Perrine Pelen

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Perrine Pelen
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Perrine Pelen (1978)
Personal information
Born (1960-07-03) 3 July 1960 (age 63)
Boulogne-Billancourt,
Hauts-de-Seine, France
Occupation Alpine skier
Height1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Skiing career
Disciplines Slalom, giant slalom, combined
Club Grenoble University
World Cup debut9 December 1976 (age 16)
RetiredMarch 1986 (age 25)
Olympics
Teams2 – (1980, 1984)
Medals3 (0 gold)
World Championships
Teams4 – (19781985)
includes 1980 Olympics
Medals3 (1 gold)
World Cup
Seasons10 – (19771986)
Wins15 – (15 SL)
Podiums43 – (36 SL, 7 GS)
Overall titles0 – (4th in 1980)
Discipline titles1 – (SL, 1980)
Medal record
Women's alpine skiing
Representing Flag of France.svg  France
Olympic Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1984 Sarajevo Slalom
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1980 Lake Placid Giant slalom
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1984 Sarajevo Giant slalom
World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1985 Bormio Slalom
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1982 Schladming Combined

Perrine Marie Pelen (born 3 July 1960) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from France. Born at Boulogne-Billancourt near Paris, she made her World Cup debut at age 16 in December 1976 and won three slalom races that 1977 season. [1]

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Pelen won the bronze medal at the 1980 Winter Olympics in giant slalom; in 1984, she won the silver medal in slalom and another bronze in giant slalom. At the World Championships, she won the silver medal in combined in 1982 and the gold in slalom in 1985.

Pelen won fifteen World Cup races and the season title in the slalom in the 1980. She was runner-up in the slalom standings in 1977 and 1978, and took third in 1981, 1984, 1985, and 1986.

After ten seasons on the World Cup circuit, Pelen retired from competition following the 1986 season.

Perrine Pelen graduated from HEC Paris in 1988. [2]

World Cup results

Season titles

SeasonDiscipline
1980 Slalom

Season standings

SeasonAgeOverallSlalomGiant
Slalom
Super GDownhillCombined
1977 167212not
run
not
awarded
1978 176211
1979 189413
1980 1941214
1981 206398
1982 2185614
1983 22161116not
awarded
(w/ GS)
1984 231039
1985 2412319
1986 251331222

Individual races

SeasonDateLocationDiscipline
1977 26 Jan 1977  Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Crans-Montana, Switzerland Slalom
28 Jan 1977 Flag of France.svg Saint-Gervais, France Slalom
5 Mar 1977 Flag of the United States.svg Sun Valley, USA Slalom
1978 10 Dec 1977 Flag of Italy.svg Cervinia, Italy Slalom
8 Feb 1978 Flag of France.svg Saint-Gervais, FranceSlalom
5 Mar 1978 Flag of the United States.svg Stratton Mountain, USASlalom
1979 18 Mar 1979 Flag of Japan.svg Furano, Japan Slalom
1980 9 Jan 1980 Flag of Germany.svg Berchtesgaden, West Germany Slalom
25 Jan 1980 Flag of France.svg Saint-Gervais, FranceSlalom
29 Feb 1980 Flag of the United States.svg Waterville Valley, USASlalom
8 Mar 1980 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Vysoké Tatry, Czechoslovakia Slalom
1981 18 Dec 1980 Flag of Austria.svg Altenmarkt, Austria Slalom
21 Dec 1980 Flag of Italy.svg Bormio, ItalySlalom
1984 14 Jan 1984 Flag of Austria.svg Badgastein, AustriaSlalom
1985 1 Dec 1984 Flag of Italy.svg Courmayeur, ItalySlalom

World Championship results

  Year   Age  Slalom  Giant 
 Slalom 
Super-GDownhillCombined
1978 1748not run
1980 19 DNF2 3
1982 21DNF 2
1985 24 1

From 1948 through 1980, the Winter Olympics were also the World Championships for alpine skiing.
At the World Championships from 1954 through 1980, the combined was a "paper race" using the results of the three events (DH, GS, SL).

Olympic results Olympic rings.svg

  Year   Age  Slalom  Giant 
 Slalom 
Super-GDownhillCombined
1980 19 DNF2 3 not run not run
1984 23 2 3

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References

  1. "Pelen claims women's Slalom". Deseret News. (Salt Lake City, Utah). March 5, 1977. p. A7.
  2. Ils sont cadres et ont fait les JO : Perrine Pelen, triple médaillée et responsable marketing