Marion Rolland (born 17 October 1982) is a retired
World Cup
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France
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Racing career
Born in
Saint-Martin-d'Hères
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Bansko
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. She has two World Cup podium finishes, both at the finals at
Schladming
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in March
2012
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After making her first
Olympic
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downhill
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only four seconds from the starting gate at Whistler. She has competed for France in three
World Championships
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2013
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. Without a podium in the
2013
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season, Rolland won the
downhill
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world title at Schladming for her first career win.
Rolland injured her knee ligaments whilst in pre-season training in Chile before the 2013-14 season, which prevented her from competing at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi and from defending her World Championship title at the 2015 Worlds in Beaver Creek. She subsequently announced her retirement from competition in February 2015.