Lise-Marie Morerod

Lise-Marie Morerod (born 16 April 1956) is a Swiss former slalom skier.[1] In 1977, she was women's overall season champion.[2]

Lise Marie Morerod
Born (1956-04-16) 16 April 1956
Les Diablerets, Switzerland
OccupationAlpine skier
Skiing career
DisciplinesTechnical events
World Cup debut1973
Retired1980
Olympics
Teams1
World Championships
Teams2
Medals2
World Cup
Seasons8
Wins24
Podiums41
Overall titles1
Discipline titles5
Medal record
Men's alpine skiing
Representing   Switzerland
World Cup race podiums
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Slalom 10 3 2
Giant slalom 14 6 4
Combined 0 2 0
Total 24 11 6
International competitions
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
World Championships 0 1 1
Junior World Championships 0 1 0
Total 0 2 1
World Championships
Silver medal – second place1978 GarmischGiant slalom
Bronze medal – third place1974 St. MoritzSlalom

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[3] 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.[4] 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
SeasonDiscipline
1975Giant slalom
1975Slalom
1976Giant slalom
1977Overall
1977Giant slalom
1977Slalom

Individual races
DateLocationRace
4 January 1975West Germany Garmisch-PartenkirchenSlalom
29 January 1975France Saint-GervaisSlalom
13 March 1975United States Sun ValleyGiant slalom
20 March 1975Italy Val GardenaSlalom
4 December 1975France Val-d'IsèreGiant slalom
11 December 1975Italy ApricaSlalom
12 January 1976France Les DiableretsSlalom
15 January 1976France Les GetsGiant slalom
25 January 1976Slovenia Kranjska GoraGiant slalom
26 January 1976Slovenia Kranjska GoraSlalom
13 March 1976United States AspenGiant slalom
9 December 1976France Val-d'IsèreGiant slalom
16 December 1976Italy Cortina d'AmpezzoSlalom
3 January 1977West Germany OberstaufenSlalom
19 January 1977Austria SchrunsSlalom
20 January 1977Switzerland ArosaGiant slalom
2 February 1977Slovenia MariborGiant slalom
6 March 1977United States Sun ValleyGiant slalom
24 March 1977Spain Sierra NevadaGiant slalom
8 December 1977France Val-d'IsèreGiant slalom
9 January 1978Switzerland Les MossesGiant slalom
19 January 1978Austria Bad GasteinSlalom
9 February 1978France MegèveGiant slalom
7 March 1978United States Waterville ValleyGiant slalom

References
  1. Egli, Herbie (7 February 2011). "So war es an der Ski-WM 1978 in Garmisch - Ski wm2011". 20 Minuten (in German). 20 Minuten Online. Retrieved 1 March 2011.
  2. "Lise-Marie Morerod profile". fis-ski.com. Retrieved 9 October 2022.
  3. Alpine Skiing at the 1976 Innsbruck Winter Games: Women's giant slalom, archived from the original on 24 July 2017, retrieved 24 July 2017
  4. Dubath, Philippe (28 May 2016). ""Plus j'avance en âge, plus ma mémoire revient!"" [The older I get, the more my memory comes back]. 24 heures (in French). Retrieved 24 July 2017.
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