Lise-Marie Morerod (born 16 April 1956) is a Swiss former slalom skier. In 1977, she was women's overall season champion.
Biography She born in Les Diablerets, Vaud. In 1972, at age 15, she became Swiss champion in giant slalom. Her winning the bronze medal in the slalom race at the FIS Alpine Skiing World Championships was a great surprise because she was an unknown racer. (Best racers wear bib numbers between 1 and 15; she had 39.) It was the only medal won by the Swiss racers at their "Home World Championships". At the 1976 Winter Olympics, she took fourth place in the giant slalom but didn't finish the slalom race. She achieved 24 victories and another 17 podiums in World Cup races and was the first Swiss racer to win the Overall World Cup.
A car accident in July 1978 left Morerod in a coma for six weeks and led to a six-month hospital stay. The injuries she sustained in the accident left her with long-term memory problems. She returned to the World Cup in 1979, but failed to find her previous form and did not qualify for the 1980 Winter Olympics. She retired after the 1979–80 season.
World Cup victories Overall SeasonDiscipline1975Giant slalom1975Slalom1976Giant slalom1977Overall1977Giant slalom1977Slalom
Individual races DateLocationRace4 January 1975 Garmisch-PartenkirchenSlalom29 January 1975 Saint-GervaisSlalom13 March 1975 Sun ValleyGiant slalom20 March 1975 Val GardenaSlalom4 December 1975 Val-d'IsèreGiant slalom11 December 1975 ApricaSlalom12 January 1976 Les DiableretsSlalom15 January 1976 Les GetsGiant slalom25 January 1976 Kranjska GoraGiant slalom26 January 1976 Kranjska GoraSlalom13 March 1976 AspenGiant slalom9 December 1976 Val-d'IsèreGiant slalom16 December 1976 Cortina d'AmpezzoSlalom3 January 1977 OberstaufenSlalom19 January 1977 SchrunsSlalom20 January 1977 ArosaGiant slalom2 February 1977 MariborGiant slalom6 March 1977 Sun ValleyGiant slalom24 March 1977 Sierra NevadaGiant slalom8 December 1977 Val-d'IsèreGiant slalom9 January 1978 Les MossesGiant slalom19 January 1978 Bad GasteinSlalom9 February 1978 MegèveGiant slalom7 March 1978 Waterville ValleyGiant slalom
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