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Tessa Worley

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Tessa Worley
Worley in 2017
Personal information
Born (1989-10-04) 4 October 1989 (age 35)
Annemasse, Haute-Savoie, France
OccupationAlpine skier
Height1.58 m (5 ft 2 in)
Skiing career
DisciplinesGiant slalom, super-G, combined
ClubEMHM – Grand Bornand
World Cup debut4 February 2006 (age 16)
Websitetessaworley.net
Olympics
Teams3 – (2010, 2018, 2022)
Medals0
World Championships
Teams8 – (20092023)
Medals6 (4 gold)
World Cup
Seasons18 – (20062023)
Wins16 – (16 GS)
Podiums36 – (36 GS)
Overall titles0 – (6th in 2017)
Discipline titles2 – (2 GS; 2017, 2022)
Medal record
Women's alpine skiing
Representing  France
World Cup race podiums
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Giant slalom 16 10 10
International alpine competitions
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 0 0 0
World Championships 4 0 2
Total 4 0 2
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2011 Garmisch-Partenkirchen Team event
Gold medal – first place 2013 Schladming Giant slalom
Gold medal – first place 2017 St. Moritz Giant slalom
Gold medal – first place 2017 St. Moritz Team event
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Garmisch-Partenkirchen Giant slalom
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Cortina d'Ampezzo Parallel
Junior World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2008 Formigal Giant slalom

Tessa Worley (born 4 October 1989) is a French former World Cup alpine ski racer and non-commissioned officer.[1] She previously competed in all five alpine disciplines and specialised in giant slalom.

Career

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Worley in action in 2017 in Garmisch-Partenkirchen.

Born in Annemasse, in the département of Haute-Savoie, Worley's father Steve is Australian and her mother Madeleine is French, as such she possesses both French and Australian citizenships.[2] She grew up skiing year-round, in France and New Zealand, and her home ski area is the resort of Le Grand-Bornand.[3]

Worley made her World Cup debut at age 16 in February 2006, and finished in 29th place in a giant slalom in Ofterschwang, Germany.[4] She was fifth in the first race of the 2009 season, a giant slalom in Sölden, Austria, in October 2008. A month later, she gained her first World Cup victory (and first podium) in giant slalom at Aspen, United States.

Early in the 2011 season, Worley won three consecutive giant slalom races before January. In February, she won a gold medal in the team event at the World Championships in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, and was also the bronze medalist in the giant slalom. At the next edition in 2013 at Schladming, Worley won both runs of the giant slalom to claim the world title.[5]

Two days after her eighth World Cup win, Worley was injured in a slalom in France in December 2013. Caught on the tails of her skis in the first run at Courchevel, she tore the anterior cruciate ligament in her right knee and also had some lateral meniscus damage. It ended Worley's 2014 World Cup season and kept her out of the 2014 Olympics.[6]

World Cup results

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Season titles

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Season
Discipline
2017 Giant slalom
2022 Giant slalom

Season standings

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Season
Age Overall Slalom Giant
slalom
Super-G Downhill Combined
2006 16 118  — 57  —  —  —
2007 17
2008 18 42  — 14  —  —  —
2009 19 39  — 11  —  —  —
2010 20 37 37 13  —  —  —
2011 21 16 34 2 43  — 27
2012 22 11 27 3 37 39 23
2013 23 11 38 4 22  — 25
2014 24 40  — 16 22  —  —
2015 25 46  — 13 34  —  —
2016 26 27 11 21 35 11
2017 27 6 1 9 32
2018 28 13 2 18 50
2019 29 14 3
2020 30 29 8 30
2021 31 12 3 17
2022 32 8 1 13  
2023 33 16 8 12

Race podiums

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  • 16 wins – (16 GS)
  • 36 podiums – (36 GS)
Season
Date Location Discipline Place
2009 20 Nov 2008 United States Aspen, USA Giant slalom 1st
2010 12 Dec 2009 Sweden Åre, Sweden Giant slalom 1st
2011 27 Nov 2010 United States Aspen, USA Giant slalom 1st
12 Dec 2010  Switzerland  St. Moritz, Switzerland Giant slalom 1st
28 Dec 2010 Austria Semmering, Austria Giant slalom 1st
2012 28 Dec 2011 Austria Lienz, Austria Giant slalom 3rd
21 Jan 2012 Slovenia Kranjska Gora, Slovenia Giant slalom 1st
12 Feb 2012 Andorra Soldeu, Andorra Giant slalom 1st
2013 9 Dec 2012  Switzerland  St. Moritz, Switzerland Giant slalom 3rd
16 Dec 2012 France Courchevel, France Giant slalom 3rd
28 Dec 2012 Austria Semmering, Austria Giant slalom 3rd
17 Mar 2013  Switzerland  Lenzerheide, Switzerland Giant slalom 2nd
2014 15 Dec 2013  Switzerland  St. Moritz, Switzerland Giant slalom 1st
2017 26 Nov 2016 United States Killington, USA Giant slalom 1st
10 Dec 2016 Italy Sestriere, Italy Giant slalom 1st
27 Dec 2016 Austria Semmering, Austria Giant slalom 2nd
28 Dec 2016 Giant slalom 2nd
7 Jan 2017 Slovenia Maribor, Slovenia Giant slalom 1st
24 Jan 2017 Italy Kronplatz, Italy Giant slalom 2nd
10 Mar 2017 United States Squaw Valley, USA Giant slalom 3rd
2018 28 Oct 2017 Austria Sölden, Austria Giant slalom 2nd
19 Dec 2017 France Courchevel, France Giant slalom 2nd
6 Jan 2018 Slovenia Kranjska Gora, Slovenia Giant slalom 2nd
27 Jan 2018  Switzerland  Lenzerheide, Switzerland Giant slalom 1st
2019 27 Oct 2018 Austria Sölden, Austria Giant slalom 1st
21 Dec 2018 France Courchevel, France Giant slalom 3rd
28 Dec 2018 Austria Semmering, Austria Giant slalom 3rd
15 Jan 2019 Italy Kronplatz, Italy Giant slalom 2nd
2020 26 Oct 2019 Austria Sölden, Austria Giant slalom 3rd
2021 14 Dec 2020 France Courchevel, France Giant slalom 3rd
16 Jan 2021 Slovenia Kranjska Gora, Slovenia Giant slalom 2nd
26 Jan 2021 Italy Kronplatz, Italy Giant slalom 1st
2022 28 Dec 2021 Austria Lienz, Austria Giant slalom 1st
8 Jan 2022 Slovenia Kranjska Gora, Slovenia Giant slalom 2nd
25 Jan 2022 Italy Kronplatz, Italy Giant slalom 3rd
6 Mar 2022  Switzerland  Lenzerheide, Switzerland Giant slalom 1st

World Championship results

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Year
Age Slalom Giant
slalom
Super-G Downhill Combined Parallel Team event
2009 19 7
2011 21 13 3 1
2013 23 1 27 QF
2015 25 13 24 QF
2017 27 1 8 1
2019 29 6 16 QF
2021 31 7 13 3
2023 33 DNF2 9 DNS SL

Olympic results

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Year
Age Slalom Giant
slalom
Super-G Downhill Combined
2010 20 16
2014 24 Injured, did not compete
2018 28 7 28
2022 32 DNF2 19

References

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  1. ^ "Tessa Worley". Equipe France Militaire Ski. 13 July 2013. Retrieved 15 December 2013.
  2. ^ "Tessa WORLEY Alpine". www.rossignol.com. Retrieved 19 March 2023.
  3. ^ tessaworley.net Archived 24 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine – ma-vie – accessed 12 December 2010.
  4. ^ "FIS-Ski – results – Ofterschwang 04.02.2006". FIS-ski.com. Archived from the original on 25 May 2011.
  5. ^ Mintz, Geoff (14 February 2013). "Worley impeccable in World Championships GS win, Shiffrin 6th". Ski Racing.com.
  6. ^ Feehan, C. J. (17 December 2013). "Worley tears ACL in Courchevel crash, out for season". Ski Racing. Retrieved 13 January 2014.
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Awards and achievements
Preceded by French Sportswoman of the Year
2017
Succeeded by
Olympic Games
Preceded by Flagbearer for  France
(with Kevin Rolland)

Beijing 2022
Succeeded by
Incumbent