Lydia Lassila

Lydia Lassila (OAM born January 17, 1982 in Melbourne as Lydia Ierodiaconou ) is an Australian freestyle skier, on the discipline Aerials ( jumping) is specialized. You win numerous World Cup events and even the discipline rating for themselves, their biggest success is the Olympic gold medal in 2010. Since 2007 she has been with the former Finnish freestyle skis Lauri Lassila married.

Biography

The daughter of a Cypriot father and an Italian mother was a gymnast in her youth and also participated in international competitions. At the age of 18, she briefly stood before it, to qualify for the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, but hand and ankle injury forced her to give up this sport. A little later she learned to ski and decided to combine this with their gymnastic skills. The switch to freestyle ski jumping they occurred relatively quickly. Already on September 8, 2001, she debuted in the freestyle skiing World Cup, where they immediately established himself in fifth place in Mount Buller in the world rankings. She qualified for the Olympic Winter Games in 2002 and was eighth.

The first podium finish in the World Cup was followed on 7 September 2002 and again in Mount Buller. After two more podiums Lassila succeeded on 1 March 2003 in Spindleruv Mlyn the first victory. The 2003 World Cup in Deer Valley ended with a disappointing 15th place. In the 2003 /04 season, she won two World Cup competitions and was four more times on the podium. At the beginning of the winter 2004/ 05 they won three World Cup competitions in a row, but this level could no longer be maintained with advancing duration of the season. So she jumped at the final 2005 World Championships in Ruka ranked only 16th

Lassila suffered in June 2005 in training a torn ACL and was sidelined for several months. To avoid a prolonged injury layoff, she decided to an unusual method of treatment. She let him remove the cruciate ligament and replace it with the Achilles tendon of a deceased person. In January 2006, she managed an impressive comeback when she won the World Cup in Lake Placid. At the Olympic Winter Games in 2006 it was after the first qualification round in third place overall but crashed at the second run hard and withdrew again to a knee injury.

During the rehabilitation phase, lasting over a year, she married the Finnish freestyle skis Lauri Lassila and graduated in Sports Science at RMIT University in Melbourne from. She then founded the company BodySphere, which specializes in the distribution of ice compresses. In the 2007 /08 season Lassila was again among the best jumpers in the World Cup four times and stood on the podium. The 2008/09 season was the most successful so far Lassilas: With two wins and two third places she decided the discipline rating for themselves. Not at all as desired was the 2009 World Cup in Inawashiro, where she was only 13.

In the World Cup season 2009/10 Lassila won three times. On 15 January 2010 she presented at the World Cup Jumping Deer Valley with 220.91 points, setting a new world record. At the 2010 Winter Olympics, she won the gold medal, thus securing the first medal at a major event.

Lassila then submitted a two -year break from competition. 2013, she returned to the World Cup and established himself at once again at the top. At the Olympic Winter Games in Sochi in 2014, she won the bronze medal.

Achievements

Olympic games

  • 2002 Salt Lake City: 8 Aerials
  • Turin 2006: 14 Aerials
  • 2010 Vancouver: 1st Aerials
  • Sochi 2014: 3rd Aerials

World Championships

  • 2003 Deer Valley 15 Aerials
  • 2005 Ruka: 16 Aerials
  • 2009 Inawashiro 13 Aerials
  • Voss 2013: 5 Aerials

World Cup ratings

  • Season 2002/ 03: 3rd Overall World Cup, 2nd Aerials World Cup
  • Season 2003/ 04: 8 Overall World Cup, 2nd Aerials World Cup
  • Season 2004/ 05: 5 Overall World Cup, 2nd Aerials World Cup
  • Season 2007/ 08: 10th overall World Cup, 2nd Aerials World Cup
  • Season 2008/ 09: 5 Overall World Cup, 1st Aerials World Cup
  • Season 2009/ 10: 4 Aerials World Cup
  • Season 2012/13: 3rd Aerials World Cup
  • 2013/14 season: 4 Aerials World Cup

World Cup wins

Lassila won so far 34 podiums including 12 victories:

Other successes

  • 3 podiums in the European Cup, including 2 victories
  • 1 podium in Nor- Am Cup
Freestyle-Skiing Winter Olympic Games FIS Freestyle Skiing World Cup Italy Mount Buller (Victoria) FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships 2003 FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships 2005 Rukatunturi Lake Placid, New York FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships 2009 Inawashiro (Fukushima) Freestyle skiing at the 2002 Winter Olympics Freestyle skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics Freestyle skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships 2013 2007–08 FIS Freestyle Skiing World Cup 2008–09 FIS Freestyle Skiing World Cup 2009–10 FIS Freestyle Skiing World Cup 2012–13 FIS Freestyle Skiing World Cup 2013–14 FIS Freestyle Skiing World Cup NBC Australian Olympic Committee Alisa Camplin Evelyne Leu List of Olympic medalists in freestyle skiing
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