Montillet's achievements were more remarkable because she has suffered multiple serious injuries early in her career, such as torn knee ligaments.
While training for the downhill at the 2006 Winter Olympics, Montillet-Carles crashed on 13 February and was evacuated by helicopter to a nearby hospital. She suffered rib, back, and facial injuries, but still opted to defend her title two days later, but finished 28th. Several racers had complained that the downhill course was too easy, and Olympic organizers had made several changes to it. She finished fifth in the super-G five days later, then retired from competition at the end of the World Cup season.
carole, montillet, carles, born, april, 1973, french, world, alpine, racer, olympic, gold, medalist, medal, recordwomen, alpine, skiingrepresenting, franceolympic, games2002, salt, lake, city, downhillworld, championships2005, bormio, team, event, contents, ca. Carole Montillet Carles born 7 April 1973 is a French World Cup alpine ski racer and Olympic gold medalist Carole Montillet Medal recordWomen s alpine skiingRepresenting FranceOlympic Games2002 Salt Lake City DownhillWorld Championships2005 Bormio Team event Contents 1 Career 2 World Cup results 2 1 Season titles 2 2 Season standings 2 3 Race victories 3 World Championship results 4 Olympic results 5 External linksCareer editBorn in Correncon en Vercors Isere she became a member of the Villard de Lans ski club in Grenoble At her Olympic debut in 1998 at Nagano Japan she finished 14th in both the super G and downhill In January 2002 Montillet was chosen by the Comite National Olympique et Sportif Francais to be the flag bearer at Salt Lake City Her victory in the downhill days later was her first major triumph and the first alpine gold medal by a Frenchwoman since Marielle Goitschel s slalom gold in Grenoble in 1968 She dedicated the win to her late teammate Regine Cavagnoud the reigning world champion in super G who died after a training accident less than four months earlier Montillet s achievements were more remarkable because she has suffered multiple serious injuries early in her career such as torn knee ligaments While training for the downhill at the 2006 Winter Olympics Montillet Carles crashed on 13 February and was evacuated by helicopter to a nearby hospital She suffered rib back and facial injuries but still opted to defend her title two days later but finished 28th Several racers had complained that the downhill course was too easy and Olympic organizers had made several changes to it She finished fifth in the super G five days later then retired from competition at the end of the World Cup season World Cup results editSeason titles edit Season Discipline2003 Super GSeason standings edit Season Age Overall Slalom GiantSlalom Super G Downhill Combined1992 18 105 39 21 211993 19 59 39 10 8 81994 20 59 33 12 27 281995 21 67 52 9 20 1996 22 31 36 22 26 1997 23 15 47 15 15 1998 24 26 52 21 9 1999 25 26 16 4 8 2000 26 55 11 4 5 102001 27 9 3 4 2002 28 16 16 9 13 2003 29 6 28 1 4 2004 30 5 25 2 3 2005 31 18 16 7 2006 32 37 22 20 Race victories edit 8 wins 4 DH 4 SG 25 podiums 13 DH 12 SG Season Date Location Discipline2001 16 Feb 2001 nbsp Garmisch Partenkirchen Super G2003 7 Dec 2002 nbsp Lake Louise Downhill13 Dec 2002 nbsp Val d Isere Super G15 Jan 2003 nbsp Cortina d Ampezzo Super G2004 5 Dec 2003 nbsp Lake Louise Downhill6 Dec 2003 Downhill18 Jan 2004 nbsp Cortina d Ampezzo Downhill1 Feb 2004 nbsp Haus im Ennstal Super GWorld Championship results edit Year Age Slalom Giant Slalom Super G Downhill Combined Teamevent1993 19 8 notrun1996 22 11 20 1997 23 4 7 1999 25 15 22 2001 27 5 10 2003 29 19 14 7 2005 31 DNF 21 3Olympic results edit Year Age Slalom Giant Slalom Super G Downhill Combined1998 24 14 14 2002 28 18 7 1 2006 32 5 28 External links editCarole Montillet Carles at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation Carole Montillet Carles World Cup standings at the International Ski Federation Carole Montillet at Ski DB Alpine Ski Database Carole Montillet Carles at Olympics comCarole Montillet at Olympic org archived Carole Montillet Carles at Olympedia Carole Montillet Carles at Olympics at Sports Reference com archived Biography at Yahoo com in French Official website in French Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Carole Montillet amp oldid 1156314328, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
