Sara Renner

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Sara Renner Cross-country skiing
Beckie Scott and Sara Renner at the awards ceremony in Turin 2006

Beckie Scott and Sara Renner
at the awards ceremony in Turin 2006

nation CanadaCanada Canada
birthday April 10, 1976
place of birth Golden ,  Canada
size 168 cm
Weight 63 kg
Career
society Canmore Nordic Ski Club
National squad since 1994
status resigned
End of career 2010
Medal table
Olympic medals 0 × gold 1 × silver 0 × bronze
World Cup medals 0 × gold 0 × silver 1 × bronze
Olympic rings winter Olympics
silver 2006 Turin Team sprint
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships
bronze 2005 Oberstdorf sprint
Placements in the cross-country skiing world cup
 Debut in the World Cup February 24, 1996
 Overall World Cup 10. ( 2005/06 )
 Sprint World Cup 11. ( 2005/06 )
 Distance World Cup 15th ( 2005/06 )
 Tour de Ski 15th ( 2008/09 )
 Podium placements 1. 2. 3.
 Sprint races 0 0 3
 Distance races 0 1 0
 Team sprint 0 1 0
Placements in the Continental Cup (COC)
 Debut in the Continental Cup 17th December 1994
 Continental Cup victories 08 ( details )
 ANC overall rating 23rd ( 2010 )
 NAC overall rating 05th ( 2007/08 )
 Podium placements 1. 2. 3.
 COC individual race 1 3 9
 ANC individual race 2 0 0
 NAC individual races 4th 1 0
 

Sara Renner (born April 10, 1976 in Golden / British Columbia ) is a former Canadian cross-country skier . Her greatest successes were silver in the team sprint at the 2006 Winter Olympics and individual bronze at the Nordic World Ski Championships in 2005 in Oberstdorf .

Career

First years

Renner, whose parents Barb and Sepp Renner have been running the Assiniboine Lodge in Alberta since 1983 , made their international debut at the 1994 Junior World Championships in Breitenwang . After a poor 44th place over the 5 km individual distance, she was 24th over the 15 km in free style. From December 1994 she started for one year in the Canadian races in the cross-country skiing Continental Cup . In March 1995 she reached the podium twice as third in Vernon . At the Junior World Championships in 1996 in Asiago Renner ran on a weak 41st place over the 5 km, before she ran over 15 km in 34th place. Almost three weeks later, Renner made her debut in the cross-country skiing world cup in Trondheim . As a 70th, however, she ran after the field and did not make it into the World Cup squad. She stayed in the B squad and continued to compete in the Continental Cup and FIS races in her native Canada . At her first Nordic World Ski Championships in Trondheim in 1997 , she only achieved placements beyond the top 50 in all races. At the beginning of winter 1997/98 , she was used again in two World Cup races in Val di Fiemme , but again failed to score points.

At the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano , Renner remained beyond the top 50 in all three individual races. In the following Continental Cup at Mount Shark, she ran in second place after 30 km in classic style to her best result in this series to date. In the winter of 1999/2000 Renner started again in four World Cup races after she again achieved podium places in the Continental Cup. In all four races in Sappada , Davos , Trondheim and Ulrichen , she did not win any points. On December 10, 2000, Renner won the Continental Cup for the first time in Saint-Gabriel-de-Valcartier . Even after the two subsequent races in the same place, she was on the podium. On January 10, 2001 Renner started again in the World Cup in Soldier Hollow , where she managed to get into the points with a 15th place. At the following World Championships in 2001 in Lahti , she reached three top 40 placements. So she was 37th in the individual and the pursuit and 38th in the sprint. Until the end of the season, she contested further World Cup races and was able to run into the points again in Oslo. With a total of 30 World Cup points she was 63rd in the overall World Cup ranking. At the Canadian Championships in 2001, she secured silver over 10 km in free style behind Beckie Scott .

Breakthrough in the World Cup and World Cup bronze

On December 16, 2001, Renner was part of the Canadians' World Cup relay for the first time. In Davos she finished sixth together with Beckie Scott, Milaine Thériault and Amanda Fortier . Back in the Continental Cup, she ran twice on the podium again in Vernon in January 2002. At the following Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City in 2002 , she ran in 13th place over 10 km. After 17th place in the two 5 km pursuits, she was ninth in the sprint. With the Canadian relay, Renner was eighth after four 5 km. For the 2002/03 season , Renner was part of the team in the cross-country world cup for the first time. After first clear points, she secured her first top 10 place in Linz as eighth. In February she competed at the Nordic World Ski Championships 2003 in Val di Fiemme . After finishing 16th in the 10 km individual race, she was 17th in the skiathlon. In the sprint, she was in the top 10 and was seventh in the end. In March she finished her first full World Cup season in 35th place overall.

In the 2003/04 season, Renner was difficult. In the individual races she usually only crossed the finish line in midfield. It was not until January that she achieved a good result in the sprint from Nové Město na Moravě in eighth place. She also ran in the same place in the Drammen sprint . At the 2004 Canadian Championships in Charlo, Renner won three silver medals. The start in the World Cup the following winter 2004/05 was also difficult for Renner. In the meantime she started in the cross-country skiing Nor-Am-Cup and won the race in Canmore there. Two weeks later, she narrowly missed the podium at the Pragelato Team Sprint World Cup in fourth with Beckie Scott.

At the Nordic World Ski Championships in Oberstdorf in 2005 , Renner won the bronze medal in the sprint. In the team sprint, she was tenth with Beckie Scott. A few weeks later Renner reached 26th place in the overall standings after further placements.

Most successful winter 2005/06

The following winter 2005/06 was Renner's most successful season. After a weak start in Düsseldorf, she went to the Nor Am Cup as a training measure for some races. After two wins in Vernon and two second places in Canmore Renner came back into the World Cup squad. In her second World Cup, Renner finished third in the Vernon sprint for the first time on an individual podium in the World Cup. In Davos she came second over the 10 km individual distance. At the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin , she won the silver medal in a team sprint with Beckie Scott . Halfway through the run, Renner was in the lead when one of her ski poles broke and she was overtaken by the Swedish, Finnish and Norwegian runners. The coach of the Norwegian team, Bjørnar Håkensmoen , then gave her one of his ski poles. Thanks to this fair gesture, Renner was able to continue the run and ultimately the Canadians took second place, Norway came fourth.

At the first World Cup after the games in Borlänge , Renner ran onto the podium again and came third. It was her last top result of the season, which Renner finished in tenth place in the overall World Cup. She was eleventh in the sprint classification.

Performance slump in winter 2006/07

As in previous years, Renner had a weak start into the 2006/07 season. In races again in the Nor Am Cup, however, she celebrated two more wins. In the World Cup, she did not even reach the top 10 that season and was only 46th in the overall ranking. In March, however, she managed to win her first national title over 30 km at the 2008 Canadian Championships in Callaghan Valley . After starting the following winter with good results for the first time, Renner also competed in the Tour de Ski 2008/09 for the first time and finished 15th overall after good stage results . At the following Olympic dress rehearsal on the trails in Whistler , she was able to convince again at the Nordic World Ski Championships in Liberec in 2009 . After finishing ninth in the 10 km individual, she was 15th in the pursuit. In the team sprint, she finished sixth together with Perianne Jones . At the cross-country skiing World Cup finals in 2009 , she clearly missed good placements at the end of the season and was only 31.

In August 2009 Renner started in Snowfarm for two races in the cross-country skiing Australia / New Zealand Cup . She was able to clearly win both races. As a result, she did not achieve a top result in the World Cup at the beginning of the 2009/10 season . It was not until February 2010 that Renner achieved third place on her home track in Canmore. With the following start at the 2010 Olympic Winter Games , she ended her active cross-country skiing career. She came in tenth place in the pursuit.

successes

Victories in Continental Cup races

No. date place discipline series
1. December 10, 2000 CanadaCanada Saint-Gabriel-de-Valcartier 10 km freestyle Continental Cup
2. January 6, 2005 CanadaCanada Canmore 10 km pursuit Nor Am Cup
3. November 26, 2005 CanadaCanada Vernon 2 × 5 km pursuit Nor Am Cup
4th November 27, 2005 CanadaCanada Vernon sprint Nor Am Cup
5. January 3, 2008 CanadaCanada Duntroon 10 km pursuit Nor Am Cup
6th January 6, 2008 CanadaCanada Duntroon 10 km classic Nor Am Cup
7th August 23, 2009 AustraliaAustralia Snow farm 10 km classic Australia / New Zealand Cup
8th. August 25, 2009 AustraliaAustralia Snow farm 5 km freestyle Australia / New Zealand Cup

Placements in the World Cup

World Cup Statistics

The table shows the placements achieved in detail.

  • 1st – 3rd place: Number of podium placements
  • Top 10: Number of places in the top ten
  • Points ranks: Number of placements within the point ranks
  • Starts: Number of races run in the respective discipline
  • Note: In the distance races, the classification is based on the FIS.
placement Distance races a Skiathlon
pursuit 		sprint Stage
race b 		total Team c
≤ 5 km ≤ 10 km ≤ 15 km ≤ 30 km > 30 km sprint Season
1st place  
2nd place 1 1
3rd place 3 3
Top 10 3 1 1 9 14th 4th 5
Scoring 1 17th 5 5 14th 31 2 75 8th 6th
Starts 9 34 10 7th 1 17th 40 3 121 8th 6th
Status: end of career
a including individual starts and mass starts according to FIS classification
bEntire race, not individual stages, e.g. B. Tour de Ski, Nordic Opening, season finale
c Possibly incomplete due to a lack of suitable sources before 2001

World Cup overall placements

season total distance sprint
Points space Points space Points space
2000/01 30th 63. - - 14th 54.
2001/02 66 47. - - 56 30th
2002/03 128 35. - - 94 21st
2003/04 164 28. 78 33. 86 23.
2004/05 181 26th 59 35. 131 14th
2005/06 446 10. 233 15th 213 11.
2007/08 79 46. 39 36. 40 43.
2008/09 336 22nd 238 18th 34 45.
2009/10 203 39. 83 40. 60 41.

Private

Renner is an athlete ambassador for the development aid organization Right to Play . She is married to the Canadian alpine ski racer Thomas Grandi . On February 1, 2007, their daughter Aria was born. In 2001 she posed naked for the Nordic Nudes calendar to raise money for the Canadian women's cross-country skiing team. She and her husband have been running the Hotel Paintbox Lodge in Canmore since the end of her active career .

Web links

Commons : Sara Renner  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Restoration Stories and Facts - Assiniboine Lodge. (No longer available online.) In: assiniboinelodge.com. Archived from the original on February 19, 2017 ; accessed on February 18, 2017 (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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.assiniboinelodge.com
  2. ↑ FIS Junior World Ski Championships 1994 - Ladies' 5km C in the database of the International Ski Federation (English), accessed on February 18, 2017
  3. ↑ FIS Junior World Ski Championships 1994 - Ladies' 15km F in the database of the International Ski Federation (English), accessed on February 18, 2017
  4. ↑ FIS Junior World Ski Championships 1996 - Ladies' 5km C in the database of the International Ski Federation (English), accessed on February 18, 2017
  5. ↑ FIS Junior World Ski Championships 1996 - Ladies' 15km F in the database of the International Ski Federation (English), accessed on February 18, 2017
  6. ↑ World Ski Championships 2001 - Ladies' 10 km C in the database of the International Ski Federation (English), accessed on February 18, 2017
  7. ↑ World Ski Championships 2001 - Ladies' 10 km M Pursuit in the database of the International Ski Federation (English), accessed on February 18, 2017
  8. ↑ World Ski Championships 2001 - Ladies' SP 1 km F Final in the database of the International Ski Federation (English), accessed on February 18, 2017
  9. ↑ National Championships 2001 - Ladies' 10 km F in the database of the International Ski Federation (English), accessed on February 18, 2017
  10. ↑ World Ski Championships 2003 - Ladies' 10 km C in the database of the International Ski Federation (English), accessed on February 18, 2017
  11. ↑ World Ski Championships 2003 - Ladies' 2x5 km M Double Pursuit in the database of the International Ski Federation (English), accessed on February 18, 2017
  12. ↑ World Ski Championships 2003 - Ladies' SP 1.5 km F Final in the database of the International Ski Federation (English), accessed on February 18, 2017
  13. ↑ World Ski Championships 2005 - Ladies' SP 0.9 km C Final in the database of the International Ski Federation (English), accessed on February 18, 2017
  14. ↑ World Ski Championships 2005 - Ladies' 6x0.9 km F Team Sprint in the database of the International Ski Federation (English), accessed on February 18, 2017
  15. ^ Why The Olympics Matter: Why the Olympics matter. In: edition.cnn.com. February 12, 2010, accessed February 18, 2017 .
  16. ↑ Gordon Mc Intyre: Norwegian coach lends a helping hand to skier Sara Renner vs. Alex Bilodeau wins gold in men's moguls in 2010. In: theprovince.com. July 5, 2016, accessed February 18, 2017 .
  17. ↑ National Championships 2008 - Ladies' 30 km C Mst in the database of the International Ski Federation (English), accessed on February 18, 2017
  18. ↑ Tour de Ski 2008/09 - Ladies' 30 km C Mst in the database of the International Ski Federation (English), accessed on February 18, 2017
  19. ↑ World Ski Championships 2009 - Ladies' F Team Sprint in the database of the International Ski Federation (English), accessed on February 18, 2017
  20. ^ Sara Renner's Post-Ski Career - Hotel Owner. In: skitrax.com. November 2, 2010, accessed February 18, 2017 .
personal data
SURNAME Renner, Sara
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian cross-country skier
DATE OF BIRTH April 10, 1976
PLACE OF BIRTH Golden , British Columbia , Canada