Geneviève Simard
Geneviève Simard 
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| birthday | 5th November 1980 (age 39) | ||||||||||||||
| place of birth | Montreal , Canada | ||||||||||||||
| size | 170 cm | ||||||||||||||
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| discipline | Downhill , super-G , giant slalom | ||||||||||||||
| society | Val Saint-Côme / Montcalm | ||||||||||||||
| status | resigned | ||||||||||||||
| End of career | January 21, 2010 | ||||||||||||||
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Geneviève Simard (born November 5, 1980 in Montreal , Québec ) is a former Canadian ski racer . It was particularly successful in the giant slalom and super-G disciplines .
biography
Simard's skiing career began at the end of 1995 with participation in FIS races and in the Nor-Am Cup , later also in European Cup races. On November 19, 1998, she competed in the World Cup for the first time, at the giant slalom in Park City . In the 1998/99 season of the Nor-Am Cup, she won the slalom classification.
Simard scored World Cup points for the first time on November 21, 2001 with 15th place in the giant slalom at Copper Mountain . Ten days later, she caused a stir in the Super-G of Lake Louise when she was the last runner to start (starting number 63) and finished 11th. A few weeks later, on January 19, 2001, she again achieved a surprising third place in the giant slalom in Berchtesgaden with a high starting number (46). At the Olympic Games in Salt Lake City , she finished 7th in the combination .
The 2002/03 season was not quite as successful as the previous winter, the best result was a sixth place in the Super-G of Lake Louise. At the 2003 World Championships in St. Moritz , she narrowly missed the podium as fourth in the Super-G. On January 14, 2004, she achieved the only World Cup victory in the Super-G on the Tofana in Cortina d'Ampezzo .
In the winter of 2004/05, Simard finally established himself at the top of the world in giant slalom thanks to four top 10 placements. At the 2005 World Championships in Santa Caterina , she achieved eighth place in the giant slalom. In the seasons 2004/05 and 2005/06 she managed twice in a row to occupy the 5th place in the World Cup ranking of this discipline. During the entire 2007/08 season she was sidelined due to an injury. After that, she could no longer build on her previous performance and finally announced her resignation on January 21, 2010.
successes
Olympic games
- Salt Lake City 2002 : 7th combination, 18th super G
- Turin 2006 : 5th giant slalom, 20th super-G
World championships
- Vail / Beaver Creek 1999 : 26th giant slalom
- St. Moritz 2003 : 4th Super-G, 14th combination, 27th descent
- Santa Caterina 2005 : 8th giant slalom, 26th Super-G
- Åre 2007 : 10th giant slalom, 20th super-G
World cup
- 2004/05 season : 5th giant slalom rating
- 2005/06 season : 5th giant slalom rating
- 5 podium places, including 1 victory:
| date | place | country | discipline |
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| January 14, 2004 | Cortina d'Ampezzo | Italy | Super G |
European Cup
- 2003/04 season : 9th giant slalom ranking
- 4 podium places, including 1 victory
Nor-Am Cup
- 1998/99 season : 6th overall ranking, 1st slalom ranking, 7th giant slalom ranking
- 2000/01 season : 5th giant slalom rating, 7th slalom rating
- 16 podium places, including 7 wins
Junior World Championships
- Schladming 1997 : 11th Super-G, 32nd downhill
- Megève 1998 : 8th slalom, 10th giant slalom
- Pra Loup 1999 : 13th giant slalom, 14th slalom
- Québec 2000 : 11th slalom
More Achievements
- 3 Canadian championship titles (slalom 2002, giant slalom 2005 and 2009)
- 19 victories in FIS races (14 × giant slalom, 5 × slalom)
Web links
- Geneviève Simard in the database of the International Ski Federation (English)
- Geneviève Simard in the database of Ski-DB (English)
- Portrait on skiinfo.de
- Geneviève Simard in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
Individual evidence
- ↑ Genevieve Simard resigns: "I have to listen to my body". ski2b.com, January 21, 2010, accessed January 22, 2010 .
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Simard, Geneviève |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Canadian ski racer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 5th November 1980 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Montreal |