Evelyne Leu
Evelyne Leu ( * July 7, 1976 in Bottmingen ) is a former Swiss freestyle skier of. She was dedicated to the discipline Aerials ( jumping). Her biggest success was the Olympic gold medal in 2006.
Biography
Leu debuted on March 13, 1994 at the freestyle skiing World Cup, and reached it in Hasliberg the 15th Place. Due to injury, they missed the start of the 1994/95 season, but in February 1995 joined the first time in the top ten. Also in the 1995/96 season she has been improved, with a fifth place as best result. On December 7, 1996, she stood as the third World Cup competition of Tignes for the first time on the podium. The 1997/98 season was compared to rather mediocre. On January 8, 1999, she celebrated in Mont Tremblant 's first World Cup victory of her career. Until next podium passed more than a year.
After Leu had won in January 2001 for the second time a World Cup competition, they belonged to the world championship in 2001 among the favorites; in fourth place when they just missed out on a medal. At the 2002 Winter Olympics, she won the superior qualifications and presented with 203.16 points even a new world record. You could but in the final passages not withstand the pressure hold, crashed twice and dropped back to eleventh place. After the rather mediocre season 2002/ 03 Leu won in the season finale for the third time. In the 2003 /04 season she stood on the podium four times. A further three podium finishes, including a win, followed in the season 2004/05. At the 2005 World Championships in Ruka, she won the silver medal behind Li Nina.
Their most successful season was Leu in winter 2005/ 06: With two wins and two third place she chose the Aerials - discipline rating in the World Cup itself. At the Olympic Winter Games in 2006 it was after the first final round in fifth place, but she was able then to the full- full- full ( triple somersault with three screws) the hardest jump ever. This jump she had previously only been in training. Thus they met before at the top and eventually became Olympic champion, as the following four competitors could not reach their performance.
In the season 2006/ 07 Leu scored a World Cup victory, which was enough for third place in the discipline standings. At the 2007 World Championships in Madonna di Campiglio, she was fifth. Their achievements in the winter of 2007/ 08 were inconsistent and ranged from a 19th place up to another World Cup victory in the season finale. Was similar to the winter of 2008 /09. After the ninth overall World Cup victory of her career she was before the 2009 World Championships again among the favorites, but jumped in Fukushima only to 15th place.
Leu was able to achieve a podium finish in the season 2009/10. Disappointing ran the Olympic Winter Games 2010: After a crash in qualifying they could not qualify for the final and finally came in 16th place
Leu lives in Bünzen and trained in freestyle Center jumpin in Mettmenstetten. She is a trained Elektromechanikerin. She stepped back in April 2010, from competitive sports.
Achievements
Olympic games
- Nagano 1998: 15 Aerials
- Salt Lake City 2002: 11 Aerials
- Turin 2006: 1st Aerials
- Vancouver 2010: 16 Aerials
World Championships
- Nagano 1997: 14 Aerials
- Hasliberg 1999: 14 Aerials
- Whistler 2001: 4 Aerials
- Deer Valley 2003: 9 Aerials
- Ruka 2005: 2 Aerials
- Madonna di Campiglio, 2007: 5 Aerials
- Inawashiro 2009: 15 Aerials
World Cup ratings
- Season 1998/99: 6 Aerials World Cup
- Season 1999/ 00: 5 Aerials World Cup
- Season 2003/ 04: 3 Aerials World Cup
- Season 2004/ 05: 6 Aerials World Cup
- Season 2005/ 06: 7 Overall World Cup, 1st Aerials World Cup
- Season 2006/ 07: 7 Overall World Cup, 3rd World Cup Aerials
- Season 2007/ 08: 5 Aerials World Cup
- Season 2008/ 09: 5 Aerials World Cup
- Season 2009/ 10: 7 Aerials World Cup
World Cup wins
Leu, garnering 20 podiums, including 8 victories:
Other successes
- 9 Swiss championships (1995, 2001, 2003-2009 )
- 8 podiums in the European Cup, of which 5 wins