Anna Goodman (skier)

Anna Goodman ( born January 23, 1986 in Montreal ) is a Canadian alpine skier. She specializes in the slalom and giant slalom.

Biography

In December 2001, Goodman participated in her first FIS races, a month later, the first operation was followed by Nor- Am Cup. Up to the beginning of 2004 they went exclusively in North America. On 23 October 2004 denied her first World Cup race, the giant slalom in Soelden, but did not finish. Goodman took part in the 2005 World Ski Championships, was 22 of the slalom and 16th of the combination. But success in the World Cup failed to materialize continue.

With good results in the Nor- Am Cup and the European Cup Goodman was 2007 again a starting place in the World Cup. As 29 of the slalom in Lienz, she won 29 December 2007 the first World Cup points. A little later she took on 15 February 2008 at the slalom in Zagreb No. 19 This result, they equalized twice in 2009, on 11 January in Maribor and 30 January in Garmisch -Partenkirchen. Even more successful she was at the 2009 World Championships in Val d'Isere, where she was twelfth in the slalom.

At the beginning of the season 2009/10 Goodman reached their best World Cup standings: On November 14, she went in the slalom in Levi to 16th, two weeks later in Aspen on rank 13 and another two weeks later she ran ninth in the slalom at Åre the only time in the top ten. On January 3, 2010, it crashed in the first run of the slalom in Zagreb and pulled to a torn ligament in his right knee. At first it seemed as if they could not participate in the Olympic Winter Games in their home country. But the injury proved less serious than first feared and Goodman was nominated but four weeks later. In the Olympic slalom, it achieved the 19th Place.

The next winter Goodman took at the World Championships 2011 in Garmisch -Partenkirchen the 21th place in the slalom. Then they had to because of a hip injury she suffered in December in a fall in the World Cup slalom in Courchevel, end the season prematurely. Her best World Cup result in the 2010/11 season was a 14th place, in the season 2011/12 11th Place. On March 24, 2012 Goodman announced her resignation. This, however, was short-lived. In the winter of 2012/13, she launched continues at Nor- Am and FIS races. With three or six wins, she was so successful that she decided to compete again in the World Cup after almost a year off. In the slalom of Ofterschwang on 15 March 2013, it is classified in 15th place, where she drove the fastest time in the second round. The slalom standings of the Nor -Am Cup, she won by a large margin.

Achievements

Olympic games

  • Vancouver 2010: 19th slalom

World Championships

  • Santa Caterina 2005: 16 combination, 22 Slalom
  • Val d'Isere 2009: slalom 12
  • Garmisch -Partenkirchen 2011: 21 Slalom

World Cup

  • 5 placings in the top 15

Nor- Am Cup

  • Season 2007/ 08: 10th overall, 1st slalom rating
  • Season 2008/ 09: 3rd slalom rating
  • 2012/13 season: 9th overall, 1st slalom rating
  • 20 podiums including 10 victories

Other successes

  • 21 wins in FIS races
Slalom skiing 2009 Alpine Skiing World Cup 2010 Alpine Skiing World Cup FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2005 FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2009 Levi, Finland Aspen (Colorado) FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2011 2011 Alpine Skiing World Cup 2012 Alpine Skiing World Cup Alpine skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics The Globe and Mail
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