Perrine Pelen

Perrine Marie Pelen (born July 3, 1960) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from France. Born at Boulogne-Billancourt near Paris, she made her World Cup debut at age 16 in December 1976 and won three slalom races that 1977 season.[1]

Perrine Pelen
Alpine skier
Perrine Pelen (1978)
DisciplinesSlalom, Giant slalom, Combined
ClubGrenoble University
Born (1960-07-03) 3 July 1960
Boulogne-Billancourt,
Hauts-de-Seine, France
Height1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
World Cup debut9 December 1976 (age 16)
RetiredMarch 1986 (age 25)
Olympics
Teams2 – (1980, 1984)
Medals3 (0 gold)
World Championships
Teams4 – (19781985)
includes 1980 Olympics
Medals3 (1 gold)
World Cup
Seasons10 – (1977–1986)
Wins15 – (15 SL)
Podiums43 – (36 SL, 7 GS)
Overall titles0 – (4th in 1980)
Discipline titles1 – (SL, 1980)

Pelen won the bronze medal at the 1980 Winter Olympics in giant slalom; in 1984, she won the silver medal in slalom and another bronze in giant slalom. At the World Championships, she won the silver medal in combined in 1982 and the gold in slalom in 1985.

Pelen won fifteen World Cup races and the season title in the slalom in the 1980. She was runner-up in the slalom standings in 1977 and 1978, and took third in 1981, 1984, 1985, and 1986.

After ten seasons on the World Cup circuit, Pelen retired from competition following the 1986 season.

World Cup results

Season titles

Season Discipline
1980Slalom

Season standings

SeasonAgeOverallSlalomGiant
Slalom
Super GDownhillCombined
1977167212not
run
not
awarded
1978176211
1979189413
19801941214
1981206398
19822185614
198322161116not
awarded
(w/ GS)
1984231039
19852412319
1986251331222

Individual races

  • 15 wins – (15 SL)
  • 43 podiums – (7 GS, 36 SL)
Season Date Location Discipline
197726 Jan 1977   Crans-Montana, SwitzerlandSlalom
28 Jan 1977 Saint-Gervais, FranceSlalom
5 Mar 1977 Sun Valley, USASlalom
197810 Dec 1977 Cervinia, ItalySlalom
8 Feb 1978 Saint-Gervais, FranceSlalom
5 Mar 1978 Stratton Mountain, USASlalom
197918 Mar 1979 Furano, JapanSlalom
19809 Jan 1980 Berchtesgaden, West GermanySlalom
25 Jan 1980 Saint-Gervais, FranceSlalom
29 Feb 1980 Waterville Valley, USASlalom
8 Mar 1980 Vysoké Tatry, CzechoslovakiaSlalom
198118 Dec 1980 Altenmarkt, AustriaSlalom
21 Dec 1980 Bormio, ItalySlalom
198414 Jan 1984 Badgastein, AustriaSlalom
19851 Dec 1984 Courmayeur, ItalySlalom

World Championship results

  Year   Age  Slalom  Giant 
 Slalom 
Super-GDownhillCombined
19781748not run
198019DNF23
198221DNF2
1985241

From 1948 through 1980, the Winter Olympics were also the World Championships for alpine skiing.
At the World Championships from 1954 through 1980, the combined was a "paper race" using the results of the three events (DH, GS, SL).

Olympic results

  Year   Age  Slalom  Giant 
 Slalom 
Super-GDownhillCombined
198019DNF23not runnot run
19842323

References

  1. "Pelen claims women's slalom". Deseret News. (Salt Lake City, Utah). March 5, 1977. p. A7.
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