Tessa Worley
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| Born | 4 October 1989 Annemasse, Haute-Savoie, France | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Alpine skier | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.58 m (5 ft 2 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Skiing career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Disciplines | Giant slalom, super-G, combined | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | EMHM – Grand Bornand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Cup debut | 4 February 2006 (age 16) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Website | tessaworley.net | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Teams | 3 – (2010, 2018, 2022) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medals | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Teams | 8 – (2009–2023) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medals | 6 (4 gold) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Cup | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Seasons | 18 – (2006–2023) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wins | 16 – (16 GS) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Podiums | 36 – (36 GS) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Overall titles | 0 – (6th in 2017) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline titles | 2 – (2 GS; 2017, 2022) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Tessa Worley (born 4 October 1989) is a French former World Cup alpine ski racer and non-commissioned officer.[1] She previously competed in all five alpine disciplines and specialised in giant slalom.
Career
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Born in Annemasse, in the département of Haute-Savoie, Worley's father Steve is Australian and her mother Madeleine is French, as such she possesses both French and Australian citizenships.[2] She grew up skiing year-round, in France and New Zealand, and her home ski area is the resort of Le Grand-Bornand.[3]
Worley made her World Cup debut at age 16 in February 2006, and finished in 29th place in a giant slalom in Ofterschwang, Germany.[4] She was fifth in the first race of the 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, United States.
Early in the 2011 season, Worley won three consecutive giant slalom races before January. In February, she won a gold medal in the team event at the World Championships in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, and was also the bronze medalist in the giant slalom. At the next edition in 2013 at Schladming, Worley won both runs of the giant slalom to claim the world title.[5]
Two days after her eighth World Cup win, Worley was injured in a slalom in France in December 2013. Caught on the tails of her skis in the first run at Courchevel, she 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 2014 Olympics.[6]
World Cup results
[edit]Season titles
[edit]- 2 titles – (2 giant slalom)
| Season | |
| Discipline | |
| 2017 | Giant slalom |
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| 2022 | Giant slalom |
Season standings
[edit]| Season | |||||||
| Age | Overall | Slalom | Giant slalom | Super-G | Downhill | Combined | |
| 2006 | 16 | 118 | — | 57 | — | — | — |
| 2007 | 17 | ||||||
| 2008 | 18 | 42 | — | 14 | — | — | — |
| 2009 | 19 | 39 | — | 11 | — | — | — |
| 2010 | 20 | 37 | 37 | 13 | — | — | — |
| 2011 | 21 | 16 | 34 | 2 | 43 | — | 27 |
| 2012 | 22 | 11 | 27 | 3 | 37 | 39 | 23 |
| 2013 | 23 | 11 | 38 | 4 | 22 | — | 25 |
| 2014 | 24 | 40 | — | 16 | 22 | — | — |
| 2015 | 25 | 46 | — | 13 | 34 | — | — |
| 2016 | 26 | 27 | — | 11 | 21 | 35 | 11 |
| 2017 | 27 | 6 | — | 1 | 9 | — | 32 |
| 2018 | 28 | 13 | — | 2 | 18 | 50 | — |
| 2019 | 29 | 14 | — | 3 | — | — | — |
| 2020 | 30 | 29 | — | 8 | 30 | — | — |
| 2021 | 31 | 12 | — | 3 | 17 | — | — |
| 2022 | 32 | 8 | — | 1 | 13 | — | |
| 2023 | 33 | 16 | — | 8 | 12 | — | |
Race podiums
[edit]- 16 wins – (16 GS)
- 36 podiums – (36 GS)
| Season | ||||
| Date | Location | Discipline | Place | |
| 2009 | 20 Nov 2008 |  Aspen, USA | Giant slalom | 1st |
| 2010 | 12 Dec 2009 |  Åre, Sweden | Giant slalom | 1st |
| 2011 | 27 Nov 2010 | Aspen, USA | Giant slalom | 1st |
| 12 Dec 2010 |  St. Moritz, Switzerland | Giant slalom | 1st | |
| 28 Dec 2010 |  Semmering, Austria | Giant slalom | 1st | |
| 2012 | 28 Dec 2011 | Lienz, Austria | Giant slalom | 3rd |
| 21 Jan 2012 |  Kranjska Gora, Slovenia | Giant slalom | 1st | |
| 12 Feb 2012 |  Soldeu, Andorra | Giant slalom | 1st | |
| 2013 | 9 Dec 2012 | St. Moritz, Switzerland | Giant slalom | 3rd |
| 16 Dec 2012 |  Courchevel, France | Giant slalom | 3rd | |
| 28 Dec 2012 | Semmering, Austria | Giant slalom | 3rd | |
| 17 Mar 2013 | Lenzerheide, Switzerland | Giant slalom | 2nd | |
| 2014 | 15 Dec 2013 | St. Moritz, Switzerland | Giant slalom | 1st |
| 2017 | 26 Nov 2016 | Killington, USA | Giant slalom | 1st |
| 10 Dec 2016 |  Sestriere, Italy | Giant slalom | 1st | |
| 27 Dec 2016 | Semmering, Austria | Giant slalom | 2nd | |
| 28 Dec 2016 | Giant slalom | 2nd | ||
| 7 Jan 2017 | Maribor, Slovenia | Giant slalom | 1st | |
| 24 Jan 2017 | Kronplatz, Italy | Giant slalom | 2nd | |
| 10 Mar 2017 | Squaw Valley, USA | Giant slalom | 3rd | |
| 2018 | 28 Oct 2017 | Sölden, Austria | Giant slalom | 2nd |
| 19 Dec 2017 | Courchevel, France | Giant slalom | 2nd | |
| 6 Jan 2018 | Kranjska Gora, Slovenia | Giant slalom | 2nd | |
| 27 Jan 2018 | Lenzerheide, Switzerland | Giant slalom | 1st | |
| 2019 | 27 Oct 2018 | Sölden, Austria | Giant slalom | 1st |
| 21 Dec 2018 | Courchevel, France | Giant slalom | 3rd | |
| 28 Dec 2018 | Semmering, Austria | Giant slalom | 3rd | |
| 15 Jan 2019 | Kronplatz, Italy | Giant slalom | 2nd | |
| 2020 | 26 Oct 2019 | Sölden, Austria | Giant slalom | 3rd |
| 2021 | 14 Dec 2020 | Courchevel, France | Giant slalom | 3rd |
| 16 Jan 2021 | Kranjska Gora, Slovenia | Giant slalom | 2nd | |
| 26 Jan 2021 | Kronplatz, Italy | Giant slalom | 1st | |
| 2022 | 28 Dec 2021 | Lienz, Austria | Giant slalom | 1st |
| 8 Jan 2022 | Kranjska Gora, Slovenia | Giant slalom | 2nd | |
| 25 Jan 2022 | Kronplatz, Italy | Giant slalom | 3rd | |
| 6 Mar 2022 | Lenzerheide, Switzerland | Giant slalom | 1st |
World Championship results
[edit]| Year | ||||||||
| Age | Slalom | Giant slalom | Super-G | Downhill | Combined | Parallel | Team event | |
| 2009 | 19 | — | 7 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2011 | 21 | 13 | 3 | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 2013 | 23 | — | 1 | 27 | — | — | QF | |
| 2015 | 25 | — | 13 | 24 | — | — | QF | |
| 2017 | 27 | — | 1 | 8 | — | — | 1 | |
| 2019 | 29 | — | 6 | 16 | — | — | QF | |
| 2021 | 31 | — | 7 | 13 | — | — | 3 | — |
| 2023 | 33 | — | DNF2 | 9 | — | DNS SL | — | — |
Olympic results
[edit]| Year | ||||||
| Age | Slalom | Giant slalom | Super-G | Downhill | Combined | |
| 2010 | 20 | — | 16 | — | — | — |
| 2014 | 24 | Injured, did not compete | ||||
| 2018 | 28 | — | 7 | 28 | — | — |
| 2022 | 32 | — | DNF2 | 19 | — | — |
References
[edit]- ^ "Tessa Worley". Equipe France Militaire Ski. 13 July 2013. Retrieved 15 December 2013.
- ^ "Tessa WORLEY Alpine". www.rossignol.com. Retrieved 19 March 2023.
- ^ tessaworley.net Archived 24 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine – ma-vie – accessed 12 December 2010.
- ^ "FIS-Ski – results – Ofterschwang 04.02.2006". FIS-ski.com. Archived from the original on 25 May 2011.
- ^ Mintz, Geoff (14 February 2013). "Worley impeccable in World Championships GS win, Shiffrin 6th". Ski Racing.com.
- ^ Feehan, C. J. (17 December 2013). "Worley tears ACL in Courchevel crash, out for season". Ski Racing. Retrieved 13 January 2014.
External links
[edit]- Tessa Worley at Ski-DB Alpine Ski Database
- Tessa Worley at FIS (alpine)
- Tessa Worley at Olympics.com
- Tessa Worley at Olympedia
- Tessa Worley at the French Olympic and Sports Committee (archived) (in French)
- Tessa Worley at Team France (in French)
- Official website
(in French)
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Women's World Champions: Downhill • Super-G • Giant Slalom • Slalom • Combined • Parallel Giant Slalom • Mixed Team |
