Marion Rolland (born 17 October 1982) is a retired World Cup alpine ski racer from France.
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.
After making her first Olympic team in 2010, Rolland took a tumble in the downhill only four seconds from the starting gate at Whistler.YouTube.com - video - CTV - 2010-02-17 - accessed 2012-03-14 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.
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.
World Cup top ten finishes 2 podiums – (1 DH, 1 SG) Season Date Location Discipline Place2009 27 Feb 2009 Bansko, Bulgaria Downhill 7th28 Feb 2009 Downhill 6th2010 5 Dec 2009 Lake Louise, Canada Downhill 9th8 Jan 2010 Haus im Ennstal, Austria Downhill 5th9 Jan 2010 Downhill 4th30 Jan 2010 St. Moritz, Switzerland Downhill 7th2011 3 Dec 2010 Lake Louise, Canada Downhill 7th26 Feb 2011 Åre, Sweden Downhill 7th2012 28 Jan 2012 St. Moritz, Switzerland Downhill 9th18 Feb 2012 Sochi, Russia Downhill 5th14 Mar 2012 Schladming, Austria Downhill 2nd15 Mar 2012 Super G 3rd2013 12 Jan 2013 St. Anton, Austria Downhill 8th19 Jan 2013 Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy Downhill 4th
Season standings Season Age Overall Slalom GiantSlalom 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
External links
Marion Rolland World Cup standings at the International Ski Federation
marionrolland.com personal site