Geneviève Simard

Geneviève Simard ( born November 5, 1980 in Montreal, Quebec ) is a former Canadian alpine skier. She was particularly successful in the disciplines of giant slalom and Super -G.

Biography

Simards skiing career began in late 1995 with inserts in FIS races and in the Nor- Am Cup, and later European Cup races were added. On 19 November 1998 she went for the first time in the World Cup at the start, in the giant slalom at Park City. In the season 1998/ 99 of the Nor -Am Cup slalom, she decided the rating itself.

World Cup points brought Simard for the first time on 21 November 2001 with the 15th place in the giant slalom at Copper Mountain. Ten days later, she took in the Super G in Lake Louise a stir when she reached as the final started runner (car number 63) the 11th Place. A few weeks later, on 19 January 2001, she scored in the giant slalom in Berchtesgaden again with a high starting number (46 ) a surprising third place. At the Olympic Games in Salt Lake City she finished 7th in the combination.

The 2002/03 season was not quite as successful as the previous winter, Bestergebnis was a sixth place in the Super G in Lake Louise. In the 2003 World Cup in St. Moritz missed it as fourth in the super-G the podium just barely. On 14 January 2004, she succeeded in the super- G on the Tofana in Cortina d'Ampezzo, the only World Cup victory.

In the winter of 2004 /05, Simard definitively established among the world leaders in the giant slalom, thanks to four top - 10 finishes. At the 2005 World Championships in Santa Caterina, it achieved eighth place in the giant slalom. In the seasons 2004/ 05 and 2005/ 06 she made it twice in a row to occupy the fifth place in the World Cup rankings this discipline. During the season 2007/ 08 she was sidelined due to injury. After that, they could not repeat her previous performances and finally gave her resignation on 21 January 2010.

Achievements

Olympic games

  • Salt Lake City 2002: 7 combination, 18 Super -G
  • Turin 2006: 5 Giant Slalom, Super -G 20

World Championships

  • Vail / Beaver Creek 1999: 26 Giant Slalom
  • St. Moritz 2003: 4 Super -G, 14 combination, 27 departure
  • Santa Caterina 2005: 8 Giant Slalom, Super -G 26
  • Åre 2007: 10 Giant Slalom, Super -G 20

Junior World Championships

  • Schladming 1997: 11 Super -G, downhill 32
  • Megève 1998: 8 Slalom, Giant Slalom 10
  • Pra Loup 1999: 13 Giant Slalom, Slalom 14
  • Quebec 2000: 11 Slalom

World Cup

  • Season 2004/ 05: 5 giant slalom standings
  • Season 2005/ 06: 5 giant slalom standings
  • 5 podiums and 1 win:

European Cup

  • Season 2003/ 04: 9, Giant Slalom rating
  • 4 podiums, including 1 win

Nor- Am Cup

  • Season 1998/99: 6th overall, 1st slalom standings, 7 giant slalom standings
  • Season 2000/ 01: 5 giant slalom standings, 7 slalom standings
  • 16 podiums, including 7 victories

Other successes

  • 3 Canadian Championship titles ( 2002 Slalom, Giant Slalom 2005 and 2009 )
  • 19 wins in FIS races (14x Giant Slalom, Slalom 5x )
2006 Alpine Skiing World Cup 2005 Alpine Skiing World Cup 2002 Alpine Skiing World Cup 2003 Alpine Skiing World Cup Park City (Utah) Lake Louise (Alberta) Alpine skiing combined FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2003 FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2005 Santa Caterina di Valfurva Alpine skiing at the 2002 Winter Olympics Alpine skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1999 FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2007 Italy
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