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Manuel Osborne-Paradis (born 8 February 1984) is a Canadian former World Cup alpine ski racer.
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![]() Osborne-Paradis in 2008 | |
Personal information | |
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Born | North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada | 8 February 1984
Occupation | Alpine skier |
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) |
Skiing career | |
Disciplines | Downhill, Super-G |
Club | Whistler Mountain S.C. |
World Cup debut | 8 January, 2005 (age 20) |
Website | mannyski.com |
Olympics | |
Teams | 4 – (2006–2018) |
Medals | 0 |
World Championships | |
Teams | 6 – (2005–09, 13–17) |
Medals | 1 (0 gold) |
World Cup | |
Seasons | 13 – (2005–2011, 2013–2018) |
Wins | 3 – (2 DH, 1 SG) |
Podiums | 11 – (10 DH, 1 SG) |
Overall titles | 0 – (16th in 2010) |
Discipline titles | 0 – (4th in DH in 2010) |
Medal record |
Born in North Vancouver, British Columbia, Osborne-Paradis grew up racing for the Whistler Mountain Ski Club. His first World Cup podium came in November 2006 at the Bombardier Winterstart men's downhill in Lake Louise, Alberta, Canada. His first victory was at the downhill of Kvitfjell in March 2009.
In April 2008, he joined forces with teammate Mike Janyk to provide a four-day training camp free of charge to underprivileged Canadian racers from around British Columbia. The camp, known locally as the "Cowboys Camp", took place on Whistler Mountain. but known in the community as Mike & Manny Camp.
On 29 January 2011, Osborne-Paradis crashed badly at the downhill race in Chamonix, France, and was airlifted by helicopter and treated for a broken fibula.[1] He missed the 2011 World Championships and the remainder of the 2011 season, as well as the 2012 season.
Osborne-Paradis was a surprise bronze medalist in super-G at the 2017 World Championships, behind teammate Erik Guay and Norway's Kjetil Jansrud. Racing in bib number 26, outside the top group of racers, he won the medal on his 33rd birthday.[2]
In a training run at Lake Louise in November 2018, Osborne-Paradis crashed and suffered a broken leg, ending his season.[3]
Season | Age | Overall | Slalom | Giant Slalom | Super G | Downhill | Combined |
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2005 | 21 | 93 | — | — | 50 | 37 | — |
2006 | 22 | 77 | — | — | 45 | 29 | 40 |
2007 | 23 | 38 | — | — | — | 12 | — |
2008 | 24 | 32 | — | — | 33 | 6 | — |
2009 | 25 | 25 | — | — | 30 | 5 | — |
2010 | 26 | 16 | — | — | 9 | 4 | — |
2011 | 27 | 60 | — | — | 27 | 28 | — |
2012 | 28 | out for season: injured in January 2011 | |||||
2013 | 29 | 43 | — | — | 30 | 13 | — |
2014 | 30 | 41 | — | — | 27 | 18 | — |
2015 | 31 | 33 | — | — | 25 | 14 | — |
2016 | 32 | 54 | — | — | 33 | 21 | — |
2017 | 33 | 28 | — | — | 20 | 11 | — |
2018 | 34 | 41 | — | — | 24 | 17 | — |
2019 | 35 | out for season: injured in November[3] |
Season | Date | Location | Discipline | Place |
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2007 | 25 Nov 2006 | ![]() | Downhill | 2nd |
20 Jan 2007 | ![]() | Downhill | 3rd | |
2008 | 13 Jan 2008 | ![]() | Downhill | 3rd |
2009 | 20 Dec 2008 | ![]() | Downhill | 3rd |
6 Mar 2009 | ![]() | Downhill | 1st | |
7 Mar 2009 | Downhill | 3rd | ||
2010 | 29 Nov 2009 | ![]() | Super-G | 1st |
19 Dec 2009 | ![]() | Downhill | 1st | |
16 Jan 2010 | ![]() | Downhill | 2nd | |
2015 | 29 Nov 2014 | ![]() | Downhill | 2nd |
7 Mar 2015 | ![]() | Downhill | 2nd |
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