Dominique Gisin

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Dominique Gisin
 Alpine ski racer 

Gisin in January 2011
Disciplines Downhill, Super G,
Giant Slalom, Slalom,
Combined
Club Engelberg
Born (1985-06-04) June 4, 1985
Engelberg, Obwalden, Switzerland
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 7 12 in)
World Cup debut December 2, 2005 (age 20)
Website dominiquegisin.ch
Olympics
Teams 1 - (2010)
Medals 0
World Championships
Teams 4 - (200713)
Medals 0
World Cup
Seasons 7th - (200713)
Wins 3 - (2 DH, 1 SG)
Podiums 7 - (5 DH, 2 SG)
Overall titles 0 - (15th in 2013)
Discipline titles 0 - (4th in DH, 2009)

Dominique Gisin (born June 4, 1985) is a World Cup alpine ski racer from Switzerland, born in Engelberg in the canton of Obwalden.

Her first World Cup podium was in Altenmarkt-Zauchensee, Austria, where she placed second in the downhill on January 13, 2007. Two years later, on January 18, 2009 she won her first race, the downhill in Altenmarkt-Zauchensee with the same time as Anja Pärson.

At the 2007 World Championships she finished fifth in the downhill event.

As of December 4, 2011, she has 3 World Cup victories, 7 podiums, and 24 top ten finishes.[1]

Gisin's younger siblings Marc and Michelle also compete as alpine ski racers.[2]

World Cup results

Race podiums

  • 3 wins - (2 DH, 1 SG)
  • 7 podiums - (5 DH, 2 SG)
Season Date Location Race Place
2007 13 Jan 2007 Austria Zauchensee, Austria Downhill 2nd
2009 18 Jan 2009 Austria Zauchensee, Austria Downhill 1st
24 Jan 2009 Italy Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy Downhill 1st
20107 Mar 2010 Switzerland Crans-Montana, Switzerland Super-G 1st
2011 4 Dec 2010 Canada Lake Louise, Canada Downhill 3rd
9 Jan 2011 Austria Zauchensee, Austria Super-G 3rd
20122 Dec 2011 Canada Lake Louise, Canada Downhill 3rd

Season standings

Season Age Overall Slalom Giant
Slalom
Super G Downhill Combined
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

References

  1. Ski-db.com - Dominique Gisin - profile
  2. "Dominique Gisin: "Sölden is the goal"". Fédération Internationale de Ski. 31 August 2012. Retrieved 17 December 2013. 

External links

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