Marion Rolland

Marion Rolland (born 17 October 1982) is a retired World Cup alpine ski racer from France.

Marion Rolland

Rolland in January 2009
Personal information
Born	(1982-10-17) 17 October 1982 (age 42) Saint-Martin-d'Hères, Isère, France
Occupation	Alpine skier
Height	167 cm (5 ft 6 in)
Skiing career
Disciplines	Downhill, Super G, Combined
Club	Douanes - Les 2 Alpes
World Cup debut	30 January 2004 (age 21)
Website	marionrolland.com
Olympics
Teams	1 - (2010)
Medals	0
World Championships
Teams	3 - (2009, 2011, 2013)
Medals	1 (1 gold)
World Cup
Seasons	11 - (2004–2013, 2015)
Wins	0
Podiums	2 - (1 DH, 1 SG)
Overall titles	0 - (23rd in 2012)
Discipline titles	0 - (6th in DH, 2012)
Medal record Women's alpine skiing Representing  France World Championships 2013 Schladming Downhill

Racing career

Born in Saint-Martin-d'Hères, Isère, she made her World Cup debut in January 2004 and attained her first top-10 in February 2009 in Bansko. She has two World Cup podium finishes, both at the finals at Schladming in March 2012.^[1][2]

After making her first Olympic team in 2010, Rolland took a tumble in the downhill only four seconds from the starting gate at Whistler.^[3][4] She has competed for France in three World Championships, in 2009, 2011 and 2013. Without a podium in the 2013 season, Rolland won the downhill world title at Schladming for her first career win.^[5][6]

Rolland injured her knee ligaments whilst in pre-season training in Chile before the 2013–14 season, which prevented her from competing at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi and from defending her World Championship title at the 2015 Worlds in Beaver Creek. She subsequently announced her retirement from competition in February 2015.^[7]

World Cup top ten finishes

• 2 podiums – (1 DH, 1 SG)

Season	Date	Location	Discipline	Place
2009	27 Feb 2009	Bansko, Bulgaria	Downhill	7th
	28 Feb 2009		Downhill	6th
2010	5 Dec 2009	Lake Louise, Canada	Downhill	9th
	8 Jan 2010	Haus im Ennstal, Austria	Downhill	5th
	9 Jan 2010		Downhill	4th
	30 Jan 2010	St. Moritz, Switzerland	Downhill	7th
2011	3 Dec 2010	Lake Louise, Canada	Downhill	7th
	26 Feb 2011	Åre, Sweden	Downhill	7th
2012	28 Jan 2012	St. Moritz, Switzerland	Downhill	9th
	18 Feb 2012	Sochi, Russia	Downhill	5th
	14 Mar 2012	Schladming, Austria	Downhill	2nd
	15 Mar 2012		Super G	3rd
2013	12 Jan 2013	St. Anton, Austria	Downhill	8th
	19 Jan 2013	Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy	Downhill	4th

Season standings

Season	Age	Overall	Slalom	Giant Slalom	Super G	Downhill	Combined
2005	22	85	–	–	–	37	–
2006	23
2007	24	125	–	–	–	50	–
2008	25	84	–	–	–	36	38
2009	26	49	–	–	32	18	46
2010	27	30	–	–	32	9	–
2011	28	32	–	–	24	16	–
2012	29	23	–	–	17	6	–
2013	30	27	–	–	23	11	–

References

1. "Lindsey Vonn dominates World Cup Finals downhill in Schladming". Ski Racing.com. 14 March 2012.
2. "Vonn blows big lead but hangs on for super G title; Rebensburg wins, Mancuso second". Ski Racing.com. 15 March 2012.
3. "Rolland rolls out in embarrassing crash". Reuters. 18 February 2010. Archived from the original on 21 February 2010.
4. YouTube.com - video - CTV - 2010-02-17 - accessed 2012-03-14
5. Mintz, Geoff (10 February 2013). "France's Rolland picks up first career win at World Champs DH, while Americans fall short". Ski Racing.com.
6. "Marion Rolland races to sensational Downhill Gold!". FIS Alpine.com. 10 February 2013.
7. "Skiing world champion Rolland announces retirement". sports.yahoo.com. 24 February 2015. Retrieved 2 March 2015.

External links

• Marion Rolland at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation
• Marion Rolland World Cup standings at the International Ski Federation
• Marion Rolland at Ski-DB Alpine Ski Database
• Marion Rolland at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
• marionrolland.com personal site (in French)
• French Ski Team – 2013 women's A team at the Wayback Machine (archived 2007-07-26) (in French)
• Marion Rolland at Rossignol.com at the Wayback Machine (archived 2013-11-26)