Tessa Worley (born 4 October 1989) is a French World Cup

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. competed in all five alpine disciplines and specialises

Career

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Born in Annemasse, in the département of Haute-Savoie, Worley's father Steve is

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n and her mother Madeleine is

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. She grew up skiing year-round, in France and New Zealand, and her home ski area is the

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of Le Grand-Bornand. Worley made her World Cup debut at age 16 in February

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, and finished in 29th place in a giant slalom in Ofterschwang, Germany. She was fifth in the first race of the 2008–09 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup, 2009 season, a giant slalom in Sölden, Austria, in October 2008. A month later, she gained her first World Cup victory (and first podium) in giant slalom at Aspen Mountain (ski area), Aspen, United States. Early in the 2010–11 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup, 2011 season, Worley won three consecutive giant slalom races before January. In February, she won a gold medal in the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2011 – Nations team event, team event at the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2011, World Championships in Garmisch Classic, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, and was also the bronze medalist in the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2011 – Women's giant slalom, giant slalom. At the next edition in FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2013, 2013 at Planai, Schladming, Worley won both runs of the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2013 – Women's giant slalom, giant slalom to claim the world Two days after her eighth World Cup win, Worley was injured in a Slalom skiing, slalom in France in December 2013. the tails of her skis in the first run at Courchevel, she Anterior cruciate ligament injury, 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

World Cup results

Season titles

*2 titles – (2 giant slalom)

Season standings

Race podiums

* 16 wins – (16 Giant slalom, GS) * 36 podiums – (36 GS)

World Championship results

Olympic results

References

External links

* * * – ' {{DEFAULTSORT:Worley, Tessa 1989 births Living people People from Annemasse French female alpine skiers Alpine skiers at the 2010 Winter Olympics Alpine skiers at the 2018 Winter Olympics Alpine skiers at the 2022 Winter Olympics Olympic alpine skiers of France French people of Australian descent Sportspeople from Haute-Savoie