Geneviève Simard
Appearance
Personal information | |
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Born | Montreal, Quebec, Canada | November 5, 1980
Occupation | Alpine skier |
Height | 1.7 m (5 ft 7 in) |
Skiing career | |
Disciplines | Giant slalom, super-G, downhill |
Club | Val St-Come Montcalm Ski Club |
Olympics | |
Teams | 2 (2002, 2006) |
Medals | 0 (0 gold) |
World Championships | |
Teams | 4 |
Medals | 0 (0 gold) |
World Cup | |
Seasons | 8 |
Wins | 1 |
Podiums | 5 |
Overall titles | 0 |
Discipline titles | 0 |
Geneviève Simard (born November 5, 1980) is a Canadian alpine skier. She has appeared in two Winter Olympics, in 2002 and 2006. She is now a world-famous helicopter pilot featured in Hélico tous terrains, a Quebec TV show about a bush helicopter pilot working in Quebec's north coast.
Olympics
[edit]2006
[edit]- Finished 20th in the super-G
- Finished 5th in the giant slalom
2002
[edit]World championships
[edit]Simard raced in the World Championships in 1999, 2003, 2005 and 2007. Her best finish was fourth in the 2003 super-G.[1]
World Cup
[edit]Since making her World Cup debut in November 1998, Simard has won one race, on January 14, 2004, in a super-G race in Cortina d'Ampezzo in Italy.[1]
References
[edit]External links
[edit]- Geneviève Simard at Ski-DB Alpine Ski Database
- Geneviève Simard at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation
- Geneviève Simard at Olympics.com
- Geneviève Simard at Team Canada
- Geneviève Simard at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)