Tessa Worley (born 4 October 1989) is a French former

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alpine ski racer and

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. She previously competed in all five alpine disciplines and specialised

Career

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Born in

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, in the

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, Worley's father Steve is

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n and her mother Madeleine is French, as such she possesses both French and Australian citizenships. She grew up skiing year-round, in

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and

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, and her home

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is the

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. Worley made her

debut at age 16 in February

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, and finished in 29th place in a giant slalom in Ofterschwang, Germany. She was fifth in the first race of the

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season, a giant slalom in

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, Austria, in October 2008. A month later, she gained her first World Cup victory (and first podium) in giant slalom at

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, United States. Early in the

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season, Worley won three consecutive giant slalom races before January. In February, she won a gold medal in the team event at the

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, Germany, and was also the bronze medalist in the

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. At the next edition in

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, Worley won both runs of the

to claim the world Two days after her eighth World Cup win, Worley was injured in a slalom in France in December 2013. the tails of her skis in the first run at

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, she tore the

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in her right knee and also had some

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damage. It ended Worley's 2014 World Cup season and kept her out of the

World Cup results

Season titles

*2 titles – (2

)

Season standings

Race podiums

* 16 wins – (16 GS) * 36 podiums – (36 GS)

World Championship results

Olympic results

References

External links

* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Worley, Tessa 1989 births Living people Sportspeople from Annemasse French female alpine skiers Alpine skiers at the 2010 Winter Olympics Alpine skiers at the 2018 Winter Olympics Alpine skiers at the 2022 Winter Olympics Olympic alpine skiers for France French people of Australian descent Skiers from Haute-Savoie 21st-century French sportswomen