Julie Pomagalski

Julie Pomagalski
nation	France
birthday	October 10, 1980
place of birth	Saint-Jorioz ,  France
size	161 cm
Weight	60 kg
Career
society	Vallée Méribel Ski Club
National squad	since 1997
status	resigned
End of career	2007
Medal table
World Cup medals 1 × 1 × 0 × JWM medals 2 × 0 × 1 × National medals 2 × 0 × 1 ×
Snowboard world championships gold 1999 Berchtesgaden Snowboard cross silver 2003 Kreischberg Parallel giant slalom  Snowboard Junior World Championships gold 1998 Chamrousse Giant slalom gold 2000 Berchtesgaden Parallel giant slalom bronze 2000 Berchtesgaden Parallel slalom French championships gold 1998 Alpe d'Huez Snowboard cross bronze 1998 Alpe d'Huez Giant slalom gold 2006 Isola 2000 Parallel giant slalom
Placements
World cup
Debut in the World Cup November 13, 1997  World Cup victories 09  Overall World Cup 01. ( 2003/04 )  Parallel World Cup 02. ( 2005/06 )  Snowboard cross world cup 02. ( 2003/04 )  PGS World Cup 05. ( 2001/02 )  GS World Cup 04. ( 2001/02 )  PSL World Cup 14th ( 2000/01 )  SL World Cup 38th (1998/99)
Podium placements 1. 2. 3.  Parallel 7th 8th 8th  Otherwise. Racing disciplines 0 1 0  Snowboard cross 2 9 0

Julie Pomagalski (born October 10, 1980 in Saint-Jorioz ) is a former French snowboarder . Her greatest success was the gold medal at the 1999 Snowboard World Championships in snowboard cross.

Career

Beginnings in the World Cup

Pomagalski made her international debut at the Snowboard World Cup on November 13, 1997 in Tignes . However, as 46th she could not convince. She won the giant slalom title at the 1998 Snowboard Junior World Championships in Chamrousse . At the French Championships in L'Alpe d'Huez in 1998 , Pomagalski won bronze in the giant slalom in addition to the snowboard cross title. For the 1998/99 season she was able to steadily improve her performance in the World Cup, but it did not rank among the top ten.

First world title

At the Snowboard World Championship in Berchtesgaden in 1999 , she became world champion in snowboard cross . At the World Cup in Grächen , finishing fourth, she just barely missed her first podium. At the Snowboard Junior World Championships in 1999 on the Alpe di Siusi , she finished sixth in the parallel giant slalom.

Shortly after the beginning of the 1999/2000 World Cup season , she achieved her first World Cup podium in Zell am See as second in snowboard cross. At the Snowboard Junior World Championships 2000 in Berchtesgaden, she won not only the title in the parallel giant slalom, but also bronze in the parallel slalom. At the end of February Pomagalski achieved another top result in fourth place in the giant slalom in the Japanese Shiga plateau . She also finished fourth in snowboard cross in Park City , before finishing second in giant slalom two days later. Until the end of the season, she could not achieve any top placements. Also at the French Championships in 2000, she missed a defense of her title in fifth and sixth. Despite the drop in performance at the end of the season, she finished eighth in the overall World Cup ranking.

In the World Cup season 2000/2001 Pomagalski started in January 2001. After only a few competitions she was back in the top of the world and reached second place in Morzine . At the Snowboard World Championships 2001 in Madonna di Campiglio , however, she was unable to match the performance of Berchtesgaden in 1999 and only achieved mediocre placements in all three disciplines in which she competed.

First World Cup victory & Olympia

On February 24, 2001 Pomagalski achieved the first World Cup victory in the parallel giant slalom in Asahikawa . Despite this success, at the end of the season it was only enough to rank 21 in the overall World Cup standings. She started the 2001/02 season successfully with fourth place in Valle Nevado. In December she was second on the podium in Whistler and won her second World Cup a few days later on Mt. St. Anne. After Pomagalski was second again on the podium in Kreischberg , she took part in the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City and reached sixth place in the parallel giant slalom. After the games you will get two podium places in Ruka and Tandådalen in the World Cup by the end of the season . With these, Pomagalski finished fourth in the overall World Cup ranking. She also came fourth in the giant slalom discipline.

At the Snowboard World Championships 2003 in Kreischberg Pomagalski won the silver medal in the parallel giant slalom. In the parallel slalom she was tenth. A short time later, she won two preparatory competitions for the 2003 Winter Universiade . On January 25, 2003, she was again on the podium in second place in snowboard cross in Berchtesgaden. In February she won the World Cup in Maribor . In the overall World Cup ranking, she was sixth after further podium places.

Overall World Cup victory

In the 2003/04 season , Pomagalski achieved a placement among the top ten except for one competition in all World Cups. In Alpe d'Huez, Le Grand-Bornand , Sapporo and Bardonecchia , she clearly won the competitions. In the end she was at the top of the overall World Cup ranking for the first time. In the discipline rankings, she also achieved podium positions, such as second place in snowboard cross and third place in the parallel ranking. In the 2004/05 season Pomagalski could not build on the success and missed a victory in all season competitions. At the Snowboard World Championships 2005 in Whistler , although she reached top 10 placements, but no medal. She only finished eighth in snowboard cross, ninth in parallel giant slalom and fifth in parallel slalom. At the French Championships in Alpe d'Huez in 2005, she was unable to build on her previous performances and again missed medals.

For the 2005/06 season , Pomagalski was able to win a World Cup again in the third race of the season in Landgraaf . She was also successful again at the snowboard cross in Whistler. At the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin , she reached 23rd place in snowboard cross and sixth in the parallel giant slalom, as in 2002. In March 2006 she succeeded in another World Cup victory in Lake Placid . Pomagalski finished the season in second place in the overall World Cup standings.

At the French Championships in 2006 in Isola 2000 she again won the title in the parallel giant slalom. The 2006/07 season got off to a varied start for Pomagalski. In Bad Gastein in December she was third again on the podium. At the Snowboard World Championships 2007 in Arosa , after finishing sixth in snowboard cross and eighth in the parallel giant slalom , she was 21st in the parallel slalom.

After she could not achieve consistently good performances by the end of the season, she ended her active career.

successes

Individual world cup victories

No.	date	place	competition
1.	February 24, 2001	Asahikawa	Parallel giant slalom
2.	December 14, 2001	Mont Sainte-Anne	Parallel giant slalom
3.	February 8, 2003	Maribor	Parallel giant slalom
4th	January 11, 2004	L'Alpe d'Huez	Parallel giant slalom
5.	February 21, 2004	Sapporo	Parallel slalom
6th	March 11, 2004	Bardonecchia	Snowboard cross
7th	October 7, 2005	Landgraaf	Parallel slalom
8th.	December 8, 2005	Whistler	Snowboard cross
9.	March 9, 2006	Lake Placid	Parallel giant slalom

Outside of sport

After studying at the management school in Lyon during her sporting career and graduating with a diploma, she took on a job as a marketing employee at the tourist office in Méribel and later a job at CDM Consulting, a consulting company that focuses on the development of tourist regions employed. After the end of her active career, Pomagalski began as Head of Marketing at the Hotel “Les Roches Fleuries” on Mont Blanc.

Web links

• Julie Pomagalski in the database of the International Ski Federation (English)
• Julie Pomagalski in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Julie Pomagalski on Fort-Boyard.fr (French)
• Report on July Pomagalski in Le Dauphine , May 21, 2013

Individual evidence

1. ^ FIS Junior World Championships 1998 Ladies' Giant Slalom ( English ) FIS-Ski.com. Retrieved August 11, 2013.
2. ^ National Championships 1998 Ladies' Snowboardcross ( English ) FIS-Ski.com. Retrieved August 11, 2013.
3. ↑ National Championships 1998 Ladies' Giant Slalom ( English ) FIS-Ski.com. Retrieved August 11, 2013.
4. ↑ World Snowboard Championships 1999 Ladies' Snowboardcross ( English ) FIS-Ski.com. Retrieved August 11, 2013.
5. ↑ FIS Junior World Championships 1999 Ladies' Parallel GS ( English ) FIS-Ski.com. Retrieved August 11, 2013.
6. ↑ FIS Junior World Championships 2000 Ladies' Parallel GS ( English ) FIS-Ski.com. Retrieved August 11, 2013.
7. ↑ FIS Junior World Championships 2000 Ladies' Parallel Slalom ( English ) FIS-Ski.com. Retrieved August 11, 2013.
8. ↑ Snowboarding at the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Games: Women's Parallel Giant Slalom ( English ) Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved August 11, 2013.
9. ↑ Snowboarding at the 2006 Torino Winter Games: Women's Boardercross ( English ) Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved August 11, 2013.
10. ↑ Snowboarding at the 2006 Torino Winter Games: Women's Parallel Giant Slalom ( English ) Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved August 11, 2013.