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.
| Alpine skier | |
 At Garmisch-Partenkirchen in 2017 | |
| Disciplines | Giant slalom, Super-G, Combined |
|---|---|
| Club | EMHM – Grand Bornand |
| Born | 4 October 1989 Annemasse, Haute-Savoie, France |
| Height | 1.58 m (5 ft 2 in) |
| World Cup debut | 4 February 2006 (age 16) |
| Website | tessaworley.net |
| Olympics | |
| Teams | 2 – (2010, 2018) |
| Medals | 0 |
| World Championships | |
| Teams | 6 – (2009–19) |
| Medals | 5 (4 gold) |
| World Cup | |
| Seasons | 16 – (2006–2021) |
| Wins | 14 – (14 GS) |
| Podiums | 32 – (32 GS) |
| Overall titles | 0 – (6th in 2017) |
| Discipline titles | 1 – (1 GS, 2017) |
Medal record
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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 standings
| Season | |||||||
| Age | Overall | Slalom | Giant Slalom |
Super G | Downhill | Combined | |
| 2006 | 16 | 118 | — | 57 | — | — | — |
| 2007 | 17 | ||||||
| 2008 | 18 | 42 | — | 14 | — | — | — |
| 2009 | 19 | 39 | — | 11 | — | — | — |
| 2010 | 20 | 37 | 37 | 13 | — | — | — |
| 2011 | 21 | 16 | 34 | 2 | 43 | — | 27 |
| 2012 | 22 | 11 | 27 | 3 | 37 | 39 | 23 |
| 2013 | 23 | 11 | 38 | 4 | 22 | — | 25 |
| 2014 | 24 | 40 | — | 16 | 22 | — | — |
| 2015 | 25 | 46 | — | 13 | 34 | — | — |
| 2016 | 26 | 27 | — | 11 | 21 | 35 | 11 |
| 2017 | 27 | 6 | — | 1 | 9 | — | 32 |
| 2018 | 28 | 13 | — | 2 | 18 | 50 | — |
| 2019 | 29 | 14 | — | 3 | — | — | — |
| 2020 | 30 | 29 | — | 8 | 30 | — | — |
| 2021 | 31 | 12 | — | 2 | 19 | — | — |
- Standings through 6 February 2021
Race podiums
- 14 wins – (14 GS)
- 32 podiums – (32 GS)
| Season | ||||
| Date | Location | Discipline | Place | |
| 2009 | 20 Nov 2008 |  Aspen, USA | Giant slalom | 1st |
| 2010 | 12 Dec 2009 |  Åre, Sweden | Giant slalom | 1st |
| 2011 | 27 Nov 2010 | Aspen, USA | Giant slalom | 1st |
| 12 Dec 2010 |  St. Moritz, Switzerland | Giant slalom | 1st | |
| 28 Dec 2010 |  Semmering, Austria | Giant slalom | 1st | |
| 2012 | 28 Dec 2011 | Lienz, Austria | Giant slalom | 3rd |
| 21 Jan 2012 |  Kranjska Gora, Slovenia | Giant slalom | 1st | |
| 12 Feb 2012 |  Soldeu, Andorra | Giant slalom | 1st | |
| 2013 | 9 Dec 2012 | St. Moritz, Switzerland | Giant slalom | 3rd |
| 16 Dec 2012 |  Courchevel, France | Giant slalom | 3rd | |
| 28 Dec 2012 | Semmering, Austria | Giant slalom | 3rd | |
| 17 Mar 2013 | Lenzerheide, Switzerland | Giant slalom | 2nd | |
| 2014 | 15 Dec 2013 | St. Moritz, Switzerland | Giant slalom | 1st |
| 2017 | 26 Nov 2016 | Killington, USA | Giant slalom | 1st |
| 10 Dec 2016 |  Sestriere, Italy | Giant slalom | 1st | |
| 27 Dec 2016 | Semmering, Austria | Giant slalom | 2nd | |
| 28 Dec 2016 | Giant slalom | 2nd | ||
| 7 Jan 2017 | Maribor, Slovenia | Giant slalom | 1st | |
| 24 Jan 2017 | Kronplatz, Italy | Giant slalom | 2nd | |
| 10 Mar 2017 | Squaw Valley, USA | Giant slalom | 3rd | |
| 2018 | 28 Oct 2017 | Sölden, Austria | Giant slalom | 2nd |
| 19 Dec 2017 | Courchevel, France | Giant slalom | 2nd | |
| 6 Jan 2018 | Kranjska Gora, Slovenia | Giant slalom | 2nd | |
| 27 Jan 2018 | Lenzerheide, Switzerland | Giant slalom | 1st | |
| 2019 | 27 Oct 2018 | Sölden, Austria | Giant slalom | 1st |
| 21 Dec 2018 | Courchevel, France | Giant slalom | 3rd | |
| 28 Dec 2018 | Semmering, Austria | Giant slalom | 3rd | |
| 15 Jan 2019 | Kronplatz, Italy | Giant slalom | 2nd | |
| 2020 | 26 Oct 2019 | Sölden, Austria | Giant slalom | 3rd |
| 2021 | 14 Dec 2020 | Courchevel, France | Giant slalom | 3rd |
| 16 Jan 2021 | Kranjska Gora, Slovenia | Giant slalom | 2nd | |
| 26 Jan 2021 | Kronplatz, Italy | Giant slalom | 1st |
World Championship results
| Year | ||||||
| Age | Slalom | Giant Slalom |
Super G | Downhill | Combined | |
| 2009 | 19 | — | 7 | — | — | — |
| 2011 | 21 | 13 | 3 | — | — | — |
| 2013 | 23 | — | 1 | 27 | — | — |
| 2015 | 25 | — | 13 | 24 | — | — |
| 2017 | 27 | — | 1 | 8 | — | — |
| 2019 | 29 | — | 6 | 16 | — | — |
Olympic results
| Year | ||||||
| Age | Slalom | Giant Slalom |
Super G | Downhill | Combined | |
| 2010 | 20 | — | 16 | — | — | — |
| 2014 | 24 | Injured, did not compete | ||||
| 2018 | 28 | — | 7 | 28 | — | — |
References
- "Tessa Worley". Equipe France Militaire Ski. 13 July 2013. Retrieved 15 December 2013.
- tessaworley.net Archived 24 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine – ma-vie – accessed 12 December 2010.
- "FIS-Ski – results – Ofterschwang 04.02.2006". FIS-ski.com. Archived from the original on 25 May 2011.
- Mintz, Geoff (14 February 2013). "Worley impeccable in World Championships GS win, Shiffrin 6th". Ski Racing.com.
- Dunbar, Graham (15 December 2013). "Tessa Worley wins World Cup giant slalom". Miami Herald. Associated Press. Retrieved 15 December 2013.
- Feehan, C. J. (17 December 2013). "Worley tears ACL in Courchevel crash, out for season". Ski Racing. Retrieved 13 January 2014.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Tessa Worley. |
- Tessa Worley at the International Ski Federation
- Tessa Worley World Cup standings at the International Ski Federation
- Tessa Worley at Ski-DB Alpine Ski Database
- Tessa Worley at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- Official website – (in French)
- French Ski Team – 2020 women's A team – (in French)
- Rossignol.com – Tessa Worley – alpine skiing – France
| Awards and achievements | ||
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| Preceded by Émilie Andéol |
French Sportswoman of the Year 2017 |
Succeeded by Clarisse Agbegnenou |
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