Marielle Thompson

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Marielle Thompson Freestyle skiing
nation CanadaCanada Canada
birthday 15th June 1992 (age 28)
place of birth North Vancouver
size 178 cm
Weight 75 kg
Career
discipline Ski cross
society Whistler Mountain Ski Club
status active
Medal table
Olympic games 1 × gold 0 × silver 0 × bronze
World championships 1 × gold 1 × silver 0 × bronze
Junior World Championship 1 × gold 0 × silver 0 × bronze
Olympic rings winter Olympics
gold Sochi 2014 Ski cross
FIS Freestyle Skiing World Championships
silver Voss 2013 Ski cross
gold Park City 2019 Ski cross
Junior World ChampionshipTemplate: medals_winter sports / maintenance / unrecognized
gold Chiesa in V. 2013 Ski cross
Placements in the Freestyle Skiing World Cup
 Debut in the World Cup December 18, 2010
 World Cup victories 24
 Overall World Cup 3rd ( 2011/12 )
 Ski cross world cup 1. (2011/12, 2013/14 , 2016/17 )
 Podium placements 1. 2. 3.
 Ski cross 24 12 5
last change: March 18, 2020

Marielle Thompson (born June 15, 1992 in North Vancouver , British Columbia ) is a Canadian freestyle skier . She specializes in the discipline of ski cross . Her greatest successes include winning the World Cup discipline three times, winning the Olympic Games in 2014 and the world championship title in 2019. Her younger brother Broderick Thompson is an alpine ski racer .

biography

At the beginning of her sports career, Thompson tried her hand as an alpine ski racer , but she only competed in a few FIS races at the beginning of 2008; best result was a 24th place. She then switched to ski cross. In 2010 she found herself in the national team by winning the overall standings of the Nor-Am Cup and second place at the Canadian championships. She made her debut in the World Cup on December 18, 2010: In Innichen , she finished 21st and immediately won her first World Cup points. The best result in her first season was a 7th place, at the 2011 World Championships in Deer Valley she drove to 15th place. At the end of the season she was Canadian champion.

On December 17, 2011, Thompson achieved her first World Cup podium finish with third place in San Candido, and she celebrated her first World Cup victory on February 3, 2012 in Blue Mountain . With a total of six podium places, including two more victories in Branäs and Grindelwald , she won the Skicross World Cup ranking of the 2011/12 season . At the beginning of the 2012/13 season , Thompson was initially unable to match the performance of the pre-winter season. It was not until February that she achieved another podium finish in Sochi . She won the silver medal at the 2013 World Championships in Voss and the gold medal at the 2013 Junior World Championships in Chiesa in Valmalenco .

In the winter of 2013/14 , Thompson stood on the podium in a World Cup race six times, three times as the winner (in Nakiska , Val Thorens and La Plagne ). She narrowly won the discipline classification in the last race of the season when she was still overtaking Swiss rider Fanny Smith . She won the gold medal at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, ahead of Kelsey Serwa and Anna Holmlund . In the first half of the 2014-15 season , Thompson continued to be superior. She won in Nakiska and twice in Val Thorens. At the 2015 World Championships on Kreischberg , she was only eighth; she sustained a knee injury during the race and had to end the season early. In the winter of 2015/16 she won four world cup races in Montafon , Watles, as well as in Nakiska and Idre . Together with two second places, this was enough for second place in the discipline ranking.

Thompson dominated the 2016/17 season almost at will. She won seven world cup races in Val Thorens and Arosa , in Montafon and Watles as well as in Idre , Sunny Valley and Blue Mountain . With a large margin, she won the discipline ranking for the third time. On the other hand, at the 2017 World Championships in the Sierra Nevada, she only made fifth place. In the training camp in Saas-Fee , she fell badly and tore a cruciate ligament as well as a ruptured inner ligament. She was fit again in time for the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang . There she set the fastest time in qualifying, but was eliminated in the first round.

The FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships 2019 in Park City Thompson won the gold medal.

successes

Olympic games

World championships

World Cup ratings

season total Ski cross
space Points space Points
2010/11 50. 17th 16. 192
2011/12 3. 59 1. 590
2012/13 36. 30th 7th 302
2013/14 4th 69 1. 755
2014/15 34. 27.27 8th. 300
2015/16 6th 61.42 2. 737
2016/17 3. 74.23 1. 965
2018/19 8th. 59.64 3. 656
2019/20 6th 64.45 3. 709

World Cup victories

Thompson has achieved 41 podiums in the World Cup so far, of which 24 wins:

No. date place country
1 3rd February 2012 Blue Mountain Canada
2 March 3, 2012 Branäs Sweden
3 March 10, 2012 Grindelwald Switzerland
4th December 7, 2013 Nakiska Canada
5 17th January 2014 Val Thorens France
6th March 23, 2014 La Plagne France
7th December 6, 2014 Nakiska Canada
8th January 9, 2015 Val Thorens France
9 January 10, 2015 Val Thorens France
10 5th December 2015 Montafon Austria
11 17th January 2016 Watles Italy
12 January 23, 2016 Nakiska Canada
13 February 14, 2016 Idre Sweden
14th December 9, 2016 Val Thorens France
15th December 13, 2016 Arosa Switzerland
16 17th December 2016 Montafon Austria
17th 15th January 2017 Watles Italy
18th February 12, 2017 Idre Sweden
19th February 25, 2017 Sunny Valley Russia
20th 5th March 2017 Blue Mountain Canada
21st 17th March 2019 Veysonnaz Switzerland
22nd December 14, 2019 Montafon Austria
23 17th December 2019 Arosa Switzerland
24 February 1, 2020 Megève France

Nor-Am Cup

  • Season 2009/10: 1st ski cross discipline ranking
  • 11 podium places, including 9 wins

Junior World Championships

  • Chiesa in Valmalenco 2013: 1st ski cross

More Achievements

  • Winter X Games 2012: 5th ski cross
  • 1 podium in the European Cup
  • 3 podiums in the South American Cup, including 1 victory
  • 4 Canadian championship titles (2011, 2012, 2014, 2016)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Christina Newberry: Golden Girl. skicanada.org, 2018, accessed on May 13, 2018 .
  2. ↑ Olympic season for Olympic champion Thompson probably over. Aargauer Zeitung , October 21, 2017, accessed on January 29, 2018 .
  3. ^ Marielle Thompson aiming for second ski cross gold - four months after having knee surgery. Toronto Star , February 21, 2018, accessed February 23, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Thompson, Marielle
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian freestyle skier
DATE OF BIRTH June 15, 1992
PLACE OF BIRTH North Vancouver , British Columbia