Ryan Semple (skier)

Ryan Semple ( born October 21, 1982 in Montreal, Quebec ) is a former Canadian alpine skier, who was especially successful in the disciplines of slalom and super-combined, at first in the giant slalom. He won in the 2004/05 season the giant slalom in Nor- Am Cup rating, drove in the World Cup three times in the top 20, and participated in three World Cups and two Olympic Winter Games.

Biography

Semple learned to ski at the age of three years and won his first race at age six. From the age of eleven years he coached at the Mont Tremblant Ski Club. He played the first FIS race in December 1997 and from February 1998 was followed by single -offs in the Nor- Am Cup. As of January 2000, he started working regularly in the North American racing series and posted on 9 March 2000 his first podium in the slalom at Osler Bluff. In the same year he was inducted into the Canadian National Team.

On 10 December 2001 Semple his debut in the slalom at Madonna di Campiglio in the World Cup. However, he dropped out in the first round, and scored in his few other World Cup starts in the next few years no countable income. The next place on the podium in the Nor- Am Cup he succeeded on 5 January 2003 at the slalom in Sunday River, which he won in the 2002/03 season ranked seventh in the slalom standings. In February 2003, he participated in the World Championships in St. Moritz in part and was 34th in the slalom, but fell in the giant slalom from. The first victory in the Nor- Am Cup, he celebrated on 5 January 2004 in the giant slalom at Sunday River. With another podium the next day he reached the third place in the Giant Slalom Ranking in the season 2003/ 04.

At the beginning of the 2004/05 season Semple won his first World Cup points than the 25th day of slalom in Beaver Creek. Two weeks later, on 22 December 2004, he scored with a 16th place in the slalom in Flachau be for a long time best World Cup result. At the 2005 World Championships in Bormio, he reached 15th place in the giant slalom, but fell in the slalom out. In the Nor- Am Cup he won in the 2004/05 season without victory but with four second places the giant slalom standings and finished fourth in the overall standings.

In the season 2005/06 Semple largely focused on the World Cup and competed in slalom, giant slalom and super-combined. However, he achieved as a result of many failures only in three races the points. He came into the team for the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, however, where it failed both in the giant slalom as well as in the combination. From the next season Semple suffered from hip problems. He started in the World Cup only in slalom and super-combined but could only score in two super - combinations. The super combined the 2007 World Championships in Åre, he finished at 19th position.

In April 2007, Semple underwent a hip operation, but had to pause for two months due to persistent problems in the 2008 /09 season. In the winter of 2008/ 09 he was due to lack of good results, no longer the Canadian team and he was left to fend on their own cost training and racing. Semple won in the 2008/ 09 season two races in Nor- Am Cup and reached a further three podium finishes in each case the second place in the slalom and Super - Combination rating, which he in these disciplines a World Cup Fixstartplatz for next season secured. These benefits have been recognized by the Canadian Ski Association, the return to the national team, however, he had to buy because he had already passed the age limit and could have no World Cup points.

In the 2009/10 season Semple started again in the World Cup, though came back only twice in the points, but scored with eleventh place in the combination of Kitzbühel his hitherto best World Cup result. At the Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver in 2010, he reached the 15th place in the super-combined as the best Canadian. In 2011 went Semple in the Kitzbühel combination in eleventh place. A few days later, however, the 2010/11 season was over for him. In training for the World Cup downhill in Chamonix in late January, he moved to ligament injuries in the knee. In the season 2011/12 Semple again participated in Nor -Am Cup and World Cup race until he came hard on the descent of the super combined in Wengen on January 13, 2012 to fall. He denied then no longer race and announced his resignation in October 2012.

Achievements

Olympic Winter Games

  • Turin 2006: excreted in the Giant Slalom and in combination
  • Vancouver 2010: 15 Super Combined

World Championships

  • St. Moritz 2003 34 Slalom, Giant Slalom excreted in
  • Bormio 2005: 15 Giant Slalom, Slalom excreted in
  • Åre 2007: 19 Super Combined

Junior World Championships

  • Quebec 2000: 10 Slalom, Giant Slalom 40th
  • Verbier 2001: 5 Slalom, Giant Slalom 19, 27, Super -G
  • Tarvisio 2002: 24 Slalom, 17 combination, 35 departure

World Cup

  • 3 places in the top 20

Nor- Am Cup

  • Season 2002/ 03: 7 Slalom
  • Season 2003/ 04: 3 Giant Slalom
  • Season 2004/ 05: 4th overall, 1st Giant Slalom
  • Season 2008/ 09: 6th overall, 2nd Slalom, 2nd Super Combined
  • 14 podiums including 3 victories:

Other successes

  • 2 Canadian championship ( combination 2004 Super Combined 2010)
  • 16 wins in FIS races (13x Slalom, Giant Slalom 2x, 1x Super -G)
Slalom skiing Super-G Alpine skiing combined 2010 Alpine Skiing World Cup 2006 Alpine Skiing World Cup 2005 Alpine Skiing World Cup 2011 Alpine Skiing World Cup Winter Olympic Games FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2003 Beaver Creek Resort FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2005 FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2007 Alpine skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics Alpine skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics Panorama Mountain Village
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