Chelsea Marshall
Chelsea Marshall 
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 Chelsea Marshall in January 2009 |
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 United States
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| birthday | August 14, 1986 | ||||||||||
| place of birth | Randolph | ||||||||||
| size | 165 cm | ||||||||||
| Weight | 71 kg | ||||||||||
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| discipline | Downhill , Super-G , combination | ||||||||||
| society | Green Mountain Valley School | ||||||||||
| status | resigned | ||||||||||
| End of career | September 2013 | ||||||||||
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Chelsea Marshall (born August 14, 1986 in Randolph , Vermont ) is a former American ski racer . She specialized in the downhill and super-G disciplines. Her brothers Jesse and Cody were also ski racers.
biography
Marshall took part in FIS races for the first time in December 2001 , appearances in the Nor-Am Cup followed from January 2002. She was one of the most successful athletes in this North American continental championship from the 2004/05 season and regularly reached the top in the overall and discipline rankings Placements. In the 2007/08 season she won the downhill, super-G and combined categories.
Marshall contested her first World Cup race on December 3, 2006, the Super-G in Lake Louise (44th place). However, another year passed before the next World Cup. On February 9, 2008, she surprised with 8th place in the downhill from Sestriere , where she won World Cup points for the first time. Despite several placements among the top 30, she was initially unable to confirm this result. It wasn't until January 30, 2010 that she achieved her second top 10 result in tenth place on the downhill run from St. Moritz . At the 2009 World Cup in Val-d'Isère , she was 27th in the downhill. At the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver , she started in the Super-G, but did not finish.
Marshall had to end the 2010/11 season early because of back pain in January, and the 2011/12 season also ended in January because of a collateral ligament operation in his knee. After suffering a broken tibia in training, she announced her retirement from elite sport in July 2013.
successes
World championships
- Val-d'Isère 2009 : 27th departure
World cup
- 2 placements among the top ten
Nor-Am Cup
- 2004/05 season : 4th overall ranking, 3rd Super-G ranking, 5th downhill ranking
- 2005/06 season : 4th overall ranking, 3rd downhill ranking
- 2006/07 season : 3rd overall ranking, 2nd combined ranking, 3rd Super-G ranking, 4th downhill ranking
- Season 2007/08 : 2nd overall ranking, 1st downhill ranking, 1st Super-G ranking, 1st combined ranking
- 18 podium places, including 2 wins
Junior World Championship
- Bardonecchia 2005 : 5th combination, 14th giant slalom, 17th slalom, 19th descent, 23rd Super-G
- Québec 2006 : 21st Super-G, 22nd slalom, 23rd downhill
More Achievements
- 10 victories in FIS races
Web links
- Blog Chelsea Marshall (English)
- Chelsea Marshall in the database of the International Ski Federation (English)
- Chelsea Marshall in the database of Ski-DB (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Chelsea Marshall's Sweet Next Move. alpinepress.com, July 15, 2013, accessed October 25, 2013 (English).
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| SURNAME | Marshall, Chelsea |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American ski racer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 14, 1986 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Randolph (Vermont) , United States |