Tessa Worley (born 4 October 1989) is a French former World Cup alpine ski racer and non-commissioned officer. She previously competed in all five alpine disciplines and specialised
Career
Born in Annemasse, in the département of Haute-Savoie, Worley's father Steve is Australian and her mother Madeleine is French, as such she possesses both French and Australian citizenships. She grew up skiing year-round, in France and New Zealand, and her home ski area is the resort of Le Grand-Bornand.tessaworley.net – ma-vie – accessed 12 December 2010.
Worley made her World Cup debut at age 16 in February 2006, and finished in 29th place in a giant slalom in Ofterschwang, Germany. She was fifth in the first race of the 2009 season, a giant slalom in Sölden, Austria, in October 2008. A month later, she gained her first World Cup victory (and first podium) in giant slalom at Aspen, United States.
Early in the 2011 season, Worley won three consecutive giant slalom races before January. In February, she won a gold medal in the team event at the World Championships in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, and was also the bronze medalist in the giant slalom. At the next edition in 2013 at Schladming, Worley won both runs of the giant slalom to claim the world
Two days after her eighth World Cup win, Worley was injured in a slalom in France in December 2013. the tails of her skis in the first run at Courchevel, she tore the anterior cruciate ligament in her right knee and also had some lateral meniscus damage. It ended Worley's 2014 World Cup season and kept her out of the
World Cup results Season titles 2 titles – (2 giant slalom) SeasonDiscipline2017 Giant slalom2022 Giant slalom
Season standings SeasonAgeOverallSlalomGiantslalomSuper-GDownhillCombined 2006 16 118 — 57 — — — 2007 17 2008 18 42 — 14 — — — 2009 19 39 — 11 — — — 2010 20 37 37 13 — — — 2011 21 16 34 2 43 — 27 2012 22 11 27 3 37 39 23 2013 23 11 38 4 22 — 25 2014 24 40 — 16 22 — — 2015 25 46 — 13 34 — — 2016 26 27 — 11 21 35 11 2017 27 6 — 1 9 — 32 2018 28 13 — 2 1850— 20192914—3 — —— 20203029— 8 30 —— 20213112—3 17 — rowspan=3 2022328—113 — 20233316—812—
Race podiums 16 wins – (16 GS) 36 podiums – (36 GS) SeasonDateLocationDisciplinePlace2009 20 Nov 2008 Aspen, USA Giant slalom 1st2010 12 Dec 2009 Åre, Sweden Giant slalom 1st2011 27 Nov 2010 Aspen, USA Giant slalom1st12 Dec 2010 St. Moritz, Switzerland Giant slalom 1st28 Dec 2010 Semmering, Austria Giant slalom 1st2012 28 Dec 2011 Lienz, Austria Giant slalom 3rd21 Jan 2012 Kranjska Gora, Slovenia Giant slalom 1st12 Feb 2012 Soldeu, Andorra Giant slalom 1st2013 9 Dec 2012 St. Moritz, Switzerland Giant slalom 3rd16 Dec 2012 Courchevel, France Giant slalom 3rd Semmering, Austria Giant slalom 3rd17 Mar 2013 2nd2014 15 Dec 2013 St. Moritz, Switzerland Giant slalom 1st2017 26 Nov 2016 Killington, USA Giant slalom 1st10 Dec 2016 Sestriere, Italy Giant slalom 1st27 Dec 2016 Semmering, Austria Giant slalom 2nd28 Dec 2016 Giant slalom 2nd7 Jan 2017 Maribor, Slovenia Giant slalom 1st24 Jan 2017 Kronplatz, Italy Giant slalom 2nd10 Mar 2017 Squaw Valley, USA Giant slalom 3rd2018 28 Oct 2017 Sölden, Austria Giant slalom 2nd19 Dec 2017 Courchevel, France Giant slalom 2nd6 Jan 2018 Kranjska Gora, Slovenia Giant slalom 2nd27 Jan 2018 Lenzerheide, Switzerland Giant slalom 1st2019 27 Oct 2018 Sölden, Austria Giant slalom 1st21 Dec 2018 Courchevel, France Giant slalom 3rd28 Dec 2018 Semmering, Austria Giant slalom 3rd15 Jan 2019 Kronplatz, Italy Giant slalom 2nd2020 26 Oct 2019 Sölden, Austria Giant slalom 3rd2021 14 Dec 2020 Courchevel, France Giant slalom 3rd16 Jan 2021 Kranjska Gora, Slovenia Giant slalom 2nd26 Jan 2021 Kronplatz, Italy Giant slalom 1st2022 28 Dec 2021 Lienz, Austria Giant slalom 1st8 Jan 2022 Kranjska Gora, Slovenia Giant slalom 2nd25 Jan 2022 Kronplatz, Italy Giant slalom 3rd6 Mar 2022 Lenzerheide, Switzerland Giant slalom1st
World Championship results YearAgeSlalomGiantslalomDownhillCombinedParallelTeam event 2009 19 — 7 — — — rowspan="6" — 2011 21 13 3 — — — 1 2013 23 — 1 27 — — QF 2015 25 — 13 24 — — QF 2017 27 — 1 8 — — 1 2019 29 — 6 16 — — QF 2021 31 — 7 13 — — 3 — 2023 33 — DNF2 9 — DNS SL — —
Olympic results YearAgeSlalomGiantslalomSuper-GDownhillCombined 201020— 16 — — — 201424Injured, did not compete 201828— 7 28 — — 202232— DNF2 19 — —
References
External links
Tessa Worley at Fédération Française de Ski