Lise-Marie Morerod

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Lise-Marie Morerod Alpine skiing
nation SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland
birthday 16th April 1956 (age 64)
place of birth Ormont-Dessus , Switzerland
Career
discipline Giant slalom , slalom , combination
status resigned
End of career 1980
Medal table
World championships 0 × gold 1 × silver 1 × bronze
Junior European Championship 0 × gold 1 × silver 0 × bronze
FIS Alpine World Ski Championships
bronze St. Moritz 1974 slalom
silver Garmisch-Partenk. 1978 Giant slalom
FIS Alpine Junior European Ski Championships
silver Madonna di Campiglio 1972 Giant slalom
Placements in the Alpine Ski World Cup
 Individual world cup victories 24
 Overall World Cup 1. ( 1976/77 )
 Giant Slalom World Cup 1. ( 1975/76 , 1976/77,
1977/78 )
 Slalom World Cup 1. ( 1974/75 , 1976/77)
 Podium placements 1. 2. 3.
 Giant slalom 14th 6th 4th
 slalom 10 3 2
 combination 0 2 0
 

Lise-Marie Morerod (born April 16, 1956 in Ormont-Dessus ) is a former Swiss ski racer . In the 1970s she was one of the most successful athletes in the giant slalom and slalom disciplines .

biography

Her father was a farmer and justice of the peace in Vers-l'Église near Les Diablerets , and her mother came from Calvisson . Morerod has four siblings: Yves, Bruno, Lucien and Nicole. At the age of 12 she competed in her first ski races. Her first sponsor was Jean-François Maison, who recognized her technical skills as early as 1967. Not only did he get her better equipment, he was her first trainer. He also drove with her to various youth races and was instrumental in her athletic advancement.

In 1972 Morerod won the silver medal in giant slalom at the first European Junior Championships in Madonna di Campiglio . In the same year she became Swiss champion in giant slalom. She beat Marie-Theres Nadig , who shortly before was double Olympic champion in downhill and giant slalom in Sapporo . The first appearances in the Ski World Cup followed .

Even though, as a then unknown runner, she finished second in the giant slalom in Pfronten on January 6, 1974 and repeated this placement in the giant slalom on January 25, 1974 in Bad Gastein , it was a surprise that she was at the 1974 World Ski Championships in St. Moritz surprisingly came third in the slalom (although her start number 39 was also a long way from the elite riders). This was the only medal for the host country at these home world championships. In 1975 she won her first World Cup race in Garmisch-Partenkirchen . A year later she was fourth in giant slalom at the 1976 Olympic Games in Innsbruck and was eliminated in slalom. In the overall World Cup, she finished second behind Rosi Mittermaier . The 1976/77 season began with two slalom victories in the World Series of Skiing, which was not part of the World Cup : on November 30, 1976 in Aprica and on December 4 in St. Moritz (here it was a parallel slalom ). As a result, starting with the slalom in Val-d'Isère on December 9, 1976, she won a total of eight World Cup races and became the first Swiss overall World Cup winner. She also won the discipline ratings in slalom and giant slalom.

Again at the World Series Morerod was successful on December 3, 1977 in Montgenèvre when she won a parallel slalom. At the 1978 World Ski Championships in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, she came second in the giant slalom, just 0.05 seconds behind Maria Epple . She finished third in the overall World Cup ranking. This year she won the Giant Slalom World Cup for the third time in a row. She achieved a total of 24 World Cup victories (10 in slalom and 14 in giant slalom)

On July 22, 1978, she was seriously injured in a car accident near Vernayaz . She suffered a 14-fold pelvic fracture, two broken cervical vertebrae and various other broken bones, as well as severe head injuries. She was in a coma for three weeks and was only able to leave the hospital six months later. In the 1979/80 season she started again in the World Cup. However, she was no longer able to build on her performance before the serious accident. Her best placement was an 11th place in the giant slalom in Megève . She narrowly missed qualifying for the Winter Olympics in Lake Placid . At the end of the season, on the advice of her doctors, she ended her career as a top athlete.

successes

Olympic games

World championships

World Cup ratings

Lise-Marie Morerod won the overall World Cup in the 1976/77 season. There are also five victories in discipline ratings (three times giant slalom, twice slalom).

season total Giant slalom slalom
space Points space Points space Points
1972/73 33. 10 19th 10 - -
1973/74 8th. 77 4th 55 9. 22nd
1974/75 7th 141 4th 53 1. 95
1975/76 2. 214 1. 120 2. 90
1976/77 1. 319 1. 125 1. 106
1977/78 3. 135 1. 115 4th 71
1979/80 59. 5 28. 5 - -

World Cup victories

Lise-Marie Morerod has won a total of 24 world cup races (14 giant slaloms, 10 slaloms). There are also 11 second places and 6 third places.

Giant slalom

date place country
March 13, 1975 Sun Valley United States
4th December 1975 Val d'Isère France
15th January 1976 Les Gets France
January 25, 1976 Kranjska Gora Yugoslavia
March 13, 1976 Aspen United States
December 9, 1976 Val d'Isère France
20th January 1977 Arosa Switzerland
2nd February 1977 Maribor Yugoslavia
March 6, 1977 Sun Valley United States
March 24, 1977 Sierra Nevada Spain
December 8, 1977 Val d'Isère France
January 9, 1978 Les Mosses Switzerland
February 9, 1978 Megève France
March 7, 1978 Waterville Valley United States

slalom

date place country
4th January 1975 Garmisch-Partenkirchen Germany
January 29, 1975 Saint-Gervais-les-Bains France
March 20, 1975 Val Gardena Italy
December 11, 1975 Aprica Italy
January 12, 1976 Les Diablerets Switzerland
January 26, 1976 Kranjska Gora Yugoslavia
December 16, 1976 Cortina d'Ampezzo Italy
3rd January 1977 Oberstaufen Germany
19th January 1977 Schruns Austria
19th January 1978 Bad Gastein Austria

Swiss championship title

Morerod became eleven times Swiss champion :

  • 5 × giant slalom: 1972, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1978
  • 4 × slalom: 1974, 1975, 1977, 1978
  • 2 × combination: 1974, 1977

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 16-year-old struck Marie-Theres . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna March 10, 1972, p. 15 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
  2. ^ "Süddeutsche Zeitung" No. 5; Middle: Title "For the first time Kathy Kreiner" January 7, 1974
  3. ^ Only Sölkner escaped debacle. Arbeiter-Zeitung , December 1, 1976, accessed March 17, 2015 .
  4. ↑ Sölkner up to the semifinals. Arbeiter-Zeitung, December 5, 1976, accessed on March 17, 2015 .
  5. ↑ In the parallel slalom in front: Morerod, Serrat, Eberle. Arbeiter-Zeitung, December 4, 1977, accessed March 17, 2015 .
personal data
SURNAME Morerod, Lise-Marie
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss ski racer
DATE OF BIRTH April 16, 1956
PLACE OF BIRTH Ormont-Dessus