Olympics , tenth place in the combination was her best result.

Acton's best results in the World Cup were two tenth places, on February 27, 2005 in the combination of San Sicario and on March 4, 2006 in the super combination of Hafjell . She had to pause almost the entire 2007/08 season because of a fractured sacrum . In the two following winters, she never quite built on her earlier performances, but was able to qualify for the 2010 Winter Olympics, where she finished 17th in the slalom.

On August 18, 2010 Acton announced his retirement from top-class sport. Since September 3, 2010 she is married to the ice hockey goalkeeper Mike Smith .

successes

Olympic games

World championships

World cup

  • 2 placements among the top ten
  • 2004/05 season : 10th combined ranking

Nor-Am Cup

  • 2002/03 season : overall winner, 1st Super-G ranking, 3rd slalom ranking, 4th giant slalom ranking
  • 2003/04 season : 2nd overall ranking, 1st giant slalom ranking, 3rd slalom ranking
  • 2004/05 season : overall winner, 1st slalom ranking, 4th giant slalom ranking
  • 26 podium places, including 5 wins

Junior World Championships

More Achievements

  • 2006 Canadian slalom champion
  • 2 podium places in the European Cup
  • 25 victories in FIS races (3 × downhill, 3 × super-G, 6 × giant slalom, 13 × slalom)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Canadian alpine skier Acton retires. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, August 18, 2010, accessed August 20, 2010 .
  2. ↑ Tampa Bay Lightning goalie Dan Ellis laments Twitter controversy. (No longer available online.) Tampa Bay, September 10, 2010, archived from the original on September 17, 2010 ; accessed on October 22, 2010 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.tampabay.com
personal data
SURNAME Acton, Brigitte
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ski racer
DATE OF BIRTH November 30, 1985
PLACE OF BIRTH Sault Ste. Marie , Ontario , Canada