Rabea Grand

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Rabea Grand
Alpine skier
Rabea Grand Altenmarkt-Zauchensee 2009.jpg
Born (1984-06-15) 15 June 1984 (age 38)
Leuk, Switzerland
Medal record
Women's alpine skiing
Representing Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland
World Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2007 Åre Team event

Rabea Grand (born 15 June 1984) is a retired alpine skier who rose to be the Swiss national champion at the giant slalom in 2009.

Life

Grand was born in 1984 in Leuk in Switzerland. She was active as an FIS ski racer from December 1999 to 2011. She was in the top ten in two world cup races [1] and she won the bronze medal as part of the team at the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships in 2007 with Sandra Gini, Nadia Styger, Fabienne Suter, Daniel Albrecht and Marc Berthod. In 2009, she was the Swiss national champion at the giant slalom. She retired in 2011.

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References

  1. Rabea Grand, retrieved February 2014.