Julien Cousineau
Julien Cousineau ( born January 17, 1981 in Saint- Jérôme, Quebec ) is a Canadian alpine skier. He specializes in the slalom and giant slalom.
Biography
Cousineau won the 1996 slalom and the giant slalom at the Whistler Cup and took in November of the same year for the first time participate in FIS races. From February 1997 then served in the Nor- Am Cup, the North American Continental Championship. The first victory in a FIS race he reached in December 1998. At the Junior World Championship 2001 in Verbier, he missed fourth of the Super G just the bronze medal. From 2001 Cousineau has established itself in the front ranks in the Nor- Am Cup. In the 2002/03 season he finished fourth overall. He repeated this result in 2003 /04; He also decided the giant slalom rating for themselves.
His debut in the World Cup had Cousineau on October 27, 2002 at the giant slalom in Soelden. The first World Cup points he brought on 14 January 2003 as the giant slalom on the classic Chuenisbärgli in Adelboden twelfth. Five days later he finished tenth at the Lauberhorn in Wengen slalom. Without result, he stayed with the 2003 World Cup in St. Moritz, where he was eliminated in the slalom and giant slalom. He scored another tenth place in the World Cup 18 January 2004, again in the slalom in Wengen. His achievements were but inconstant, in most of the races he left in the first passage out. Almost the entire 2004/05 season had to pause Cousineau because of a torn ACL in his right knee. He lost the connection to the world's best, the 2006/07 season he had to quit because of injuries early. On the other hand, he dominated during the 2007/ 08 season the Nor- Am Cup: He was the overall winner, the first giant slalom standings and second in the slalom standings.
Exactly five years after his hitherto last top-10 result in the World Cup drove Julien Cousineau January 18, 2009 in the Slalom in Wengen in ninth place the next time in the top ten. In his second world championship is in 2009 in Val d'Isere, however, he fell out in the slalom. In the World Cup season 2009/2010, the Canadian focused exclusively on the slalom and took no giant slalom and super combinations longer participate. For the first time he was largely spared of outages and found again the connection to the top. He ran six times in the top 20, twice into the top ten, and improved in the World Cup slalom in 14th place
The hitherto best World Cup result of his career scoring Cousineau on 26 January 2010 at night slalom on the Planai in Schladming, where he finished fifth. At the Olympic Winter Games 2010 in Vancouver, he scored eighth place as the best of the Canadian slalom team. The 2010/11 season he started eighth of the slalom in Levi with a top - 10 finish. A month later he equaled his previous Bestergebnis with fifth place in Val d'Isere. He was also fifth in the slalom of the World Cup 2011 in Garmisch -Partenkirchen. The 2011/12 season was for Cousineau beginning of January to the end. In the slalom in Adelboden, he suffered a tear of the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee.
Achievements
Olympic games
- Vancouver 2010: 8 Slalom
World Championships
- Garmisch -Partenkirchen 2011: 5th Slalom
World Cup
- 7 placings in the top ten
Nor- Am Cup
- Season 2001/ 02: 7th overall, 3rd giant slalom rating
- Season 2002/ 03: 4th overall, 2nd slalom standings, 3 giant slalom rating
- Season 2003/ 04: 4th overall, 1st giant slalom standings, 5 slalom rating
- Season 2007/ 08: 1st overall, 1st giant slalom standings, second slalom rating
- 21 podiums, including 7 victories
Junior World Championships
- Quebec 2000: 13 Slalom, 29, Super -G, Giant Slalom 29th, 40th departure
- Verbier 2001: 4 Super -G