Carole Montillet-Carles (born 7 April 1973) is a French

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alpine ski racer and

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gold medalist.

Career

Born in

Corrençon-en-Vercors Corrençon-en-Vercors (, literally ''Corrençon in Vercors'') is a commune in the Isère department in southeastern France. Population See also *Communes of the Isère department *Parc naturel régional du Vercors The Vercors Regional Na ...

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ski club in Grenoble. At her Olympic debut in

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at Nagano, Japan, she finished 14th in both the

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and

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. In January 2002, Montillet was chosen by the Comité National Olympique et Sportif Français to be the flag bearer at

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. Her victory in the

days later was her first major triumph and the first alpine gold medal by a Frenchwoman since

Marielle Goitschel Marielle Goitschel (born 28 September 1945 in Sainte-Maxime) is a former French alpine skier. Marielle is the younger sister of Christine Goitschel, another champion skier of the time, and the aunt of speed skier Philippe Goitschel. After grea ...

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gold in

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. She dedicated the win to her late teammate

Régine Cavagnoud Régine Cavagnoud (27 June 1970 – 31 October 2001) was a World Cup alpine ski racer from France. She was the World Cup and World Champion in Super-G in 2001. Later that year, Cavagnoud was involved in a high-speed collision while training ...

, the reigning world champion in super-G, who died after a training accident less than four months earlier. Montillet's achievements were more remarkable because she has suffered multiple serious injuries early in her career, such as torn knee ligaments. While training for the

at the

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, Montillet-Carles crashed on 13 February and was evacuated by

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to a nearby hospital. She suffered rib, back, and facial injuries, but still opted to defend her title two days later, but finished 28th. Several racers had complained that the downhill course was too easy, and Olympic organizers had made several changes to it. She finished fifth in the

five days later, then retired from competition at the end of the World Cup season.

World Cup results

Season titles

Season standings

Race victories

*8 wins – (4 DH, 4 SG) *25 podiums – (13 DH, 12 SG)

World Championship results

Olympic results

External links

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Carole Montillet-Carles
World Cup standings at the International Ski Federation * * * *

Official website
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