Carole Montillet
Carole Montillet-Carles (born
April 7,
1973,
Corrençon-en-Vercors) is a
French alpine skier.
Carole became a member of the
Villard de Lans ski club in Grenoble. In 1994 and 1998, finished 14th in the Super-G at the
Winter Olympics at
Lillehammer and
Nagano respectively.
In January 2002 Carole was chosen by the
Comité national olympique et sportif français to be the flag bearer for the 2002 Winter Olympics at
Salt Lake City.
Her victory in the downhill ski event at the 2002
Winter Olympics in
Salt Lake City was her first major triumph. It was also the first gold medal won by a Frenchwoman in Alpine Skiing since
Marielle Goitschel's triumph in the women's
slalom event in
Grenoble in 1968.She dedicated this to her former teammate
Régine Cavagnoud, who was killed in a training accident in 2001.
Her achievements were more remarkable because she has suffered multiple serious injuries early in her career, such as torn knee ligaments.
On
February 13,
2006, while training for the downhill race at the
2006 Winter Olympics, Montillet-Carles crashed and was evacuated by
helicopter to a nearby hospital. She suffered rib, back and facial injuries, but she decided to compete in the downhill race and eventually finished in 28th position. Several racers had complained that the downhill course was too easy, and Olympic organizers had made several changes to it. She finished in 5th place in the Super-G five days later.
She is due to retire at the end of the 2005-2006 season.
World Cup (overall)
*1991-1992: 105th
*1992-1993: 58th
*1993-1994: 58th
*1994-1995: 67th
*1995-1996: 31st
*1996-1997: 15th
*1997-1998: 26th
*1998-1999: 26th
*1999-2000: 55th
*2000-2001: 9th
*2001-2002: 16th
*2002-2003: 6th
*2003-2004: 5th
*2004-2005: 18th
Olympics
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1998 Winter Olympics at
Nagano**
Downhill 14th
**
Super-G 14th
*
2002 Winter Olympics at
Salt Lake City**
Downhill 1st
**
Super-G 7th
**
Giant Slalom 18th
*
2006 Winter Olympics at
Turin**
Downhill 28th
**
Super-G 5th
World Championships
*
1993 at Morioka
**
Downhill 8th
*
1997 at Sestriere
**
Downhill 7th
**
Super-G 4th
*
2001 at Sankt Anton
**
Downhill 10th
**
Super-G 5th
*
2003 at St. Moritz
**
Downhill 7th
**
Super-G 14th
*
2005 at Bormio
**
Team event 3rd
World Cup
*Overall ranking: 5th (2004), 6th (2003), 9th (2001)
*
Super-G ranking: 1st (2003), 2nd (2004), 3rd (2001)
*
Downhill ranking: 3rd (2004), 7th (2005)
*9 victories (3 downhill, 6 super-G)
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Official site of Carole Montillet (in French)
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FIS-ski biography: Montillet-Carles, Carole*
www.yahoo.fr biography (in French)
