Manuel Osborne-Paradis

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Manuel Osborne-Paradis
Alpine skier
Manuel Osborne-Paradis.jpg
Osborne-Paradis in 2008
Disciplines Downhill, Super-G
Club Whistler Mountain S.C.
Born (1984-02-08) 8 February 1984 (age 38)
North Vancouver,
British Columbia, Canada
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
World Cup debut8 January, 2005 (age 20)
Website mannyski.com
Olympics
Teams4 – (2006–2018)
Medals0
World Championships
Teams6 – (2005–09, 13–17)
Medals1 (0 gold)
World Cup
Seasons13 – (2005–2011, 2013–2018)
Wins3 – (2 DH, 1 SG)
Podiums11 – (10 DH, 1 SG)
Overall titles0 – (16th in 2010)
Discipline titles0 – (4th in DH in 2010)
Medal record
World Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2017 St. Moritz Super-G
Junior World Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2004 Maribor Super G

Manuel Osborne-Paradis (born 8 February 1984) is a Canadian former World Cup alpine ski racer.

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Born in North Vancouver, British Columbia, Osborne-Paradis grew up racing for the Whistler Mountain Ski Club. His first World Cup podium came in November 2006 at the Bombardier Winterstart men's downhill in Lake Louise, Alberta, Canada. His first victory was at the downhill of Kvitfjell in March 2009.

In April 2008, he joined forces with teammate Mike Janyk to provide a four-day training camp free of charge to underprivileged Canadian racers from around British Columbia. The camp, known locally as the "Cowboys Camp", took place on Whistler Mountain. but known in the community as Mike & Manny Camp.

On 29 January 2011, Osborne-Paradis crashed badly at the downhill race in Chamonix, France, and was airlifted by helicopter and treated for a broken fibula. [1] He missed the 2011 World Championships and the remainder of the 2011 season, as well as the 2012 season.

Osborne-Paradis was a surprise bronze medalist in super-G at the 2017 World Championships, behind teammate Erik Guay and Norway's Kjetil Jansrud. Racing in bib number 26, outside the top group of racers, he won the medal on his 33rd birthday. [2]

In a training run at Lake Louise in November 2018, Osborne-Paradis crashed and suffered a broken leg, ending his season. [3]

World Cup results

Season standings

SeasonAgeOverallSlalomGiant
Slalom		Super GDownhillCombined
2005 2193——5037—
2006 2277——452940
2007 2338———12—
2008 2432——336—
2009 2525——305—
2010 2616——94—
2011 2760——2728—
2012 28out for season: injured in January 2011
2013 2943——3013—
2014 3041——2718—
2015 3133——2514—
2016 3254——3321—
2017 3328——2011—
2018 3441——2417—
2019 35out for season: injured in November [3]

Race podiums

SeasonDateLocationDisciplinePlace
2007 25 Nov 2006 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Lake Louise, Canada Downhill 2nd
20 Jan 2007 Flag of France.svg Val-d'Isère, FranceDownhill3rd
2008 13 Jan 2008  Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Wengen, SwitzerlandDownhill3rd
2009 20 Dec 2008 Flag of Italy.svg Val Gardena, ItalyDownhill3rd
6 Mar 2009  Flag of Norway.svg Kvitfjell, NorwayDownhill1st
7 Mar 2009Downhill3rd
2010 29 Nov 2009 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Lake Louise, Canada Super-G 1st
19 Dec 2009 Flag of Italy.svg Val Gardena, ItalyDownhill1st
16 Jan 2010  Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Wengen, SwitzerlandDownhill2nd
2015 29 Nov 2014 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Lake Louise, CanadaDownhill2nd
7 Mar 2015  Flag of Norway.svg Kvitfjell, NorwayDownhill2nd

World Championship results

  Year   Age  Slalom  Giant 
 slalom 		Super-GDownhillCombined
2005 21———1917
2007 23 — — — 9 —
2009 25 — — DNF DNF —
2011 27injured, did not compete
2013 29 — — 16 18 —
2015 31 — — DNF 21 —
2017 33 — — 3 — —
2019 35injured, will not compete [3]

Olympic results Olympic rings.svg

  Year   Age  Slalom Giant
 slalom 		Super-GDownhillCombined
2006 22 — — 20 13 DNS
2010 26 — — DNF 17 —
2014 30 — — 24 25 —
2018 34 — — 22 14 DNF

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References

  1. ↑ Kingston, Garry (30 January 2011). "Canada's Osborne-Paradis upbeat despite ski crash". Calgary Herald. Retrieved 13 October 2020.
  2. ↑ Dunbar, Graham (8 February 2017). "Canada's Erik Guay wins super-G world title, Osborne-Paradis takes bronze". CBC Sports. The Associated Press. Retrieved 13 February 2017.
  3. 1 2 3 "Manuel Osborne-Paradis out of hospital after breaking leg". ESPN. Associated Press. 6 December 2018. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
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