Marcus Sandell

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Marcus Sandell Alpine skiing
Marcus Sandell
nation FinlandFinland Finland
birthday 23rd September 1987 (age 32)
place of birth Espoo , Finland
size 177 cm
Weight 80 kg
Career
discipline Slalom , giant slalom ,
combination
society GrIFK Alpine
status resigned
Medal table
Junior World Championship 0 × gold 1 × silver 0 × bronze
FIS Alpine Ski Junior World Championships
silver Altenmarkt 2007 Giant slalom
Placements in the Alpine Ski World Cup
 Individual World Cup debut November 12, 2006
 Overall World Cup 33rd ( 2012/13 )
 Giant Slalom World Cup 8. (2012/13)
 Combination World Cup 46th ( 2008/09 )
last change: March 23, 2015

Marcus Sandell (born September 23, 1987 in Espoo ) is a former Finnish ski racer . His strongest discipline was the giant slalom . Sandell became vice junior world champion in giant slalom in 2007 , won three European Cup races and achieved several top 10 placements in the World Cup . In September 2009, he suffered serious injuries in a training fall.

biography

Sandell competed in his first FIS races in December 2002 and already reached the first podium in January 2003. His first major international event was the 2004 Junior World Championships in Maribor , where he was only 34th in giant slalom and 42nd in Super-G and did not finish in slalom. A year later he already reached eleventh place in the Super-G and 18th place in the giant slalom at the Junior World Championships 2005 in Bardonecchia . Two weeks later he won his first FIS race. In December 2004 and January 2005 the Finn contested his first three races in the European Cup , but did not yet make it into the points.

From the 2006/07 season Sandell was a member of the European Cup squad and started regularly in this racing series. After winning his first points in the slalom races in Salla at the start of the season, he already achieved second place in the first giant slalom in Levi and the day after he celebrated his first European Cup victory in the second giant slalom in Levi with almost half a second ahead of Austrian Michael Zach . This was followed by another victory in Serre Chevalier's giant slalom and several top 10 places, with which he won the giant slalom and was eighth in the overall European Cup classification. In the same winter he also competed in his first world cup races . He won his first World Cup points on December 21, 2006 with 19th place in the giant slalom in Hinterstoder and towards the end of the season he scored again with 27th place in the giant slalom in Kranjska Gora . In February 2007 he took part in the World Championships in Åre . There he was eliminated in the first giant slalom round and could not take part in the main competition in the slalom after a failure in the qualifying race. In the team competition , he achieved fourth place with his teammates. Four weeks later he won the silver medal in the giant slalom at the 2007 Junior World Championships in Altenmarkt-Zauchensee .

After his previous year's performance, Sandell was promoted to the Finnish World Cup team in 2007. In the 2007/08 World Cup season , he initially achieved several top 20 placements, but had to accept a few failures, especially in slalom. On February 23, 2008 he finished ninth in the giant slalom in Whistler for the first time among the top ten and at the season finale in Bormio he reached eighth place in the giant slalom and thus for the first time in the top 10. In the Giant Slalom World Cup, he finished 16th as the second-best Finn. In the European Cup he won the giant slalom in St. Vigil and a third place in the giant slalom in Hinterstoder in the 2007/08 season . In the 2008/09 World Cup season , the giant slalom was again his strongest discipline. Sandell reached a tenth place in Sestriere and another three top 20 results, but fell back to 24th place in the Giant Slalom World Cup. In the slalom, as in the previous year, he did not bring a result to the finish line, but in the super combination he was able to score for the first time with 27th place in Sestriere. At the 2009 World Championships in Val-d'Isère , the Finn finished 16th in the giant slalom, but fell out of the slalom in the second round. In the European Cup he only contested four races this winter. His best result was second place in the giant slalom in St. Vigil.

On September 28, 2009, Sandell had an accident while training on the Pitztal Glacier in Tyrol . He came off the piste, fell into a scree field and suffered serious injuries to the kidney and spleen as well as fractures of the nasal bone and wrist. In the hospital Innsbruck after he had a kidney removed. At the giant slalom in Kranjska Gora on January 29, 2010, he made his comeback as a forerunner. The first competition after his serious injury was the giant slalom of the 2010 Winter Olympics on February 23, where he was eliminated in the second round. This was his only race start this season.

After the 2010/11 season was initially characterized by modest performances, Sandell was able to establish himself in the top of the world again on February 6, 2011 as seventh in the giant slalom in Hinterstoder . Twelve days later, he achieved tenth place in the giant slalom of the 2011 World Cup in Garmisch-Partenkirchen . In the World Cup slalom, he was eliminated. In the 2011/12 season he was in the top ten twice, and three times so far in the 2012/13 season . His best result so far is a fourth place, achieved on February 24, 2013 in the giant slalom in Garmisch-Partenkirchen. However, he was not spared further injuries or other physical problems. On October 30, 2012, he had to undergo an operation on his hand in Helsinki, and he ended the 2016/17 season before the start of the World Championships due to persistent back pain.

On May 8, 2018, he announced his retirement from active ski racing.

successes

Marcus Sandell in January 2008

World championships

World cup

  • 16 placements among the top ten

World Cup ratings

season total Giant slalom combination
space Points space Points space Points
2006/07 120. 16 36. 16 - -
2007/08 59. 130 16. 130 - -
2008/09 78. 75 24. 71 46. 4th
2010/11 99 54 28. 54 - -
2011/12 58. 143 19th 143 - -
2012/13 33. 197 8th. 197 - -
2013/14 56. 117 21st 117 - -
2014/15 62. 108 18th 108 - -
2015/16 58. 164 16. 164 - -
2016/17 135. 11 50. 11 - -

European Cup

  • 2006/07 season : 1st giant slalom ranking, 8th overall ranking
  • 2007/08 season : 10th giant slalom ranking
  • Six podium places, including three wins:
date place country discipline
November 29, 2006 Levi Finland Giant slalom
January 8, 2007 Serre Chevalier France Giant slalom
December 13, 2007 St. Vigil Italy Giant slalom

Junior World Championships

More Achievements

  • Finnish champion in giant slalom 2008 and 2009
  • 1 podium in the Nor-Am Cup
  • 3 victories in FIS races

Web links

Commons : Marcus Sandell  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ kurier.at: Finnish ski racer seriously injured ( memento from September 30, 2009 in the Internet Archive ), from September 29, 2009
  2. ↑ Marcus Sandell ends the season prematurely. skionline.ch, December 13, 2016, accessed on April 2, 2017 .
  3. ↑ Svenska Yle (ed.): Efter två OS och fem VM - Marcus Sandell tackar för sig . May 8, 2018 ( yle.fi [accessed November 19, 2018]).
personal data
SURNAME Sandell, Marcus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Finnish ski racer
DATE OF BIRTH September 23, 1987
PLACE OF BIRTH Espoo , Finland