Valérie Grenier (born October 30, 1996)[1] is a Canadian World Cup alpine ski racer. She started skiing in all disciplines and later specialized in giant slalom and super-G, with some occacional starts in downhill.
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| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | October 30, 1996 Ottawa, Ontario, Canada | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Alpine skier | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Skiing career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Disciplines | Giant slalom, Super-G, Downhill | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Mont-Tremblant | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Cup debut | December 7, 2014 (age 18) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Website | valeriegrenier.com | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Olympics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Teams | 2 – (2018, 2022) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medals | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Championships | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Teams | 5 – (2015–2023) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medals | 1 (0 gold) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Cup | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Seasons | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wins | 2 – (2 GS) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Podiums | 4 – (3 GS, 1 DH) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Overall titles | 0 – (25th in 2023) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline titles | 0 – (7th in GS, 2023) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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From St. Isidore, Ontario, between Ottawa and Montreal, Grenier has competed at five World Championships[2] and two Winter Olympics. At the Junior World Championships in 2016, she won the gold medal in downhill and took silver in the super-G. In January 2022, she was named to Canada's 2022 Olympic team.[3][4]
Grenier attained her first World Cup podium in 2023, a victory on January 7 at a giant slalom in Kranjska Gora, posting the best result in both runs. It was the first World Cup GS win by a Canadian in 49 years, since Kathy Kreiner won in early 1974 at Pfronten, West Germany.[5] A year later, she defended the Golden Fox title, winning at the same venue once again.
World Cup results edit
Season standings edit
| Season | Age | Overall | Slalom | Giant slalom |
Super-G | Downhill | Combined |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 18 | 91 | — | — | 35 | — | — |
| 2016 | 19 | 98 | — | — | 40 | — | — |
| 2017 | 20 | 76 | 60 | 40 | 34 | 41 | — |
| 2018 | 21 | 100 | — | 56 | 51 | — | 28 |
| 2019 | 22 | 51 | — | 28 | 18 | — | — |
| 2020 | 23 | ||||||
| 2021 | 24 | 66 | — | 24 | — | — | — |
| 2022 | 25 | 49 | — | 12 | — | — | |
| 2023 | 26 | 25 | — | 7 | 36 | — | |
| 2024 | 27 | 9 | — | 5 | 22 | 21 | |
- Standings through 26 January 2024
Race podiums edit
| Season | Date | Location | Discipline | Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 7 January 2023 |  Kranjska Gora, Slovenia |
Giant slalom | 1st |
| 19 March 2023 |  Soldeu, Andorra |
Giant slalom | 3rd | |
| 2024 | 6 January 2024 | Kranjska Gora, Slovenia |
Giant slalom | 1st |
| 26 January 2024 |  Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy |
Downhill | 3rd |
World Championship results edit
| Year | Age | Slalom | Giant slalom |
Super-G | Downhill | Combined | Team event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 18 | — | — | 19 | DNF | DNF1 | — |
| 2017 | 20 | — | DNS2 | 33 | 32 | 11 | — |
| 2019 | 22 | — | — | 19 | — | — | — |
| 2021 | 24 | — | DNF1 | DNF | — | DNF2 | — |
| 2023 | 26 | — | 20 | DNF | — | 14 | 3 |
Olympic results edit
| Year | Age | Slalom | Giant slalom |
Super-G | Downhill | Combined |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 21 | — | DNF2 | 23 | 21 | 6 |
| 2022 | 25 | — | DNF1 | — | — | — |
References edit
- ^ "GRENIER Valerie - Biographie". data.fis-ski.com. Retrieved 2016-01-17.
- ^ "Ladies' Super-G Official Results" (PDF). Retrieved 2015-02-06.
- ^ Nichols, Paula (21 January 2022). "13 alpine skiers and eight ski cross racers nominated to Team Canada for Beijing 2022". www.olympic.ca/. Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
- ^ "21 Alpine Skiing and Ski Cross Athletes Nominated to Compete at Beijing 2022". www.alpinecanada.org/. Alpine Canada. 21 January 2022. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
- ^ "Val Grenier". CBC.
External links edit
- Official website
- Valérie Grenier at FIS (alpine)
- Valérie Grenier at Olympics.com
- Valérie Grenier at Olympedia
- Valérie Grenier at the Canadian Olympic Committee
- Valérie Grenier at Ski-DB Alpine Ski Database
- Valérie Grenier at Alpine Canada
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