Lydia Lassila
Lydia Lassila 
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| birthday | 17th January 1982 (age 38) | |||||||||
| place of birth | Melbourne | |||||||||
| size | 157 cm | |||||||||
| Weight | 54 kg | |||||||||
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| discipline | Aerials | |||||||||
| society | Team Buller | |||||||||
| status | active | |||||||||
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Lydia Lassila OAM (* 17th January 1982 in Melbourne as Lydia Ierodiaconou ) is an Australian freestyle skier who specializes in the discipline Aerials (jumping). She was able to win numerous World Cup competitions and once the discipline classification, her greatest success being the 2010 Olympic victory. Since 2007 she has been married to the former Finnish freestyle skier Lauri Lassila .
biography
The daughter of a Cypriot father and an Italian mother was in her youth gymnast and also took part in international competitions. At the age of 18, she was on the verge of qualifying for the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney , but her wrist and ankle injuries forced her to quit the sport. A little later she learned to ski and decided to combine this with her gymnastics skills. She switched to freestyle ski jumping relatively quickly. Already on September 8, 2001 she made her debut in the World Cup , where she immediately established herself at the top of the world with fifth place on Mount Buller . She qualified for the 2002 Winter Olympics and finished eighth.
The first World Cup podium followed on September 7, 2002, again in Mount Buller. After two more podium places, Lassila achieved the first victory on March 1, 2003 in Špindlerův Mlýn . The 2003 World Championships in Deer Valley ended with a disappointing 15th place. In the 2003/04 season she won two World Cup competitions and stood on the podium five more times. At the beginning of the winter of 2004/05 she won three World Cup competitions in a row, but could no longer maintain this level as the season progressed. At the final World Championships in Ruka in 2005 , she only jumped to 16th place.
Lassila suffered a cruciate ligament rupture during training in June 2005 and had to take a break for several months. In order to avoid a prolonged break from injury, she decided on an unusual treatment method. She had the cruciate ligament removed and replaced with the Achilles tendon from a deceased person. In January 2006 she made an impressive comeback when she won the World Cup in Lake Placid . At the 2006 Winter Olympics , she was third after the first qualifying round, but fell hard on the second jump and suffered another knee injury.
During the more than one year rehabilitation phase, she married the Finnish freestyle skier Lauri Lassila and completed her studies in sports science at RMIT University in Melbourne. She then founded the company BodySphere , which specializes in the sale of ice compresses . In the 2007/08 season , Lassila was again one of the best jumpers in the World Cup and was on the podium four times. The 2008/09 season was Lassila's most successful: With two wins and two third places, she decided the discipline ranking for herself. However, the 2009 World Championships in Inawashiro did not go as desired , where she only reached 13th place.
In the World Cup season 2009/10 Lassila won twice. On January 15, 2010, she set a new world record at the Deer Valley World Cup with 220.91 points. She won the gold medal at the 2010 Winter Olympics and thus secured her first medal at a major event. She then took a two-year break from competition, during which she became the mother of a son. In 2013 she returned to the World Cup and immediately established herself at the top with three second places. After a second place and a victory during the 2013/14 World Cup season , she won the bronze medal at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi .
Another long break followed, which lasted almost three years. During this time the birth of her second son falls. In mid-January 2017 Lassila returned to the World Cup and won three World Cup competitions. Another World Cup victory followed in January 2018. In contrast, the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang were disappointing, as they only reached 20th place.
successes
Olympic games
- 2002 Salt Lake City : 8th Aerials
- 2006 Turin : 14th Aerials
- 2010 Vancouver : 1st Aerials
- 2014 Sochi : 3rd Aerials
- Pyeongchang 2018 : 20th Aerials
World championships
- 2003 Deer Valley : 15th Aerials
- 2005 Ruka : 16th Aerials
- 2009 Inawashiro : 13th Aerials
- Voss 2013 : 5th Aerials
- Sierra Nevada 2017 : 11th Aerials
World Cup ratings
| season | total | Aerials | ||
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| space | Points | space | Points | |
| 2001/02 | 23. | 66 | 11. | 328 |
| 2002/03 | 5. | 93 | 2. | 556 |
| 2003/04 | 8th. | 57 | 2. | 679 |
| 2004/05 | 5. | 56 | 2. | 668 |
| 2005/06 | 75. | 9 | 28. | 100 |
| 2007/08 | 10. | 51 | 2. | 460 |
| 2008/09 | 5. | 51 | 1. | 360 |
| 2009/10 | 12. | 43 | 4th | 259 |
| 2012/13 | 15th | 42 | 3. | 296 |
| 2013/14 | 12. | 42 | 4th | 210 |
| 2016/17 | 14th | 50.57 | 3. | 354 |
| 2017/18 | 29 | 33.33 | 5. | 200 |
World Cup victories
Lassila has achieved 39 podiums in the World Cup so far, including 16 victories:
| date | place | country |
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| March 1, 2003 | Špindlerův Mlýn | Czech Republic |
| September 7, 2003 | Mount Buller | Australia |
| February 15, 2004 | Harbin | China |
| September 4, 2004 | Mount Buller | Australia |
| September 5, 2004 | Mount Buller | Australia |
| January 9, 2005 | Mont-Tremblant | Canada |
| January 13, 2006 | Deer Valley | United States |
| December 19, 2008 | Adventure Mountain | China |
| January 25, 2009 | Mont Gabriel | Canada |
| January 15, 2010 | Deer Valley | United States |
| January 22, 2010 | Lake Placid | United States |
| January 14, 2014 | Val Saint-Côme | Canada |
| 3rd February 2017 | Deer Valley | United States |
| February 25, 2017 | Minsk | Belarus |
| 4th March 2017 | Moscow | Russia |
| 19th January 2018 | Lake Placid | United States |
More Achievements
- 3 podium places in the European Cup, including 2 wins
- 1 podium in the Nor-Am Cup
Web links
- Lydia Lassila in the database of the International Ski Federation (English)
- Lydia Lassila in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
- Portrait Olympic Winter Institute of Australia
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Lydia Lassila bio. (No longer available online.) NBC Olympics, February 10, 2010, archived from the original on September 26, 2013 ; accessed on September 21, 2013 . 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.
- ↑ a b Lydia Lassila. Australian Olympic Committee , 2010, accessed February 19, 2010 .
- ^ Body Sphere. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on April 26, 2010 ; Retrieved February 19, 2010 (English). 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.
- ↑ Australia's Lydia Lassila earns world record score. (No longer available online.) Www.fisfreestyle.com, FIS , January 17, 2010, archived from the original on February 12, 2010 ; Retrieved February 19, 2010 (English). 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.
1994: Lina Cheryazova | 1998: Nikki Stone | 2002: Alisa Camplin | 2006: Evelyne Leu | 2010: Lydia Lassila | 2014: Ala Zuper | 2018: Hanna Huskowa
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Lassila, Lydia |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ierodiaconou, Lydia |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Australian freestyle ski jumper |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 17th January 1982 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Melbourne |