Perrine Pelen
Perrine pelen ( born July 3, 1960 in Boulogne- Billancourt ) is a French former alpine skier. She was one of the most successful athletes in the first half of the 1980s. Your special disciplines were slalom and giant slalom, but also in the combination ratings it was successful.
For large A matches she won five medals. At the 1980 Olympic Games in Lake Placid, she won behind Hanni Wenzel and Irene Epple the bronze medal in the giant slalom. Four years later, in Sarajevo, she was behind Paoletta Magoni second in slalom; in the giant slalom, she came in third place behind the U.S. women Debbie Armstrong and Christin Cooper.
Also in World Ski Championships, she was successful: In 1982, she was in Schladming behind Erika Hess Vice World Champion in the combination. Your biggest success was at the World Ski Championships 1985 in Vail celebrate with the world champion title in the slalom.
In Skiweltcup pelen won 1977-1984 fifteen World Cup races, all slaloms. Their most successful season was in 1980 with four wins; that was enough for winning the slalom World Cup. From 1979 until her career in late 1986, it was ten times French Champion, of which seven times in the slalom and three times in the giant slalom.