| TURGEON Melanie (CAN) |
Born Alma, QC , October 21, 1976
164cm, 68kg |
SKI: Salomon
BOOTS: Salomon
BINDING: Salomon
2005 retired
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| Innsbruck 2000 SG/1st Penta Photo |
St.Anton WM01 SG/10th. |
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| St.Moritz WM03 Downhill 1st |
St.Moritz WM03 Downhill 1st, Podium |
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| St.Moritz WM03 DH 1st |
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World Cup Ranking
General
1993/91st, 1994/82nd, 1995/74th,
1996/-,
1997/55th, 1998/54th, 1999/38th,
2000/14th, 2001/12th, 2002/39th, 2003/24th, 2004/-, 2005/90th.
Special
2000 SG/2nd, DH/9th, 2001 DH/6th, SG/4th. 2002 DH/19th, SG/18th.
2003 DH/8th, SG/14th. 2004 DH/41st.
World Championships
1993 Morioka SG/35th.
1997 Sestriere DH/24th,
SG/31st.
1999 Vail DH/7th, SG/19th.
2001 St.Anton DH/14th, SG/10th.
2003 St.Moritz DH/1st, SG/6th.
Olympic Games
1998 Nagano DH/22nd, SG/20th.
2002 Salt Lake City DH/8th,
World Cup -1.w (1 SG)
| 1. |
SG: |
Innsbruck 2000-I, |
| 2. |
SG: |
Innsbruck 2000 II, Haus 01, Cortina 01, Are 01, |
| 3. |
DH: |
Sierra Nevada 99, Haus 01, Lillehammer 03, |
| SG: |
Cortina 03-II, |
| 4. |
DH: |
Cortina 01, Are 01, Lake Louise 02-II |
| 5. |
DH: |
Tignes 94, St.Moritz 2000 II , Innsbruck 00, Lillehammer 03, |
| SG: |
Lake Louise 2000, Lenzerheide 01, |
| 6. |
DH: |
Are 00, Bormio 00, Lenzerheide 03, Cortina 03-I, |
| SG: |
Cortina 99 II , Cortina 03-I, |
| 7. |
DH: |
Veysonnaz 99-II, Lake Louise 01-I, |
| 8. |
SG: |
Sta.Caterina 2000, |
| 9. |
DH: |
Lillehammer 93, Lake Louise 95-I, St.Moritz 01-II, |
| SG: |
Garmisch 01, Lake Louise 02, |
| 10. |
DH: |
Cortina 98, Altenmarkt 02, Cortina 03, |
| SG: |
Bormio 00, Altenmarkt 00, Val d'Isere 01, Innsbruck 03-I, |
| 11. |
DH: |
lake Louise 01, |
| SG: |
Lake Louise 98, 01, |
| 12. |
DH: |
St.Anton99, |
| SG: |
Altenmarkt 02, |
| 13. |
DH: |
Cortina 99, Lake Louise 00, Innsbruck 03, |
| 14. |
DH: |
Lake Louise 97, 98, Saalbach 02, Lake Louise 03-II, |
| SG: |
Val d'Isere 00, |
| 15. |
DH: |
Lenzerheide 01, St.Moritz 00, |
| SG: |
Val d'Isere 02, Lake Louise 03, |
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Canada's Melanie Turgeon ended a six-year victory drought for the Canadian
Alpine Ski Team in Innsbruck, Austria in February 2000 with a stunning
victory at the heart of the "Austrian Headquarters" and revived
her still-young career. In the first Super-G raced there she beat all the
top-favourites including the World Cup leader Renate Goetschl after an
impressive run down the legendary Patscherkofel course, where the famous
1976 men's Olympic downhill took place. The next day she finished 2nd to
Renate in another Super-G.
Turgeon was the most successful Canadian on the World Cup tour in 1999/00
with these top achievements and a total of 13 top-15 results in other races.
She finally finished second in the Super-G standings, the best performance
of a Canadian racer in that event.
She has been waiting and fighting for a long time for this kind of satisfaction
- after having spent 8 years on the World Cup tour! She also overcame health
problems in the past.
The incredibly talented 23-year old from Beauport, QC and the Mont Ste. Anne Ski Club previewed her spectacular season with a 3rd place performance at the World Cup Finals in Sierra Nevada, Spain at the end of the 1998/99 season. Slowed in the past by a chronic bad back, Turgeon is now as healthy as ever.
The determined Canadian has turned the ski-racing world on its ear already
in her career. She won an unprecedented five medals at the World Junior
Alpine Ski Championships in Lake Placid, US in the 1993-94 season; laid
claim to the Europa Cup overall championship that year as well as the U.S.
overall championship; and added a fifth in a World Cup downhill competition
to qualify for Canada's Olympic team of 1994.
Turgeon proved she's capable of rising to the top when the chips are down
and now more mature and focussed on the job at hand, she is definitely
one to keep an eye on in the coming season, her ninth with the Canadian.
At St Anton, this very outgoing and aggressive champion will aim for the first Gold Medal for her team since the early 1980's, when Laurie Graham won the World Downhill at Haus/Schladming in 1982. |
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