Ophélie David

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Ophélie David Freestyle skiing
Ophélie David
nation FranceFrance France
birthday 6th July 1976 (age 44)
place of birth Cucq
size 172 cm
Weight 62 kg
job Ski instructor
Career
discipline Ski cross
society SC Alpe d'Huez
status active
Medal table
World championships 1 × gold 1 × silver 3 × bronze
FIS Freestyle Skiing World Championships
bronze Ruka 2005 Ski cross
gold Madonna di Campiglio 2007 Ski cross
bronze Voss 2013 Ski cross
silver Kreischberg 2015 Ski cross
bronze Sierra Nevada 2017 Ski cross
Placements in the Freestyle Skiing World Cup
 Debut in the World Cup November 30, 2002
 World Cup victories 26th
 Overall World Cup 1. ( 2005/06 , 2007/08 , 2008/09 )
 Ski cross world cup 1. ( 2003/04 , 2004/05 , 2005/06,
2006/07 , 2007/08, 2008/09,
2009/10 )
 Podium placements 1. 2. 3.
 Ski cross 26th 17th 21st
last change: February 5, 2018

Ophelie David (* 6. July 1976 in Cucq , Pas-de-Calais as Ofelia Rácz ) is a French freestyle skier . She specializes in ski cross and is one of the world's most successful athletes in this discipline. She was once world champion and won the discipline rankings in the Freestyle Skiing World Cup seven times in a row from 2004 to 2010 , plus three overall World Cup victories.

biography

David is the daughter of János Rácz , a Hungarian basketball player who took part in the 1964 Summer Olympics and later emigrated to France. In her youth she was an alpine skier . She was not accepted into the French junior squad, which is why she started for Hungary. She took part in the 1994 Winter Olympics, but retired in both slalom and giant slalom. In 1995 she was able to win her only FIS race , at the 1996 Alpine World Championships she achieved 16th place in the combination . At the end of the 1995/96 season she resigned and started working as a ski instructor in the winter sports resort of Alpe d'Huez .

The World Ski Federation FIS added the discipline of ski cross to its program in the 2002/03 season . On November 30, 2002 David took part in the first ski cross world cup race in history and immediately achieved fourth place. In the following 2003/04 season , she drove in all eight races held in the top ten. She won three races and won the discipline classification. In the 2004/05 season she won two races and reached a podium in two more, which she could repeat the victory in the discipline classification. The in Ruka discharged 2005 World Championships , when ski cross for the first time on the program, she was classified behind the Austrian Karin Huttary and the Swede Magdalena Iljans in third place.

In all five races of the 2005/06 World Cup season , David stood on the podium, twice as the winner, twice as second and once as third. For the third time in a row she secured the discipline ranking; In addition, for the first time, the overall ranking was won, which is calculated from the quotients of the placements. Also in the 2006/07 season she was the most successful ski crosser with one win and two second places. At the 2007 World Championships in Madonna di Campiglio , she prevailed against the competition and won the gold medal. For the first time this winter, she also won the X-Games ski cross competition . David was hard to beat in the 2007/08 season : of the eight World Cup races held, she won six, not only winning the discipline ranking for the fifth time in a row, but also the overall ranking for the second time.

In the winter of 2008/09 David continued their winning streak. She won six of the ten World Cup races and was second twice. She secured the discipline ranking again and for the third time the overall World Cup. Before the World Championships in 2009 , she was considered a huge favorite, but in Inawashiro , Japan , she was unexpectedly eliminated in the semifinals and had to be content with seventh place. In 2010 David won the ski cross competition at the X Games for the fourth time in a row . Before the 2010 Winter Olympics , she was one of the favorites. In Cypress Mountain , she was eliminated in the quarterfinals and classified ninth. With two wins and six more podium places, however, she won the ski cross discipline for the seventh time in a row.

David was able to celebrate another World Cup victory in the 2010/11 season , but for the first time since the 2002/03 season another female rider, Anna Holmlund , won the discipline classification. In the 2011/12 season David was on the podium five times in World Cup races (including a win in St. Johann in Tirol), which earned her second place in the Ski Cross World Cup. In the 2012/13 season , David was still among the world's best. She won a World Cup race, added two second and one third place. She won the bronze medal at the 2013 World Championships in Voss . During the 2013/14 season , she was on the podium at a World Cup race six times, one of which was the winner. At the 2014 Winter Olympics , she advanced to the final run, but just missed out on a medal in fourth place.

In the 2014/15 World Cup season , David was third on the podium four times. However, she achieved the best result of the season at the 2015 World Championships in Kreischberg , where she won the silver medal. Another third place came in the 2015/16 World Cup season . In the 2016/17 season, she finished third in the World Cup twice. At the highlight of the season, the 2017 World Championships in the Sierra Nevada , she surprised everyone by winning the bronze medal at the age of 40.

successes

Olympic games

World championships

World Cup ratings

season total Ski cross
space Points space Points
2002/03 60. 29 15th 88
2003/04 6th 67 1. 535
2004/05 2. 72 1. 430
2005/06 1. 84 1. 420
2006/07 5. 52 1. 260
2007/08 1. 81 1. 646
2008/09 1. 86 1. 860
2009/10 2. 67 1. 735
2010/11 10. 43 5. 474
2011/12 5. 53 2. 530
2012/13 9. 49 2. 487
2013/14 9. 52 3. 572
2014/15 10. 48 4th 528
2015/16 72. 16.17 18th 194
2016/17 24. 36.08 5. 469

World Cup victories

David has achieved 64 podiums in the World Cup so far, including 26 victories:

date place country
January 7, 2004 Les Contamines France
January 31, 2004 Špindlerův Mlýn Czech Republic
March 12, 2004 Sauze d'Oulx Italy
October 25, 2004 Saas-Fee Switzerland
January 7, 2005 Les Contamines France
February 3, 2006 Špindlerův Mlýn Czech Republic
March 11, 2006 Sierra Nevada Spain
February 16, 2007 Inawashiro Japan
January 12, 2008 Les Contamines France
January 20, 2008 Kreischberg Austria
February 2, 2008 Deer Valley United States
February 22, 2008 Sierra Nevada Spain
March 9, 2008 Hasliberg Switzerland
March 16, 2008 Valmalenco Italy
January 14, 2009 Flaine France
January 19, 2009 Lake Placid United States
February 19, 2009 Voss Norway
February 24, 2009 Branäs Sweden
March 12, 2009 Grindelwald Switzerland
March 19, 2009 La Plagne France
January 5, 2010 St. Johann in Tirol Austria
March 6, 2010 Branäs Sweden
January 16, 2011 Les Contamines France
January 7, 2012 St. Johann in Tirol Austria
3rd February 2013 Grass ears Germany
January 25, 2014 Kreischberg Austria

More Achievements

  • Winter X Games winner: 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
  • Second Winter X Games: 2011
  • French champion: 2005, 2006, 2008
  • French ski instructor champion: 2006, 2008

Web links

Commons : Ophélie David  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ János Rácz in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original ), accessed on October 1, 2012.
personal data
SURNAME David, Ophélie
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Rácz, Ofelia
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French freestyle skier
DATE OF BIRTH July 6, 1976
PLACE OF BIRTH Cucq , Pas-de-Calais