Kelly VanderBeek
Kelly VanderBeek 
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 Kelly VanderBeek in January 2009 |
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| birthday | 21st January 1983 (age 37) | ||||||||||||
| place of birth | Kapuskasing , Canada | ||||||||||||
| size | 173 cm | ||||||||||||
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| discipline | Downhill , super-G | ||||||||||||
| society | Chicopee Ski Club | ||||||||||||
| status | resigned | ||||||||||||
| End of career | January 2013 | ||||||||||||
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Kelly VanderBeek (born January 21, 1983 in Kapuskasing , Ontario ) is a former Canadian ski racer . She specialized in the fast downhill and Super-G disciplines and achieved three podium places in the World Cup .
biography
VanderBeek celebrated her first international successes at the Junior World Championships in 2002 and 2003 , where she was third in the Super-G. From November 2001 she regularly took part in the races for the Ski World Cup.
She achieved the greatest success of her career at the 2006 Winter Olympics , when she surprisingly finished fourth in the Super-G in San Sicario . In the end, she was only three hundredths of a second behind bronze medalist Alexandra Meissnitzer .
In the World Cup, VanderBeek achieved a place on the podium three times: She was third at the Super-G of Lake Louise in December 2006, at the descents in St. Anton in December 2007 and in Sestriere in February 2008 she was second. At the Hafjell Super-G in March 2006, she lost only a single hundredth of a second on the winning time, but was only fourth, as there were three winners with exactly the same time.
On December 17, 2009, VanderBeek suffered a cruciate ligament rupture and further injuries in his left knee during downhill training in Val-d'Isère . She had to take a break for over two years and did not return to the World Cup until January 2012. However, she no longer achieved her previous performance and announced her resignation in January 2013.
VanderBeek is an athlete ambassador for the development aid organization Right To Play .
successes
Olympic games
- Turin 2006 : 4th Super-G, 24th downhill
World championships
- St. Moritz 2003 : 20th combination, 24th descent, 28th super-G
- Santa Caterina 2005 : 23rd Downhill, 25th Super-G
- Val-d'Isère 2009 : 21st downhill, 23rd Super-G
Junior World Championships
- Verbier 2001 : 24th giant slalom, 33rd downhill, 33rd slalom
- Tarvisio / Sella Nevea 2003 : 3rd Super-G, 5th Downhill
- Briançonnais 2005 : 3rd Super-G, 5th Downhill, 14th Giant Slalom
World cup
- Season 2006/07 : 8 downhill standings, 9. Super-G standings
- Season 2007/08 : 5. Departure rating
- 3 podium places
Nor-Am Cup
- Season 2000/01 : 6th overall, fourth super-G standings, 7. downhill rating
- Season 2001/02 : 4th overall, 1st downhill standings, 3. Super-G standings
- Season 2003/04 : 2. Super-G standings
- 11 podium places, including 4 wins
More Achievements
- 12 victories in FIS races
Web links
- Site of Kelly VanderBeek (English)
- Kelly VanderBeek in the database of the International Ski Federation (English)
- Kelly VanderBeek in the database of Ski-DB (English)
- Portrait at the Canadian Ski Association (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Veteran Canadian speed skier VanderBeek announces retirement. ( Memento of the original from January 14, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Alpine Canada, January 12, 2013, accessed January 15, 2013.
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| SURNAME | VanderBeek, Kelly |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Canadian ski racer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 21, 1983 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kapuskasing , Ontario |