Marion Rolland (born 17 October 1982) is a retired

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alpine ski racer from

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Racing career

Born in

Saint-Martin-d'Hères Saint-Martin-d'Hères (; ) is a commune in the Isère department in southeastern France. Part of the Grenoble urban unit (agglomeration),

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, she made her World Cup debut in January

2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and Its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 60 ...

and attained her first top-10 in February

2009 2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ...

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. She has two World Cup podium finishes, both at the finals at

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in March

2012 2012 was designated as: *International Year of Cooperatives *International Year of Sustainable Energy for All Events January *January 4 – The Cicada 3301 internet hunt begins. * January 12 – Peaceful protests begin in the R ...

. After making her first

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team in

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, Rolland took a tumble in the downhill only four seconds from the starting gate at Whistler. She has competed for France in three

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, in

2011 The year marked the start of a Arab Spring, series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen ...

and

2013 2013 was the first year since 1987 to contain four unique digits (a span of 26 years). 2013 was designated as: *International Year of Water Cooperation *International Year of Quinoa Events January * January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alask ...

. Without a podium in the

season, Rolland won the downhill 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

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and from defending her World Championship title at the 2015 Worlds in Beaver Creek. She subsequently announced her retirement from competition in February 2015.

World Cup top ten finishes

* 2 podiums – (1 DH, 1 SG)

Season standings

References

External links

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Marion Rolland
World Cup standings at the International Ski Federation * *
marionrolland.com personal site
* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Rolland, Marion 1982 births Living people French female alpine skiers Olympic alpine skiers for France Alpine skiers at the 2010 Winter Olympics Sportspeople from Saint-Martin-d'Hères Skiers from Isère 21st-century French sportswomen