Marion Rolland (born 17 October 1982) is a retired
World Cup
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alpine ski racer
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from
France
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.
Racing career
Born in
Saint-Martin-d'Hères
Saint-Martin-d'Hères (; frp, Sant-Martin-d’Èra) is a commune in the Isère department in southeastern France. Part of the Grenoble urban unit (agglomeration),Isère, she made her World Cup debut in January
2004
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Events January
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and attained her first top-10 in February
2009
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in
Bansko
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. She has two World Cup podium finishes, both at the finals at
Schladming
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in March
2012
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.
After making her first
Olympic
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team in
2010
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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
World Championships
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, in
2009
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2013
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. Without a podium in the
2013
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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
2014 Winter Olympics
The 2014 Winter Olympics, officially called the XXII Olympic Winter Games (russian: XXII Олимпийские зимние игры, XXII Olimpiyskiye zimniye igry) and commonly known as Sochi 2014 (russian: Сочи 2014), was an international ...
in Sochi and from defending her World Championship title at the 2015 Worlds in Beaver Creek. She subsequently announced her retirement from competition in February 2015.