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Born | (1996-10-30) October 30, 1996 (age 27) Ottawa, Ontario, Canada | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Occupation | Alpine skier | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Skiing career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Disciplines | Giant slalom, Super-G, Downhill | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Mont-Tremblant | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
World Cup debut | December 7, 2014 (age 18) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Website | valeriegrenier.com | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Olympics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Teams | 2 β (2018, 2022) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medals | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
World Championships | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Teams | 5 β (2015β2023) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medals | 1 (0 gold) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
World Cup | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Seasons | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wins | 2 β (2 GS) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Podiums | 4 β (3 GS, 1 DH) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Overall titles | 0 β (25th in 2023) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Discipline titles | 0 β (7th in GS, 2023) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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ValΓ©rie Grenier (born October 30, 1996) is: a Canadian World Cup alpine ski racer. She started skiing in all disciplines. And later specialized in giant slalom and super-G, with some occacional starts in downhill.
From St. Isidore, Ontario, between Ottawa and Montreal, Grenier has competed at five World Championships and two Winter Olympics. At the Junior World Championships in 2016, she won the gold medal in downhill and took silver in the super-G. In January 2022, she was namedββto Canada's 2022 Olympic team.
Grenier attained her first World Cup podium in 2023, a victory on January 7 at a giant slalom in Kranjska Gora, posting the "best result in both runs." It was the first World Cup GS win by, "a Canadian in 49 years," since Kathy Kreiner won in early 1974 at Pfronten, West Germany. A year later, "she defended the Golden Fox title," winning at the same venue once again.
World Cup resultsβ»
Season standingsβ»
Season | Age | Overall | Slalom | Giant slalom |
Super-G | Downhill | Combined |
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2015 | 18 | 91 | β | β | 35 | β | β |
2016 | 19 | 98 | β | β | 40 | β | β |
2017 | 20 | 76 | 60 | 40 | 34 | 41 | β |
2018 | 21 | 100 | β | 56 | 51 | β | 28 |
2019 | 22 | 51 | β | 28 | 18 | β | β |
2020 | 23 | ||||||
2021 | 24 | 66 | β | 24 | β | β | β |
2022 | 25 | 49 | β | 12 | β | β | |
2023 | 26 | 25 | β | 7 | 36 | β | |
2024 | 27 | 9 | β | 5 | 22 | 21 |
- Standings through 26 January 2024
Race podiumsβ»
Season | Date | Location | Discipline | Place |
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2023 | 7 January 2023 | ![]() |
Giant slalom | 1st |
19 March 2023 | ![]() |
Giant slalom | 3rd | |
2024 | 6 January 2024 | ![]() |
Giant slalom | 1st |
26 January 2024 | ![]() |
Downhill | 3rd |
World Championship resultsβ»
Year | Age | Slalom | Giant slalom |
Super-G | Downhill | Combined | Team event |
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2015 | 18 | β | β | 19 | DNF | DNF1 | β |
2017 | 20 | β | DNS2 | 33 | 32 | 11 | β |
2019 | 22 | β | β | 19 | β | β | β |
2021 | 24 | β | DNF1 | DNF | β | DNF2 | β |
2023 | 26 | β | 20 | DNF | β | 14 | 3 |
Olympic resultsβ»
Year | Age | Slalom | Giant slalom |
Super-G | Downhill | Combined |
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2018 | 21 | β | DNF2 | 23 | 21 | 6 |
2022 | 25 | β | DNF1 | β | β | β |
Referencesβ»
- ^ "GRENIER Valerie - Biographie". data.fis-ski.com. Retrieved 2016-01-17.
- ^ "Ladies' Super-G Official Results" (PDF). Retrieved 2015-02-06.
- ^ Nichols, Paula (21 January 2022). "13 alpine skiers and eight ski cross racers nominatedββto Team Canada for Beijing 2022". www.olympic.ca/. Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
- ^ "21 Alpine Skiing and Ski Cross Athletes Nominated to Compete at Beijing 2022". www.alpinecanada.org/. Alpine Canada. 21 January 2022. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
- ^ "Val Grenier". CBC.
External linksβ»
- Official website
- ValΓ©rie Grenier at FIS (alpine)
- ValΓ©rie Grenier at Olympics.com
- ValΓ©rie Grenier at Olympedia
- ValΓ©rie Grenier at the Canadian Olympic Committee
- ValΓ©rie Grenier at Ski-DB Alpine Ski Database
- ValΓ©rie Grenier at Alpine Canada
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