Tessa Worley

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Tessa Worley
Tessa Worley octobre 2017.jpg
Worley in 2017
Born (1989-10-04) 4 October 1989 (age 33)
Occupation Alpine skier
Height1.58 m (5 ft 2 in)
Skiing career
Disciplines Giant slalom, Super-G, Combined
ClubEMHM – Grand Bornand
World Cup debut4 February 2006 (age 16)
Website tessaworley.net
Olympics
Teams3 – (2010, 2018, 2022)
Medals0
World Championships
Teams8 – (20092023)
Medals6 (4 gold)
World Cup
Seasons18 – (20062023)
Wins16 – (16 GS)
Podiums36 – (36 GS)
Overall titles0 – (6th in 2017)
Discipline titles2 – (2 GS; 2017, 2022)
Medal record
Women's alpine skiing
Representing Flag of France.svg  France
World Cup race podiums
Event1st2nd3rd
Giant slalom161010
International alpine competitions
Event1st2nd3rd
Olympic Games 000
World Championships 402
Total402
World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2011 Garmisch-Partenkirchen Team event
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2013 Schladming Giant slalom
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2017 St. Moritz Giant slalom
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2017 St. Moritz Team event
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2011 Garmisch-Partenkirchen Giant slalom
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2021 Cortina d'Ampezzo Parallel
Junior World Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2008 Formigal Giant slalom

Tessa Worley (born 4 October 1989) is a French former World Cup alpine ski racer and non-commissioned officer. [1] She previously competed in all five alpine disciplines and specialised in giant slalom.

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Career

Worley in action in 2017 in Garmisch-Partenkirchen. 2017 Audi FIS Ski Weltcup Garmisch-Partenkirchen Damen - Tessa Worley - by 2eight - 8SC8898.jpg
Worley in action in 2017 in Garmisch-Partenkirchen.

Born in Annemasse, in the département of Haute-Savoie, Worley's father Steve is Australian and her mother Madeleine is French, as such she possesses both French and Australian citizenships. [2] She grew up skiing year-round, in France and New Zealand, and her home ski area is the resort of Le Grand-Bornand. [3]

Worley made her World Cup debut at age 16 in February 2006, and finished in 29th place in a giant slalom in Ofterschwang, Germany. [4] She was fifth in the first race of the 2009 season, a giant slalom in Sölden, Austria, in October 2008. A month later, she gained her first World Cup victory (and first podium) in giant slalom at Aspen, United States.

Early in the 2011 season, Worley won three consecutive giant slalom races before January. In February, she won a gold medal in the team event at the World Championships in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, and was also the bronze medalist in the giant slalom. At the next edition in 2013 at Schladming, Worley won both runs of the giant slalom to claim the world title. [5]

Two days after her eighth World Cup win, Worley was injured in a slalom in France in December 2013. Caught on the tails of her skis in the first run at Courchevel, she tore the anterior cruciate ligament in her right knee and also had some lateral meniscus damage. It ended Worley's 2014 World Cup season and kept her out of the 2014 Olympics. [6]

World Cup results

Season titles

Season
Discipline
2017 Giant slalom
2022 Giant slalom

Season standings

Season
AgeOverallSlalomGiant
slalom
Super-GDownhillCombined
2006 16118 57   
2007 17
2008 1842 14   
2009 1939 11   
2010 20373713   
2011 211634243 27
2012 2211273373923
2013 231138422 25
2014 2440 1622  
2015 2546 1334  
2016 26 27 11 21 35 11
2017 27 6 1 9 32
2018 28 13 2 18 50
2019 29 14 3
2020 30 29 8 30
2021 31 12 3 17
2022 32 8 1 13  
2023 33 16 8 12

Race podiums

Season
DateLocationDisciplinePlace
2009 20 Nov 2008 Flag of the United States.svg Aspen, USA Giant slalom 1st
2010 12 Dec 2009 Flag of Sweden.svg Åre, SwedenGiant slalom1st
2011 27 Nov 2010 Flag of the United States.svg Aspen, USAGiant slalom1st
12 Dec 2010  Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   St. Moritz, SwitzerlandGiant slalom1st
28 Dec 2010 Flag of Austria.svg Semmering, AustriaGiant slalom1st
2012 28 Dec 2011 Flag of Austria.svg Lienz, AustriaGiant slalom3rd
21 Jan 2012 Flag of Slovenia.svg Kranjska Gora, SloveniaGiant slalom1st
12 Feb 2012 Flag of Andorra.svg Soldeu, AndorraGiant slalom1st
2013 9 Dec 2012  Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   St. Moritz, SwitzerlandGiant slalom3rd
16 Dec 2012 Flag of France.svg Courchevel, FranceGiant slalom3rd
28 Dec 2012 Flag of Austria.svg Semmering, AustriaGiant slalom3rd
17 Mar 2013  Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Lenzerheide, SwitzerlandGiant slalom2nd
2014 15 Dec 2013  Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   St. Moritz, SwitzerlandGiant slalom1st
2017 26 Nov 2016 Flag of the United States.svg Killington, USAGiant slalom1st
10 Dec 2016 Flag of Italy.svg Sestriere, ItalyGiant slalom1st
27 Dec 2016 Flag of Austria.svg Semmering, AustriaGiant slalom2nd
28 Dec 2016Giant slalom2nd
7 Jan 2017 Flag of Slovenia.svg Maribor, SloveniaGiant slalom1st
24 Jan 2017 Flag of Italy.svg Kronplatz, ItalyGiant slalom2nd
10 Mar 2017 Flag of the United States.svg Squaw Valley, USAGiant slalom3rd
2018 28 Oct 2017 Flag of Austria.svg Sölden, AustriaGiant slalom2nd
19 Dec 2017 Flag of France.svg Courchevel, FranceGiant slalom2nd
6 Jan 2018 Flag of Slovenia.svg Kranjska Gora, SloveniaGiant slalom2nd
27 Jan 2018  Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Lenzerheide, SwitzerlandGiant slalom1st
2019 27 Oct 2018 Flag of Austria.svg Sölden, AustriaGiant slalom1st
21 Dec 2018 Flag of France.svg Courchevel, FranceGiant slalom3rd
28 Dec 2018 Flag of Austria.svg Semmering, AustriaGiant slalom3rd
15 Jan 2019 Flag of Italy.svg Kronplatz, ItalyGiant slalom2nd
2020 26 Oct 2019 Flag of Austria.svg Sölden, AustriaGiant slalom3rd
2021 14 Dec 2020 Flag of France.svg Courchevel, FranceGiant slalom3rd
16 Jan 2021 Flag of Slovenia.svg Kranjska Gora, SloveniaGiant slalom2nd
26 Jan 2021 Flag of Italy.svg Kronplatz, ItalyGiant slalom1st
2022 28 Dec 2021 Flag of Austria.svg Lienz, AustriaGiant slalom1st
8 Jan 2022 Flag of Slovenia.svg Kranjska Gora, SloveniaGiant slalom2nd
25 Jan 2022 Flag of Italy.svg Kronplatz, ItalyGiant slalom3rd
6 Mar 2022  Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Lenzerheide, SwitzerlandGiant slalom1st

World Championship results

Year
AgeSlalomGiant
slalom
Super-GDownhillCombinedParallelTeam event
2009 19 7
2011 21 13 3 1
2013 23 1 27 QF
2015 25 13 24 QF
2017 27 1 8 1
2019 29 6 16 QF
2021 31 7 13 3
2023 33 DNF2 9 DNS SL

Olympic results

Year
AgeSlalomGiant
slalom
Super-GDownhillCombined
2010 20 16
2014 24Injured, did not compete
2018 28 7 28
2022 32 DNF2 19

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References

  1. "Tessa Worley". Equipe France Militaire Ski. 13 July 2013. Retrieved 15 December 2013.
  2. "Tessa WORLEY Alpine". www.rossignol.com. Retrieved 19 March 2023.
  3. tessaworley.net Archived 24 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine – ma-vie – accessed 12 December 2010.
  4. "FIS-Ski – results – Ofterschwang 04.02.2006". FIS-ski.com. Archived from the original on 25 May 2011.
  5. Mintz, Geoff (14 February 2013). "Worley impeccable in World Championships GS win, Shiffrin 6th". Ski Racing.com.
  6. Feehan, C. J. (17 December 2013). "Worley tears ACL in Courchevel crash, out for season". Ski Racing. Retrieved 13 January 2014.
Awards and achievements
Preceded by French Sportswoman of the Year
2017
Succeeded by
Olympic Games
Preceded by Flagbearer for Flag of France.svg  France
(with Kevin Rolland)

Beijing 2022
Succeeded by
Incumbent