Marie Marchand-Arvier
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 Marchand-Arvier in December 2008 | |||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||
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| Born | 8 April 1985 | ||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Alpine skier | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 164 cm (5 ft 5 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||
| Skiing career | |||||||||||||||
| Disciplines | Downhill, super-G, combined | ||||||||||||||
| World Cup debut | 14 January 2004 (age 18) | ||||||||||||||
| Retired | 19 March 2015 (age 29) | ||||||||||||||
| Website | marie-ma.com | ||||||||||||||
| Olympics | |||||||||||||||
| Teams | 3 – (2006, 2010, 2014) | ||||||||||||||
| Medals | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| World Championships | |||||||||||||||
| Teams | 5 – (2007–2015) | ||||||||||||||
| Medals | 1 (0 gold) | ||||||||||||||
| World Cup | |||||||||||||||
| Seasons | 11 – (2005–2015) | ||||||||||||||
| Wins | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Podiums | 5 – (4 DH, 1 SG) | ||||||||||||||
| Overall titles | 0 – (16th in 2009) | ||||||||||||||
| Discipline titles | 0 – (8th in DH, 2012) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Marie Marchand-Arvier (born 8 April 1985) is a retired World Cup alpine ski racer from France. Born in Laxou, she won a silver medal in the super-G at the 2009 World Championships. She finished fifth in the combined, and sixth in the downhill.
Marchand-Arvier competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, where her best result was 15th in the downhill.[1] At the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver, she finished 7th in the downhill and tenth in the combined at Whistler Creekside.
Marchand-Arvier married former biathlete Vincent Jay in June 2014.[2] In March 2015 she announced her retirement from competition.[3]
Race podiums
| Season | Date | Location | Discipline | Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 20 Jan 2007 | Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy | Downhill | 3rd |
| 14 Mar 2007 | Lenzerheide, Switzerland | Downhill | 3rd | |
| 2010 | 31 Jan 2010 | St. Moritz, Switzerland | Super-G | 2nd |
| 2012 | 3 Dec 2011 | Lake Louise, Canada | Downhill | 2nd |
| 2013 | 23 Feb 2013 | Méribel, France | Downhill | 3rd |
Season standings
| Season | Age | Overall | Slalom | Giant slalom | Super-G | Downhill | Combined |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 19 | 96 | — | — | — | 45 | — |
| 2006 | 20 | 80 | — | — | 38 | 52 | 29 |
| 2007 | 21 | 27 | — | — | 35 | 9 | 17 |
| 2008 | 22 | 36 | — | — | 31 | 17 | 28 |
| 2009 | 23 | 16 | — | 55 | 12 | 11 | 8 |
| 2010 | 24 | 23 | — | — | 10 | 19 | 11 |
| 2011 | 25 | 31 | — | — | 18 | 18 | 32 |
| 2012 | 26 | 29 | — | — | 25 | 8 | 35 |
| 2013 | 27 | 28 | — | — | 24 | 14 | 21 |
| 2014 | 28 | 60 | — | — | 26 | 29 | — |
| 2015 | 29 | 58 | — | — | 25 | 29 | — |
