Tessa Benoit

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Tessa Benoit Cross-country skiing
nation United StatesUnited States United States
birthday March 17, 1977
place of birth Hanover
Career
status resigned
Placements in the cross-country skiing world cup
 Debut in the World Cup February 22, 1999
 Overall World Cup 85th ( 2000/01 )
 Sprint World Cup 59th (2000/01)
Placements in the Continental Cup (COC)
 Debut in the Continental Cup January 10, 1996
 

Tessa Benoit (born March 17, 1977 in Hanover ) is a former American cross-country skier .

Career

Benoit competed internationally for the first time at the Junior World Ski Championships in Gällivare in 1995 and achieved 66th place over 5 km classic and 62nd place over 15 km freestyle. At the Junior World Ski Championships in 1996 in Asiago she ran on the 74th place over 15 km classic and on the 68th place over 5 km classic and at the Junior World Ski Championships 1997 in Canmore on the 65th place over 5 km classic and on the 14th place with the relay. She completed her first of a total of three individual World Cup races at the Nordic World Ski Championships in 1999 in Ramsau am Dachstein . There she took 73rd place over 5 km classic. At her last World Cup appearance in January 2001 in Soldier Hollow , she got her only World Cup points with 20th place in the sprint. Her best placings at the Nordic World Ski Championships 2001 in Lahti were 42nd place in the sprint and 12th place in the relay. At the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City she came in 52nd place over 10 km classic and 38th place in the sprint.

Participation in World Championships and Olympic Games

Olympic games

Nordic World Ski Championships

  • 1999 Ramsau am Dachstein : 73rd place 10 km freestyle pursuit
  • 2001 Lahti : 12th place relay, 42nd place sprint freestyle, 54th place 10 km classic, 63rd place 10 km skiathlon

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personal data
SURNAME Benoit, Tessa
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American cross-country skier
DATE OF BIRTH March 17, 1977
PLACE OF BIRTH Hanover