Émilie Serain
Émilie Serain 
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| birthday | March 22, 1984 | ||||||||
| size | 169 cm | ||||||||
| Weight | 59 kg | ||||||||
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| discipline | Ski cross | ||||||||
| society | SC Leysin | ||||||||
| status | resigned | ||||||||
| End of career | 2014 | ||||||||
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Émilie Serain (born March 22, 1984 ) is a former Swiss freestyle skier in the ski cross discipline .
Career
At the beginning of her sports career, Serain was an alpine ski racer , but no major successes were achieved. Her best result in an FIS race was a 17th place in March 2002. She then switched to the freestyle discipline ski cross . She made her debut in the Freestyle World Cup on January 18, 2003 in Laax , where she finished 5th and won World Cup points straight away. In the following years it established itself just behind the world's best and regularly achieved top 10 placements.
In 2007 Serain won the Swiss championship for the first time. On February 2, 2008 she achieved her first podium in a World Cup race when she was third in Deer Valley . One month later, on March 6th, 2008, she achieved her best World Cup result so far with second place in Grindelwald. After becoming Swiss champion for the second time and sixth at the 2009 World Cup , another third place came at the end of the 2008/09 season in La Plagne . Serain qualified for the 2010 Winter Olympics , but suffered a knee injury in training prior to the Cypress Mountain Olympics and had to end the season early.
Serain ended her active career after the 2013/14 season .
successes
World championships
- Ruka 2005 : 22nd ski cross
- Madonna di Campiglio 2007 : 11th ski cross
- Inawashiro 2009 : 6th ski cross
- Voss 2013 : 9th ski cross
World cup
- 2002/03 season : 7th Ski Cross World Cup
- Season 2004/05 : 9. ski cross World Cup
- Season 2006/07 : 5. Ski Cross World Cup
- Season 2007/08 : 6. Ski Cross World Cup
- Season 2008/09 : 9. ski cross World Cup
- 4 podium places
More Achievements
- 1 win in the European Cup
- 2 Swiss championship titles (2007, 2009)
Web links
- Website by Émilie Serain
- Émilie Serain in the database of the International Ski Federation (English) - Freestyle Ski
- Émilie Serain in the database of the International Ski Federation (English) - Alpine skiing
Individual evidence
- ^ Franziska Steffen (Skicross) selected. Swiss Olympic, February 20, 2010, archived from the original on September 11, 2012 ; Retrieved December 29, 2011 .
- ↑ Time to say good-bye: Freestyle Skiing retirements ( English ) FIS-Ski.com. April 30, 2014. Archived from the original on May 5, 2014. Retrieved May 5, 2014.
- ↑ Emilie Serain resigns . Swiss ski. April 10, 2014. Archived from the original on May 5, 2014. Retrieved May 5, 2014.
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| SURNAME | Serain, Émilie |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss freestyle skier |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 22, 1984 |