Marcus Sandell Explained

Marcus Sandell
Disciplines:Giant slalom
Club:GrIFK Alpine
Birth Date:23 September 1987
Birth Place:Espoo, Finland
Olympicteams:2 (2010, 2014)
Olympicmedals:0
Worldsteams:5 – (20072015)
Worldsmedals:0
Wcseasons:10th – (200709, 201117)
Wcwins:0
Wcpodiums:0
Wcoveralls:0 – (33rd in 2013)
Wctitles:0 – (8th in GS, 2013)
Show-Medals:yes

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

Season Age Overall Slalom Giant
Slalom
Super G Downhill Combined
19 120 36
20 59 16
21 78 24 46
22 injured: did not compete
23 99 28
24 58 19
25 33 8
26 56 21
27 62 18
28 58 16
29 135 50

Results per discipline

DisciplineWC startsWC Top 30WC Top 15WC Top 5WC PodiumBest result
DateLocationPlace
18 0 0 0 0 12 November 2006 Levi, Finland33rd
73 55 27 3 0 24 February 2013 Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany4th
5 0 0 0 0 21 February 2008 Whistler, Canada48th
0 0 0 0 0
2 1 0 0 0 22 February 2009 Sestriere, Italy27th
Parallel GS 1 1 0 0 0 21 December 2015 Alta Badia, Italy18th
Total 99 57 27 3 0

World Championship results

Year
AgeSlalomGiant
Slalom
Super GDownhillCombinedTeam Event
19
21
23
25
27

Olympic results

Year
AgeSlalomGiant
Slalom
Super GDownhillCombined
22
26

Notes and References

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