Perrine Pelen
Perrine Pelen (born July 3, 1960) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from France. Born at Boulogne-Billancourt, she made her World Cup debut at age 16 in December 1976 and won three slalom races that 1977 season.
Pelen won the bronze medal at the 1980 Winter Olympics in slalom; in the 1984 Olympics she won the silver medal in slalom and the bronze one in the giant slalom. She won the silver medal in slalom and combined at the 1982 World Championships. In 1985 she won the gold medal in slalom at the 1985 World Championships.
Perrine Pelen won 14 World Cup races. She won the season title in the slalom in the 1980 season, and was runner-up in the slalom standings in 1977 and 1978, and took third in 1981, 1984, 1985, and 1986.
She spent ten seasons on the World Cup circuit, and retired from competition following the 1986 season.
World Cup results
Season standings
| Season | Age | Overall | Slalom | Giant
Slalom | Downhill | Combined |
|---|
| 1977 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 12 | — | |
| 1978 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 11 | — |
| 1979 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 13 | — |
| 1980 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 2 | — | 14 |
| 1981 | 20 | 6 | 3 | 9 | — | 8 |
| 1982 | 21 | 8 | 5 | 6 | — | 14 |
| 1983 | 22 | 16 | 11 | 16 | — | — |
| 1984 | 23 | 10 | 3 | 9 | — | — |
| 1985 | 24 | 12 | 3 | 19 | — | — |
| 1986 | 25 | 13 | 3 | 12 | — | 22 |
Season titles
| Season |
Discipline |
| 1980 | Slalom |
Individual races
- 15 wins - (15 SL)
- 43 podiums - (7 GS, 36 SL)
| Season |
Date |
Location |
Discipline |
| 1977 | 26 Jan 1977 |  Crans-Montana, Switzerland | Slalom |
| 28 Jan 1977 |  Saint-Gervais, France | Slalom |
| 5 Mar 1977 |  Sun Valley, USA | Slalom |
| 1978 | 10 Dec 1977 |  Cervinia, Italy | Slalom |
| 8 Feb 1978 | Saint-Gervais, France | Slalom |
| 5 Mar 1978 | Stratton Mountain, USA | Slalom |
| 1979 | 18 Mar 1979 |  Furano, Japan | Slalom |
| 1980 | 9 Jan 1980 |  Berchtesgaden, West Germany | Slalom |
| 25 Jan 1980 | Saint-Gervais, France | Slalom |
| 29 Feb 1980 | Waterville Valley, USA | Slalom |
| 8 Mar 1980 |  Vysoké Tatry, Czechoslovakia | Slalom |
| 1981 | 18 Dec 1980 |  Altenmarkt, Austria | Slalom |
| 21 Dec 1980 | Bormio, Italy | Slalom |
| 1984 | 14 Jan 1984 | Badgastein, Austria | Slalom |
| 1985 | 1 Dec 1984 | Courmayeur, Italy | Slalom |
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