Olivia Gallay

Olivia Gallay
nation	France
birthday	2nd January 1989 (age 31)
place of birth	Evian-les-Bains , France
size	160 cm
Weight	55 kg
Career
discipline	Giant slalom
society	EMHM Morzine / Avoriaz
status	resigned
End of career	December 2012
Placements in the Alpine Ski World Cup
Individual World Cup debut December 15, 2006  Overall World Cup 68th ( 2009/10 )  Giant Slalom World Cup 19th (2009/10)

Olivia Gallay (* 2. January 1989 in Evian-les-Bains as Olivia Bertrand ) is a former French alpine skier . Her specialty was the giant slalom .

Career

Bertrand started in FIS races for the first time in November 2004 . In January 2005 she drove her first race in the European Cup . She achieved her first European Cup victory in the second giant slalom in Ål on December 4th, 2006, after having finished second the day before. In the 2006/07 season she reached third place in the giant slalom ranking. From 2006 to 2009 she took part in the Junior World Championships, her best result was fourth place in the giant slalom in Altenmarkt in 2007 .

Bertrand made her debut in the World Cup on December 15, 2006 in the super combination on the Reiteralm , just two weeks later she was ranked 18th in the giant slalom in Semmering and won her first World Cup points. She could not repeat this result for the time being, because in the following two years she came in only two races in the top 30. On January 25, 2009, however, she reached twelfth place in the giant slalom in Cortina d'Ampezzo , and thus her best for the time being Result in the world cup. On November 28, 2009 she finished twelfth again in the giant slalom in Aspen .

In her first participation in the World Championships in Åre in 2007 , Bertrand achieved 17th place in the giant slalom, two years later she reached 13th place in Val-d'Isère . In 2006 and 2009 she was French Super-G Champion . At the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver , she finished twelfth in the giant slalom. Due to a shin injury, Bertrand could not take part in any races during the entire 2010/11 season. Since their marriage in June 2011, she competed under her new surname Gallay, but after her injury she was unable to participate in any competitions in the 2011/12 season. Finally, in December 2012, she announced her resignation.

successes

winter Olympics

• Vancouver 2010 : 12th giant slalom

World championships

• Åre 2007 : 17th giant slalom
• Val-d'Isère 2009 : 13th giant slalom

Junior World Championships

• Québec 2006 : 7th giant slalom, 12th slalom, 19th super-G
• Altenmarkt 2007 : 4th giant slalom, 20th Super-G, 32nd downhill
• Formigal 2008 : 8th Super-G, 14th giant slalom
• Garmisch-Partenkirchen 2009 : 5th giant slalom

World cup

• 5 placements among the best 15

European Cup

• 2006/07 season : 3rd giant slalom ranking
• 3 podium places, including 2 wins:

date	place	country	discipline
4th December 2006	Ål	Norway	Giant slalom
March 14, 2009	Crans-Montana	Switzerland	Giant slalom

More Achievements

• French champion in Super-G 2006 and 2009
• 4 victories in FIS races (2 × giant slalom, 2 × Super-G)

Web links

• Olivia Gallay in the database of the International Ski Federation (English)
• Olivia Gallay in the database of Ski-DB (English)
• Olivia Gallay in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Olivia Bertrand va revoir le chirurgien. www.ledauphine.com, October 21, 2011, accessed October 23, 2011 (French).
2. ↑ Sci: Olivia Bertrand infortunata. www.fantaski.it, October 30, 2010, accessed October 23, 2011 (Italian).
3. ↑ Mariage de Olivia Bertrand. www.efms.fr, June 26, 2011, accessed October 23, 2011 (French).
4. ↑ Olivia Gallay Bertrand with un terme à sa carrière sportive.  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Fédération Française de Ski, December 17, 2012, accessed December 17, 2012 (French).