Marie-michele gagnon biography
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Marie-Michèle Gagnon
Biography
Marie-Michèle Gagnon earned her first World Cup victory in January when she finished first in the super combined in Altenmarkt, Austria. It was the first victory by a Canadian in a combined race since Just a few weeks later she was on Olympic snow in Sochi but dislocated her left shoulder when she fell during the slalom portion of the combined event, her first event of the Games. It was determined that she didn’t need immediate surgery and she went on to compete in the super-G, giant slalom and slalom.
Gagnon had made her Olympic debut at Vancouver where she competed in the technical events of slalom and giant slalom. After a gradual switch to focus more on the speed events, Gagnon was planning on competing at a third straight Games at PyeongChang But during a downhill training run at the World Cup in Lake Louise in late November , she tore the ACL In her right knee and dislocated her left shoulder, ending her season.
Gagnon returne
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Marie-Michele Gagnon wins the Alpine Combined in Grandvalira under a heavy snowfall.
A heavy snowfall has welcome the final day of the Grandvalira World Cup, the only race in the Pyrenees of the FIS Alpine Skiing highest circuit. The races in El Tarter have been favoured bygd a weather turnaround allowing the races to be developed successfully even with intermittent heavy snowfalls.
The two slopes where the Àliga SG and Àliga SL competitions were playing today have been under the supervision and maintenance of the resort staff, which has once again worked hard and achieved optimal conditions throughout the whole circuit, even with the 50 cm of new snow recorded over the weekend.
The first racer has opened the Super-G starting gate at 12am, an hour and a half later than planned, in beställning to ensure safety for racers and good track conditions. Later, at pm, skiers completed the Alpine Combined race with the Slalom run. The 56 participants have been welcomed with a great
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Marie-Michèle Gagnon
Canadian alpine skier (born )
Gagnon at Courchevel in | |
| Born | () 25 April (age&#;35) Lac-Etchemin, Quebec, Canada |
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| Occupation | Alpine skier |
| Height | &#;m (5&#;ft 10&#;in) |
| Disciplines | Super-G, downhill, combined, giant slalom |
| Club | Mont Orignal |
| World Cup debut | 13 December (age 19) |
| Website | |
| Teams | 3 - (, , ) |
| Medals | 0 |
| Teams | 8 - (–) |
| Medals | 0 |
| Seasons | 15 - (–) |
| Wins | 2 - (2 SC) |
| Podiums | 5 - (2 SL, 2 SC, 1 SG) |
| Overall titles | 0 - (13th in ) |
| Discipline titles | 1 - (SC, )[A] |
Marie-Michèle Gagnon (born 25 April ) is a World Cupalpine ski racer from Canada. Born in Lévis, Quebec, she was a technical skier focused on slalom. However, since an injury at the start of årstid, she no longer competes in slalom and rarely in giant slalom, focusing on speed disciplines and combined.
Career
[edit]Gagnon joined the Canadian national team at the age of eighteen, although a leg fracture halted her progre