Corinne Rey-Bellet

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Corinne Rey-Bellet Alpine skiing
nation SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland
birthday 2nd August 1972
place of birth Les Crosets , Switzerland
size 163 cm
date of death April 30, 2006
Place of death Les Crosets
Career
discipline Downhill , super-G , giant slalom
End of career March 25, 2003
Medal table
World championships 0 × gold 1 × silver 0 × bronze
FIS Alpine World Ski Championships
silver St. Moritz 2003 Departure
Placements in the Alpine Ski World Cup
 Individual world cup victories 5
 Overall World Cup 7th ( 2001/02 )
 Downhill World Cup 2. (2001/02)
 Super G World Cup 7. ( 1998/99 , 2000/01 )
 Giant Slalom World Cup 5th (2000/01)
 Slalom World Cup 53rd ( 1992/93 )
 Podium placements 1. 2. 3.
 Departure 3 2 5
 Super G 2 0 1
 Giant slalom 0 1 1
 

Corinne Rey-Bellet (born August 2, 1972 in Les Crosets , Val-d'Illiez ; † April 30, 2006 ibid) was a Swiss ski racer . In total, she won five world cup races . She celebrated her greatest success at the 2003 World Ski Championships in St. Moritz when she came second in the downhill . In addition to the downhill, she also specialized in the super-G and giant slalom disciplines. Three years after her resignation, Rey-Bellet was killed in a violent crime.

biography

The "eternal talent"

After graduating from business school, Rey-Bellet concentrated entirely on skiing. The member of the Val-d'Illiez ski club competed in the Ski World Cup for the first time at the age of only 17 . However, this turned out to be too early, because in the seasons 1989/90 and 1990/91 she was never able to achieve a satisfactory result even in her favorite giant slalom discipline. So she couldn't qualify for the 1991 World Ski Championships .

In January 1992, Rey-Bellet won World Cup points for the first time when she reached 20th place in the giant slalom in Hinterstoder . She qualified for the 1992 Winter Olympics and took 17th place in the giant slalom. On March 21, 1992, she caused a sensation when she achieved her first podium finish with third place in the giant slalom in Crans-Montana , the last race of the season reached.

In the following two years she was never able to confirm this result. Rey-Bellet was already regarded by some as an "eternal talent". In the winter of 1994/95 it was therefore mainly used in the European Cup and FIS races . Winning the giant slalom classification of the European Cup and the first Swiss title in giant slalom (this in her home village of Les Crosets ) turned out to be a conciliatory end to this season . In the 1995/96 season, Rey-Bellet's performances were also not particularly good; she achieved her best results at the 1996 World Cup in the Sierra Nevada with two tenth places.

During the summer training in Australia Rey-Bellet suffered a cruciate ligament rupture , so that she had to sit out for the entire 1996/97 season. In 1998 she was very satisfied with two World Cup placements among the top ten. The 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, however, were disappointing (places 30 and 31).

breakthrough

Rey-Bellet made his breakthrough to the top of the world in the 1998/99 season. Her performance on January 16, 1999 was impressive when she first won the downhill and then the Super-G in St. Anton am Arlberg within just three hours. No one had ever succeeded in doing something like this before and remains unmatched to this day. At the 1999 World Championships , she was sixth (giant slalom) and eighth (combination) a little below the increased expectations.

In 2000, 2001 and 2002 Rey-Bellet won a World Cup race and achieved numerous podium places. At the 2001 World Championships in St. Anton am Arlberg, she narrowly missed the medals with two fourth places. At the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City , winning a medal was still a long time coming, and the best result was fifth place in the downhill.

In the winter of 2002/03, her last season, Rey-Bellet did not win a World Cup race, but was still able to celebrate the greatest success of her career. At the 2003 World Championships in St. Moritz she was runner-up behind the rather surprising Mélanie Turgeon and at the same time as Alexandra Meissnitzer . She contested her last World Cup race on March 13, 2003 in Lillehammer , where she was ninth in the Super-G.

After retirement

Corinne Rey-Bellet married Gerold Stadler, an employee of the Bank Credit Suisse , in 2002 and moved to Abtwil SG . In 2003 she became the mother of a son. She increasingly occupied herself with her hobby riding and took part in regional dressage competitions. She began training to be a physiotherapist .

Violent death

On the evening of April 30, 2006, Rey-Bellet was allegedly shot by her husband with an army weapon in her parents' house in Les Crosets, and her brother Alain, who was two years younger, was also killed. Her mother was seriously injured. Rey-Bellet's son, who was upstairs at the time of the rampage, was uninjured. Rey-Bellet's father also survived the attack because he had left the house shortly before. Corinne Rey-Bellet was three months pregnant at the time of death. The authorities assume a relationship crime: Rey-Bellet and her husband had separated days before. A few days after the crime, her husband and alleged murderer was found dead after his suicide .

Sporting successes

Olympic games

World championships

World Cup ratings

  • Season 1998/99 : 10th overall, 7th Super-G, downhill 9
  • Season 1999/00 : 4th exit
  • Season 2000/01 : 8 standings, fifth giant slalom, super-G 7, 8. Departure
  • Season 2001/02 : 7th overall, 3rd exit
  • 2002/03 season : 5th descent

World Cup victories

Corinne Rey-Bellet has won five World Cup races:

date place discipline
January 16, 1999 St. Anton am Arlberg Super G
January 16, 1999 St. Anton am Arlberg Departure
January 15, 2000 Altenmarkt im Pongau Departure
March 9, 2001 Are Super G
March 2, 2002 Lenzerheide Departure

In addition, she achieved ten podium places (7 × downhill, 1 × super-G, 2 × giant slalom) and 50 other placements among the top ten (16 × downhill, 16 × super-G, 18 × giant slalom).

European Cup

  • Season 1991/92 : 7th overall, the fourth giant slalom standings, 7th Super-G standings
  • Season 1993/94 : 9. Giant Slalom Score
  • Season 1994/95 : 8 standings, the first giant slalom rating

Junior World Championships

Swiss championships

Rey-Bellet was seven times Swiss champion :

  • 1995 : 1st giant slalom, 2nd descent
  • 1996 : 1st descent, 1st combination
  • 1998 : 1st Super-G
  • 2000 : 1st departure
  • 2001 : 1st downhill, 1st Super-G, 2nd giant slalom
  • 2002 : 3rd giant slalom
  • 2003 : 3rd departure

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personal data
SURNAME Rey-Bellet, Corinne
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss ski racer
DATE OF BIRTH 2nd August 1972
PLACE OF BIRTH Les Crosets
DATE OF DEATH April 30, 2006
Place of death Les Crosets