Marie-Luce Waldmeier

Marie- Luce forest Meier ( born July 1, 1960 in Ambilly ) is a French former alpine skier, whose specialty discipline was the descent. She participated in two Olympic Games and the World Championships in part, drove in two World Cup races on the podium twice and was French Champion.

Career

Forest Meier was next to her colleagues Caroline Attia, Elizabeth Chaud, Claudine Emonet, Marie- Cécile Gros- Gaudenier, Carole Merle and Catherine Quittet to the strong Abfahrerinnen the French team of the 1980s. Your first points in the World Cup won the then 18 -year-old tenth in the departure of Les Diablerets on 12 January 1979. After two tenth places in Lake Placid ( March 1979) and Pfronten ( January 1980), she started at the Olympic Winter Games in 1980 Lake Placid, where she finished 16th in the downhill. In the same winter she was French Champion in downhill, which she succeeded in 1983.

At the beginning of the season 1980/1981 drove forest Meier in the downhill in Val d'Isere to sixth place, which remained her best World Cup result of winter. Other times she came into the top ten. Next year, the French occupied in the 1982 World Cup in Schladming 13th place in the downhill, which was in line with their results so far achieved World Cup of the season 1981/1982. Shortly after the World Championships she reached the fourth place, which they missed their first podium finish barely in the second World Cup downhill of Arosa. Such a podium result of her finally succeeded on January 21, 1983, third place in Megeve, after she had previously been driven in ten World Cup downhill into the top ten.

In its last season 1983/1984 to Forest Meier was not as constant as in previous years. You just drove in two World Cup downhill in the points, so into the top 15, but reached there after a fourth place in the house in the Enns Valley with the second rank in the departure of Mont Sainte -Anne end of the season her best World Cup result, which she for the third time was in episode 13 of the downhill World Cup. At the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo she had two weeks earlier only occupies the 20th place.

Achievements

Olympic Winter Games

  • Lake Placid 1980: 16 Departure ( counted as World Cup)
  • Sarajevo 1984: 20 Departure

World Championships

  • Schladming 1982: 13 Departure

World Cup

  • 2 podiums and a further 11 placings in the top ten

French Championships

  • French Champion in downhill in 1980 and 1983
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