Élise Pellegrin Explained

Élise Pellegrin
Birth Place:Blois, France
Height:162 cm
Weight:58 kg
Country:Malta
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Élise Pellegrin (born 7 May 1991) is a Maltese-French alpine skier who has competed since 2006.[1] Pellegrin was born in Blois, France,[2] and qualified to compete for Malta at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, becoming the first Winter Olympian to represent the country.[3] Although Pellegrin was born in France, her great-grandfather had moved to France from Malta, which gave her the opportunity to compete for the country.[3] Pellegrin was also the flagbearer for Malta at the opening ceremony.[4] [5]

In the giant slalom, Pellegrin completed the first run in 1:36.85 to finish 72nd from 88 starters. In the second run, she recorded a slightly faster time of 1:36.27 for an aggregate time of 3:13.12 that enabled her to climb up the rankings and finish 65th of the 67 skiers who completed both runs.[6]

In her preferred discipline,[6] the slalom, Pellegrin completed the opening run in 1:07.10 to finish 52nd from 86 starters. She then showed a remarkable improvement in her second run, completing the course in 1:02.73 for an overall 2:09.83. This lifted her in the final standings to 42nd[7] out of 49 skiers who completed both runs.[8]

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Notes and References

  1. http://data.fis-ski.com/dynamic/athlete-biography.html?sector=AL&competitorid=184428&type=result Elise Pellegrin FIS Biography
  2. News: 30 January 2013 . Young skier to compete for Malta in next Alpine Ski World Cup . . 11 January 2014.
  3. News: Ameen . Juan . 31 January 2013 . Malta gets a Winter Olympian . . 5 January 2014 .
  4. Web site: Une skieuse vosgienne aux JO sous les couleurs de... Malte ! . 30 December 2013 . 5 January 2014 . Clément . fr . Thiriau . magnumlaradio.com.
  5. [La Nouvelle République du Centre-Ouest|La Nouvelle République]
  6. Camilleri, Valhmor (19 February 2014). "Pellegrin 65th in giant slalom". The Times (Malta). Retrieved 1 March 2014.
  7. http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20140222/sport/Tmproving-Pellegrin-fares-better-in-slalom-race.507801 "Improving Pellegrin fares better in slalom race"
  8. https://www.bbc.com/sport/0/winter-olympics/23970122 "Sochi 2014: Women's slalom results"