Dominique Gisin
Personal information | |||||||||||||||
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Born | Visp,[1] Switzerland | 4 June 1985||||||||||||||
Occupation | Alpine skier | ||||||||||||||
Height | 172 cm (5 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||||
Skiing career | |||||||||||||||
Disciplines | Downhill, super-G, giant slalom, slalom, combined | ||||||||||||||
Club | Engelberg | ||||||||||||||
World Cup debut | 2 December 2005 (age 20) | ||||||||||||||
Retired | 19 March 2015 (age 29) | ||||||||||||||
Website | dominiquegisin.ch | ||||||||||||||
Olympics | |||||||||||||||
Teams | 2 – (2010, 2014) | ||||||||||||||
Medals | 1 (1 gold) | ||||||||||||||
World Championships | |||||||||||||||
Teams | 5 – (2007–15) | ||||||||||||||
Medals | 0 | ||||||||||||||
World Cup | |||||||||||||||
Seasons | 10 – (2006–15) | ||||||||||||||
Wins | 3 – (2 DH, 1 SG) | ||||||||||||||
Podiums | 7 – (5 DH, 2 SG) | ||||||||||||||
Overall titles | 0 – (11th in 2014) | ||||||||||||||
Discipline titles | 0 – (4th in DH, 2009) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Dominique Gisin (German pronunciation: ['gɪzɪn]; born 4 June 1985) is a retired World Cup alpine ski racer and Olympic gold medalist from Switzerland. She is the older sister of alpine ski racers Marc and Michelle Gisin.
Career
Born in Visp[1] in the canton of Valais, Gisin made her World Cup debut in December 2005. Her first podium was in Altenmarkt-Zauchensee, Austria, where she placed second in the downhill on 13 January 2007. Two years later in January 2009, she gained her first World Cup victory, also a downhill at Altenmarkt-Zauchensee, with the same time as Anja Pärson.
At the Winter Olympics in 2014, she tied for first in the downhill with Tina Maze and both were awarded gold medals.[2] It was the first-ever tie for gold in an alpine event at the Olympics, though several times previously competitors have tied for second, so that two silver medals were awarded (and no bronze).[3] As a result, Gisin was named as Swiss Sportswoman of the Year for 2014.[4]
Through March 2014, Gisin has 3 World Cup victories, 7 podiums, and 42 top ten finishes.[5] Her younger siblings Marc and Michelle also compete as alpine ski racers.[6]
In March 2015 Gisin announced her retirement from competition at the World Cup Finals meeting at Méribel.[7]
Away from skiing, Gisin learned to fly as a teenager and joined the Swiss Air Force to train as a fighter pilot, before being released due to knee injuries incurred through her skiing career.[8]
World Cup results
Season standings
Season | Age | Overall | Slalom | Giant slalom |
Super-G | Downhill | Combined |
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2007 | 21 | 34 | – | – | – | 10 | 38 |
2008 | 22 | 47 | – | – | 44 | 26 | 25 |
2009 | 23 | 21 | – | – | 44 | 4 | 19 |
2010 | 24 | 24 | – | – | 12 | 14 | 28 |
2011 | 25 | 17 | – | – | 6 | 9 | 11 |
2012 | 26 | 25 | – | 31 | 22 | 12 | — |
2013 | 27 | 15 | 54 | 10 | 15 | 19 | 24 |
2014 | 28 | 11 | – | 15 | 12 | 9 | 14 |
2015 | 29 | 16 | – | 19 | 14 | 16 | 6 |
Race podiums
Season | Date | Location | Discipline | Place |
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2007 | 13 Jan 2007 | Zauchensee, Austria | Downhill | 2nd |
2009 | 18 Jan 2009 | Zauchensee, Austria | Downhill | 1st |
24 Jan 2009 | Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy | Downhill | 1st | |
2010 | 7 Mar 2010 | Crans-Montana, Switzerland | Super-G | 1st |
2011 | 4 Dec 2010 | Lake Louise, Canada | Downhill | 3rd |
9 Jan 2011 | Zauchensee, Austria | Super-G | 3rd | |
2012 | 2 Dec 2011 | Lake Louise, Canada | Downhill | 3rd |
World Championship results
Year | Age | Slalom | Giant slalom |
Super-G | Downhill | Combined |
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2007 | 21 | — | — | — | 5 | DNF |
2009 | 23 | — | — | — | DNF | — |
2011 | 25 | — | — | DNF | 8 | 4 |
2013 | 27 | — | DNF1 | 10 | DNF | 10 |
2015 | 29 | — | 19 | — | — | — |
Olympic results
Year | Age | Slalom | Giant slalom |
Super-G | Downhill | Combined |
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2010 | 24 | — | — | — | DNF | — |
2014 | 28 | — | 10 | DNF | 1 | 5 |
See also
References
- ^ a b sport-reference.com
- ^ "Alpine Skiing: Events & Places". www.fis-ski.com. Archived from the original on 7 February 2014.
- ^ Mintz, Geoff (12 February 2014). "Tie at the top means double gold for Gisin, Maze". Ski Racing. Retrieved 12 February 2014.
- ^ "Gisin named Swiss sportswoman of the year". Federation Internationale de Ski. 15 December 2014. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 15 December 2014.
- ^ Ski-db.com – Dominique Gisin – profile
- ^ "Dominique Gisin: "Sölden is the goal"". Fédération Internationale de Ski. 31 August 2012. Archived from the original on 21 February 2014. Retrieved 17 December 2013.
- ^ Zaccardi, Nick (19 March 2015). "Dominique Gisin, co-Olympic downhill champion, announces retirement". NBCSports.com. Retrieved 19 March 2015.
- ^ Gittings, Paul (9 December 2014). "Dominique Gisin: Fighter pilot who pursued her golden dream". CNN.com. Retrieved 19 March 2015.
External links
- Dominique Gisin at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation
- Dominique Gisin World Cup standings at the International Ski Federation
- Dominique Gisin at Ski-DB Alpine Ski Database
- Dominique Gisin at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- Official website home page – (in German)
- Swiss Ski team Archived 3 May 2017 at the Wayback Machine – official site – (in German)
- Dynastar Skis – Dominique Gisin