Marcus Sandell
Personal information
Born (1987-09-23) 23 September 1987
Espoo, Finland
OccupationAlpine skier
Skiing career
DisciplinesGiant slalom
ClubGrIFK Alpine
World Cup debut
12 November 2006 (age 19)
Olympics
Teams2 (2010, 2014)
Medals0
World Championships
Teams5 – (20072015)
Medals0
World Cup
Seasons10th – (200709, 201117)
Wins0
Podiums0
Overall titles0 – (33rd in 2013)
Discipline titles0 – (8th in GS, 2013)

Marcus Sandell (born 23 September 1987 in Espoo) is a Finnish alpine skier. He represented Finland at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.[1] He suffered serious injury on 28 September 2009 on the training session in nearby Pitztaler glacier, Austria. Due to the crash, his kidney had to be removed at the hospital in Innsbruck.[2] After 5 months his accident, Sandell competed at the 2010 Winter Olympics, and finished at the 19th place in Giant slalom first run. In the second run he skied out and didn't finish the competition.

World Cup results

Season standings

SeasonAgeOverallSlalomGiant
Slalom
Super GDownhillCombined
20071912036
2008205916
200921782446
201022injured: did not compete
2011239928
2012245819
201325338
2014265621
2015276218
2016285816
20172913550

Results per discipline

Discipline WC starts WC Top 30 WC Top 15 WC Top 5 WC Podium Best result
Date Location Place
Slalom18000012 November 2006Finland Levi, Finland33rd
Giant slalom7355273024 February 2013Germany Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany4th
Super-G5000021 February 2008Canada Whistler, Canada48th
Downhill00000
Combined2100022 February 2009Italy Sestriere, Italy27th
Parallel GS1100021 December 2015Italy Alta Badia, Italy18th
Total99572730
  • standings through 20 Jan 2019

World Championship results

Year
Age Slalom Giant
Slalom
Super G Downhill Combined Team Event
200719DNFQ2DNF1
200921DNF216
201123DNF110
2013251229
20152714

Olympic results

Year
Age Slalom Giant
Slalom
Super G Downhill Combined
201022DNF2
201426DNF1

References

  1. "Marcus Sandell, Alpine skiing". Vancouver 2010. Retrieved 23 February 2010.
  2. "Sandell reportedly has kidney removed". www.espn.com. 29 September 2009. Retrieved 22 January 2019.


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