Catherine quits

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Catherine quits Alpine skiing
nation FranceFrance France
birthday 22nd January 1964 (age 56)
place of birth Megève , France
Career
discipline Downhill , Super-G ,
giant slalom , combination
status resigned
End of career 1990
Medal table
Junior World Championship 1 × gold 0 × silver 0 × bronze
Junior European Championship 1 × gold 0 × silver 0 × bronze
FIS Alpine Ski Junior World Championships
gold Auron 1982 Departure
FIS Alpine Junior European Ski Championships
gold Škofja Loka 1981 Departure
Placements in the Alpine Ski World Cup
 Individual world cup victories 2
 Overall World Cup 9. ( 1987/88 )
 Downhill World Cup 9. ( 1986/87 )
 Super G World Cup 2. (1986/87)
 Giant Slalom World Cup 2. (1987/88)
 Combination World Cup 20th ( 1979/80 )
 Podium placements 1. 2. 3.
 Departure 0 1 1
 Super G 1 2 0
 Giant slalom 1 1 0
 

Catherine Quittet (born January 22, 1964 in Megève ) is a former French ski racer . She was one of the most successful female athletes in the second half of the 1980s.

biography

Quittet achieved numerous podium places in the World Cup in downhill , giant slalom and Super-G . She was able to win two races. At the Junior European Championship in 1981 and the Junior World Championship in 1982 , she won the gold medal in the downhill. Quittet was French champion seven times from 1980 to 1989 . However, she suffered a severe ligament injury in her left knee on the descent in February 1987, had to undergo knee surgery in Lyon in April (her third in total) and had to struggle with fitness problems for a long time. She was less successful at major title competitions. At the 1988 Olympic Games in Calgary , she finished eighth in the giant slalom as one of the favorites. At the Ski World Championships in 1987 in Crans-Montana, she was ranked 9th in the downhill and giant slalom. However, the races at the 1989 World Ski Championships in Vail were disappointing when she finished 12th (giant slalom) and 15th (Super-G).

In 1990 she was injured in a fall on the Santa Caterina descent , and afterwards she never returned to the Ski World Cup .

World Cup victories

date place country discipline
17th January 1987 Pfronten Germany Super G
December 20, 1987 Piancavallo Italy Giant slalom

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ "Olympic champion Julen declared resignation" . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna February 23, 1987, p. 19 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
  2. ^ "Trainer Klaus Mayr criticizes a lack of top placements"; last paragraph; "Münchner Merkur", No. 293 of December 21, 1987, page 25
  3. ^ "Matte performance in the weakest women's competition"; «Kurier Wien» of December 21, 1987, last page, last paragraph
personal data
SURNAME Quits, Catherine
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French ski racer
DATE OF BIRTH January 22, 1964
PLACE OF BIRTH Megève , France