Carole Merle

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Carole Merle Alpine skiing
nation FranceFrance France
birthday 24th January 1964 (age 56)
place of birth Barcelonnette , France
Career
discipline Downhill , Super-G ,
giant slalom , combination
status resigned
End of career 1994
Medal table
Olympic games 0 × gold 1 × silver 0 × bronze
World championships 1 × gold 2 × silver 0 × bronze
Junior World Championship 0 × gold 0 × silver 1 × bronze
Junior European Championship 1 × gold 0 × silver 0 × bronze
Olympic rings winter Olympics
silver Albertville 1992 Super G
FIS Alpine World Ski Championships
silver Vail 1989 Giant slalom
silver Saalbach 1991 Super G
gold Morioka 1993 Giant slalom
FIS Alpine Ski Junior World Championships
bronze Auron 1982 Departure
FIS Alpine Junior European Ski Championships
gold Škofja Loka 1981 Giant slalom
Placements in the Alpine Ski World Cup
 Individual world cup victories 22nd
 Overall World Cup 2. ( 1991/92 )
 Downhill World Cup 4. ( 1988/89 , 1990/91 )
 Super G World Cup 1. (1988/89, 1989/90 ,
1990/91, 1991/92)
 Giant Slalom World Cup 1. (1991/92, 1992/93 )
 Combination World Cup 10. (1988/89)
 Podium placements 1. 2. 3.
 Departure 0 8th 1
 Super G 12 2 2
 Giant slalom 10 2 7th
 

Carole Merle (born January 24, 1964 in Barcelonnette ) is a former French ski racer .

biography

The specialist in giant slalom and super-G has won 22 world cup races in her career , including 12 super-G and 10 giant slalom. From 1989 to 1992 she won the Super G World Cup four times in a row. She also won the small crystal ball in the giant slalom in 1992 and 1993.

Merle was runner-up in giant slalom at the 1989 World Championships in Vail and in Super-G at the 1991 World Championships in Saalbach-Hinterglemm . She achieved the longed-for world championship title at the 1993 World Championships in Morioka , where she triumphed in the giant slalom. Twelve years earlier she had won a gold medal in giant slalom at the 1981 European Junior Championships .

In her home country she won silver in the Super-G at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville . From 1985 to 1990 she was five times French champion .

successes

Olympic games

World championships

World Cup ratings

Carole Merle won the Super-G discipline four times and twice that of the giant slalom.

season total Departure Super G Giant slalom combination
space Points space Points space Points space Points space Points
1981/82 71. 5 - - - - 38. 2 26th 3
1982/83 38. 35 31. 6th - - 14th 29 - -
1983/84 28. 45 - - - - 10. 37 24. 8th
1984/85 58. 11 - - - - 27. 11 - -
1985/86 40. 41 28. 9 31. 2 12. 30th - -
1986/87 60. 11 - - - - 23. 11 - -
1987/88 19th 69 24. 10 - - 6th 59 - -
1988/89 4th 206 4th 67 1. 75 6th 55 10. 9
1989/90 5. 202 10. 50 1. 99 7th 53 - -
1990/91 5. 176 4th 76 1. 88 17th 12 - -
1991/92 2. 1211 8th. 228 1. 417 1. 566 - -
1992/93 3. 1086 7th 280 3. 326 1. 480 - -
1993/94 20th 303 53. 8th 24. 52 8th. 243 - -

World Cup victories

date place country discipline
January 6, 1988 Tignes France Giant slalom
November 26, 1988 Schladming Austria Super G
January 14, 1989 Grindelwald Switzerland Super G
January 20, 1989 Tignes France Super G
February 10, 1990 Meribel France Super G
February 11, 1990 Meribel France Super G
March 10, 1990 Stranda Norway Giant slalom
March 14, 1990 Klövsjö Sweden Giant slalom
March 16, 1990 Are Sweden Super G
February 9, 1991 Garmisch-Partenkirchen Germany Super G
February 24, 1991 Furano Japan Super G
December 15, 1991 Santa Caterina Italy Super G
January 15, 1992 Hinterstoder Austria Giant slalom
January 20, 1992 Piancavallo Italy Giant slalom
January 27, 1992 Morzine France Giant slalom
March 15, 1992 panorama Canada Super G
March 19, 1992 Crans-Montana Switzerland Super G
March 21, 1992 Crans-Montana Switzerland Giant slalom
5th January 1993 Maribor Slovenia Giant slalom
January 10, 1993 Cortina d'Ampezzo Italy Giant slalom
February 28, 1993 Veysonnaz Switzerland Super G
March 27, 1993 Are Sweden Giant slalom

Junior World Championships

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