Marcus Sandell (born 23 September 1987 in

Espoo Espoo (, ; sv, Esbo) is a city and municipality in the region of Uusimaa in the Republic of Finland. It is located on the northern shore of the Gulf of Finland, bordering the cities of Helsinki, Vantaa, Kirkkonummi, Vihti and Nurmijärvi ...

) is a Finnish

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. He represented Finland at the

2010 Winter Olympics )'' , nations = 82 , athletes = 2,626 , events = 86 in 7 sports (15 disciplines) , opening = February 12, 2010 , closing = February 28, 2010 , opened_by = Governor General Michaëlle Jean , cauldron = Catriona Le May DoanNancy GreeneWayne Gret ...

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. He suffered serious injury on 28 September 2009 on the training session in nearby Pitztaler glacier,

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. Due to the crash, his kidney had to be removed at the hospital in Innsbruck. After 5 months his accident, Sandell competed at the

, and finished at the 19th place in Giant slalom first run. In the second run he skied out and didn't finish the competition.

World Cup results

Season standings

Results per discipline

* standings through 20 Jan 2019

World Championship results

Olympic results

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* 1987 births Living people Sportspeople from Espoo Finnish male alpine skiers Olympic alpine skiers for Finland Alpine skiers at the 2010 Winter Olympics Alpine skiers at the 2014 Winter Olympics 21st-century Finnish people {{Finland-alpine-skiing-bio-stub