Carole Montillet

Carole Montillet-Carles (born 7 April 1973) is a French World Cup alpine ski racer and Olympic gold medalist.

Carole Montillet
Medal record
Women's alpine skiing
Representing  France
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2002 Salt Lake City Downhill
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2005 Bormio Team event

Career

Born in Corrençon-en-Vercors, Isère, she became a member of the Villard-de-Lans ski club in Grenoble. At her Olympic debut in 1998 at Nagano, Japan, she finished 14th in both the super-G and downhill.

In January 2002, Montillet was chosen by the Comité National Olympique et Sportif Français to be the flag bearer at Salt Lake City. Her victory in the downhill days later was her first major triumph and the first alpine gold medal by a Frenchwoman since Marielle Goitschel's slalom gold in Grenoble in 1968. She dedicated the win to her late teammate Régine Cavagnoud, the reigning world champion in super-G, who died after a training accident less than four months earlier.

Montillet's achievements were more remarkable because she has suffered multiple serious injuries early in her career, such as torn knee ligaments.

While training for the downhill at the 2006 Winter Olympics, Montillet-Carles crashed on 13 February and was evacuated by helicopter to a nearby hospital. She suffered rib, back, and facial injuries, but still opted to defend her title two days later, but finished 28th. Several racers had complained that the downhill course was too easy, and Olympic organizers had made several changes to it. She finished fifth in the super-G five days later, then retired from competition at the end of the World Cup season.

World Cup results

Season titles

SeasonDiscipline
2003Super-G

Season standings

SeasonAgeOverallSlalomGiant
Slalom
Super GDownhillCombined
199218105392121
19931959391088
1994205933122728
1995216752920
19962231362226
19972315471515
1998242652219
199925261648
20002655114510
200127934
2002281616913
20032962814
20043052523
20053118167
200632372220

Race victories

  • 8 wins – (4 DH, 4 SG)
  • 25 podiums – (13 DH, 12 SG)
SeasonDateLocationDiscipline
200116 Feb 2001Germany Garmisch-PartenkirchenSuper-G
20037 Dec 2002Canada Lake LouiseDownhill
13 Dec 2002France Val d'IsèreSuper-G
15 Jan 2003Italy Cortina d'AmpezzoSuper-G
20045 Dec 2003Canada Lake LouiseDownhill
6 Dec 2003Downhill
18 Jan 2004Italy Cortina d'AmpezzoDownhill
1 Feb 2004Austria Haus im EnnstalSuper-G

World Championship results

  Year   Age  Slalom  Giant 
 Slalom 
Super GDownhillCombinedTeam
event
1993198not
run
1996221120
19972347
1999251522
200127510
20032919147
200531DNF213

Olympic results

  Year   Age  Slalom  Giant 
 Slalom 
Super GDownhillCombined
1998241414
2002281871
200632528
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