Marcus Sandell (born 23 September 1987 in

Espoo Espoo (, ; ) is a city in Finland. It is located to the west of the capital, Helsinki, in southern Uusimaa. The population is approximately . It is the most populous Municipalities of Finland, municipality in Finland. Espoo is part of the Helsi ...

) is a Finnish alpine skier. He represented Finland at the

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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

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. 5 months after his accident, Sandell competed at the

, and finished at the 19th place in

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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

References

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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 sportsmen {{Finland-alpine-skiing-bio-stub