Sophie Lefranc-Duvillard
Sophie Lefranc-Duvillard 
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| birthday | 5th February 1971 | ||||||||
| place of birth | Bourg-Saint-Maurice , France | ||||||||
| date of death | April 22, 2017 | ||||||||
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| discipline | Downhill , super-G | ||||||||
| End of career | March 15, 1998 | ||||||||
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Sophie Lefranc-Duvillard , née Lefranc , (born February 5, 1971 in Bourg-Saint-Maurice ; † April 22, 2017 ) was a French ski racer . She specialized in the giant slalom and super-G disciplines.
biography
Sophie Lefranc started for the ski club from Megève and began her career with assignments in FIS races and in the European Cup . Although she had no points to show in the World Cup , she was able to take part in the 1992 Winter Olympics in her closer home around Albertville . She won World Cup points for the first time on November 28, 1992 when she was tenth in the Park City giant slalom .
Eleven months later, Lefranc achieved her best World Cup result on October 31, 1993 when she finished second in Sölden . As a result, their performances were very unbalanced, several results among the top ten were offset by numerous failures. In her last season, 1997/98 , she was the most constant: over the whole winter she was the seventh best giant slalom runner in the world, in addition to the fifth place in this discipline at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano .
In March 1998 she announced her retirement from top-class sport. She was married to the former ski racer Adrien Duvillard , with whom she had twin daughters and a son. On April 22, 2017, Sophie Lefranc-Duvillard succumbed to a long illness.
successes
Olympic games
- Albertville 1992 : 19th giant slalom
- Nagano 1998 : 5th giant slalom
World Championship
- Morioka 1993 : 26th giant slalom, 34th Super-G
- Sestriere 1997 : 15th giant slalom
World cup
- Season 1997/98 : 7. Giant Slalom Score
- 14 placements among the top ten, including 2 podium places
European Cup
- Season 1992/93 : 3rd overall, the first super-G standings, fourth giant slalom rating
More Achievements
- 3 French championship titles (Super-G 1994, giant slalom 1995 and 1997)
Web links
- Sophie Lefranc-Duvillard in the database of the International Ski Federation (English)
- Sophie Lefranc-Duvillard in the database of Ski-DB (English)
- Sophie Lefranc-Duvillard in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
Individual evidence
- ^ Sophie Lefranc: "Ma vie avec Adrien Duvillard". In: L'Humanité . November 20, 1995, accessed April 18, 2016 (French).
- ^ Sophie Lefranc-Duvillard nous a quittés. In: SkiChrono. April 22, 2017, accessed April 23, 2017 (French).
- ^ Sophie Lefranc-Duvillard est morte. In: L'Équipe . April 22, 2017, accessed April 23, 2017 (French).
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| SURNAME | Lefranc-Duvillard, Sophie |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Lefranc, Sophie (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French ski racer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 5th February 1971 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bourg-Saint-Maurice , France |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 22, 2017 |