Tessa Worley

Tessa Worley (born 4 October 1989) is a French World Cup alpine ski racer and non-commissioned officer.[1] She has competed in all five alpine disciplines and specialises in giant slalom.

Tessa Worley
Alpine skier
DisciplinesGiant slalom, Super-G, Combined
ClubEMHM – Grand Bornand
Born (1989-10-04) 4 October 1989
Annemasse, Haute-Savoie, France
Height1.58 m (5 ft 2 in)
World Cup debut4 February 2006 (age 16)
Websitetessaworley.net
Olympics
Teams2 – (2010, 2018)
Medals0
World Championships
Teams6 – (200919)
Medals5 (4 gold)
World Cup
Seasons16 – (2006–2021)
Wins14 – (14 GS)
Podiums32 – (32 GS)
Overall titles0 – (6th in 2017)
Discipline titles1 – (1 GS, 2017)

Career

Born in Annemasse, in the département of Haute-Savoie, Worley's father Steve is Australian and her mother Madeleine is French. She grew up skiing year-round, in France and New Zealand, and her home ski area is the resort of Le Grand-Bornand.[2]

Worley made her World Cup debut at age 16 in February 2006, and finished in 29th place in a giant slalom in Ofterschwang, Germany.[3] She finished in fifth place in the first race of the 2009 World Cup season, a giant slalom in Sölden, Austria, in October 2008. A month later she won her first World Cup race (and first podium) in a giant slalom at Aspen, United States.

Early in the 2011 season, Worley won three consecutive giant slalom races before January. In February, Worley won a gold medal in the nations team event at the World Championships in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, where she was the bronze medalist in the giant slalom.

At the 2013 World Championships in Schladming, Worley won both legs of the giant slalom to claim the world title.[4] Through December 2013, she has eight World Cup victories (and 13 podiums), all in giant slalom.[5]

Two days after her eighth World Cup win, Worley was injured in a slalom in France on 17 December 2013. Caught on the tails of her skis in the first run at Courchevel, she tore the anterior cruciate ligament in her right knee and also had some lateral meniscus damage. It ended Worley's 2014 World Cup season and kept her out of the 2014 Olympics.[6]

World Cup results

Season titles

Season
Discipline
2017 Giant slalom

Season standings

Season
Age Overall Slalom Giant
Slalom
Super G Downhill Combined
200616118 57   
200717
20081842 14   
20091939 11   
201020373713   
2011211634243 27
20122211273373923
2013231138422 25
20142440 1622  
20152546 1334  
20162627 11213511
2017276 19 32
20182813 21850 
20192914 3   
20203029 830  
20213112 219  
Standings through 6 February 2021

Race podiums

  • 14 wins – (14 GS)
  • 32 podiums – (32 GS)
Season
Date Location Discipline Place
200920 Nov 2008 Aspen, USAGiant slalom1st
201012 Dec 2009 Åre, SwedenGiant slalom1st
201127 Nov 2010 Aspen, USAGiant slalom1st
12 Dec 2010   St. Moritz, SwitzerlandGiant slalom1st
28 Dec 2010 Semmering, AustriaGiant slalom1st
201228 Dec 2011 Lienz, AustriaGiant slalom3rd
21 Jan 2012 Kranjska Gora, SloveniaGiant slalom1st
12 Feb 2012 Soldeu, AndorraGiant slalom1st
20139 Dec 2012   St. Moritz, SwitzerlandGiant slalom3rd
16 Dec 2012 Courchevel, FranceGiant slalom3rd
28 Dec 2012 Semmering, AustriaGiant slalom3rd
17 Mar 2013   Lenzerheide, SwitzerlandGiant slalom2nd
201415 Dec 2013   St. Moritz, SwitzerlandGiant slalom1st
201726 Nov 2016 Killington, USAGiant slalom1st
10 Dec 2016 Sestriere, ItalyGiant slalom1st
27 Dec 2016 Semmering, AustriaGiant slalom2nd
28 Dec 2016Giant slalom2nd
7 Jan 2017 Maribor, SloveniaGiant slalom1st
24 Jan 2017 Kronplatz, ItalyGiant slalom2nd
10 Mar 2017 Squaw Valley, USAGiant slalom3rd
201828 Oct 2017 Sölden, AustriaGiant slalom2nd
19 Dec 2017 Courchevel, FranceGiant slalom2nd
6 Jan 2018 Kranjska Gora, SloveniaGiant slalom2nd
27 Jan 2018   Lenzerheide, SwitzerlandGiant slalom1st
201927 Oct 2018 Sölden, AustriaGiant slalom1st
21 Dec 2018 Courchevel, FranceGiant slalom3rd
28 Dec 2018 Semmering, AustriaGiant slalom3rd
15 Jan 2019 Kronplatz, ItalyGiant slalom2nd
202026 Oct 2019 Sölden, AustriaGiant slalom3rd
202114 Dec 2020 Courchevel, FranceGiant slalom3rd
16 Jan 2021 Kranjska Gora, SloveniaGiant slalom2nd
26 Jan 2021 Kronplatz, ItalyGiant slalom1st

World Championship results

Year
Age Slalom Giant
Slalom
Super G Downhill Combined
2009197
201121133
201323127
2015251324
20172718
201929616

Olympic results

Year
Age Slalom Giant
Slalom
Super G Downhill Combined
20102016
201424Injured, did not compete
201828728

References

  1. "Tessa Worley". Equipe France Militaire Ski. 13 July 2013. Retrieved 15 December 2013.
  2. tessaworley.net Archived 24 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine – ma-vie – accessed 12 December 2010.
  3. "FIS-Ski – results – Ofterschwang 04.02.2006". FIS-ski.com. Archived from the original on 25 May 2011.
  4. Mintz, Geoff (14 February 2013). "Worley impeccable in World Championships GS win, Shiffrin 6th". Ski Racing.com.
  5. Dunbar, Graham (15 December 2013). "Tessa Worley wins World Cup giant slalom". Miami Herald. Associated Press. Retrieved 15 December 2013.
  6. Feehan, C. J. (17 December 2013). "Worley tears ACL in Courchevel crash, out for season". Ski Racing. Retrieved 13 January 2014.
Awards and achievements
Preceded by
Émilie Andéol
French Sportswoman of the Year
2017
Succeeded by
Clarisse Agbegnenou
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