Régine Cavagnoud
Personal information
Born(1970-06-27)27 June 1970
Thônes, Haute-Savoie, France
Died31 October 2001(2001-10-31) (aged 31)
Innsbruck, Tyrol, Austria
OccupationAlpine skier
Height1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Skiing career
DisciplinesDownhill, super-G, giant slalom, combined
ClubS.C. La Clusaz
World Cup debut22 December 1990 (age 20)
Olympics
Teams3 – (1992, 1994, 1998)
Medals0
World Championships
Teams5 – (1991–1997, 2001)
Medals1 (1 gold)
World Cup
Seasons11 – (1991–2001)
Wins8 – (3 DH, 4 SG, 1 GS)
Podiums23 – (8 DH, 12 SG, 3 GS)
Overall titles0 – (3rd in 2000, 2001)
Discipline titles1 – (SG, 2001)
Medal record
Women's alpine skiing
Representing  France
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2001 St. Anton Super-G

Régine Cavagnoud (27 June 1970 – 31 October 2001) was a World Cup alpine ski racer from France. She was the World Cup and World Champion in Super-G in 2001. Later that year, Cavagnoud was involved in a high-speed collision while training and died two days later.[1][2][3] She competed at three Winter Olympics and five world championships.[4]

Career

Born in Thônes, Haute-Savoie, Cavagnoud's career was plagued by injuries. She finally secured a World Cup race victory in her tenth year of competition, a downhill at Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, in January 1999. That was the first World Cup downhill race victory by a Frenchwoman in 17 years. Cavagnoud had eight World Cup victories: four in Super-G, three in downhill, and two in giant slalom. Her last victory was in March 2001 in giant slalom at the national championships in Courchevel, France. She topped the super-G season standings in 2001 and was ranked third overall in 2000 and 2001. At the 2001 World Championships in St. Anton, Austria, she won the Super-G title on 29 January.

Death

On 29 October 2001, Cavagnoud collided with German ski coach Markus Anwander during ski training in Pitztal, Austria, as he crossed the piste.[5] Both sustained serious head injuries and were evacuated by helicopter to Innsbruck's university hospital, where Cavagnoud was found to have serious brain damage and succumbed to her injuries two days later.[2]

Her death was the first fatality involving a World Cup ski racer in over seven years, since the death of Austria's Ulrike Maier in a downhill race in January 1994.[3][6]

Cavagnoud was buried near her native village at La Clusaz in the French Alps.

World Cup results

Season titles

SeasonDiscipline
2001Super-G

Season standings

SeasonAgeOverallSlalomGiant
Slalom		Super-GDownhillCombined
19912050———1920
19922151——392121
19932213—391088
19942328—33122728
19952426—52920—
19962546—362226—
19972627—471515—
19982728—52219—
1999287—1648—
2000293—114510
2001303—15137

Race victories

  • 8 wins – (3 DH, 4 SG, 1 GS)
  • 23 podiums – (8 DH, 12 SG, 3 GS)
SeasonDateLocationDiscipline
199921 Jan 1999Italy Cortina d'Ampezzo, ItalyDownhill
23 Jan 1999Super-G
200019 Nov 1999United States Copper Mountain, USAGiant slalom
22 Jan 2000Italy Cortina d'Ampezzo, ItalyDownhill
15 Mar 2000Italy Bormio, ItalyDownhill
20016 Dec 2000France Val-d'Isère, FranceSuper G
13 Jan 2001Austria Haus im Ennstal, AustriaSuper G
20 Jan 2001Italy Cortina d'Ampezzo, ItalySuper G

World Championship results

  Year   Age  Slalom  Giant 
 slalom 		Super-GDownhillCombined
199120——12—10
199322——1511—
199625——2526—
199726——2126—
199928injured, did not compete
200130—17112—

Olympic results

  Year   Age  Slalom  Giant 
 slalom 		Super-GDownhillCombined
199221——261710
199423—181126—
199827——167—

References

  1. ↑ Clarey, Christopher (October 30, 2001). "French star injured in training accident". New York Times. Retrieved October 15, 2014.
  2. 1 2 "French skier dies after collision". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. November 1, 2001. p. 6E.
  3. 1 2 "Skiing champion dies after training crash". CNN. October 31, 2001. Retrieved October 15, 2014.
  4. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Régine Cavagnoud Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 25 March 2018.
  5. ↑ "Coach investigated in ski wreck". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). wire services. October 31, 2001. p. 2B.
  6. ↑ "Life's risk takers". BBC Sport. 31 October 2001.
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