Marie-Michèle Gagnon
Marie-Michèle Gagnon is a World Cup alpine ski racer from Canada. Born in Lac-Etchemin, Quebec, she was a technical skier focused on slalom. However, since injury at the start of 2017 season, she no longer competes in slalom and rarely competes in giant slalom, while giving the focus on speed disciplines and combined.
Career
Gagnon joined the Canadian national team at the age of 18, although her progress was halted by a leg fracture at the start of her rookie season. She made her World Cup debut in December 2008 and has represented Canada at two Winter Olympics and six World Championships.her first World Cup podium in March 2012, a third-place finish in a slalom at Åre, Sweden. her first World Cup event in January 2014, a combined event at Altenmarkt, Austria. This was the first podium finish for a Canadian skier in a World Cup combined event for 30 years. The previous day she scored her first World Cup points in downhill at the same venue. That season she also took her first top ten World Cup finishes in super-G, finishing tenth and sixth in races in Lake Louise and St. Moritz respectively. At the 2014 Winter Olympics, Gagnon crashed out of the slalom run of the combined, dislocating her shoulder, before failing to finish the super-G and giant slalom, and securing a ninth place in the slalom. At the end of the season she finished in 13th place in the overall World Cup standings and sixth in the slalom rankings.
Personal life
Gagnon was the third of five siblings, and left the family home at the age of 12 to pursue her education and ski racing in Mont-Sainte-Anne and Quebec City. Her childhood idols included Mélanie Turgeon, Geneviève Simard and Erik Guay.Gagnon has been in a relationship with American alpine skier Travis Ganong since 2008. The pair met through mutual friend Louis-Pierre Hélie. In 2014 the couple moved to a new home in Lake Tahoe, California.
World Cup results
Season titles
- 1 title
| Season | Discipline |
| 2014 | Combined |
| 2014 | - |
Season standings
Race podiums
- 2 wins –
- 4 podiums –
- 47 top tens –
| Season | Date | Location | Discipline | Place |
| 2012 | 10 Mar 2012 |  Åre, Sweden | Slalom | 3rd |
| 2014 | 12 Jan 2014 |  Altenmarkt, Austria | Super combined | 1st |
| 2016 | 15 Feb 2016 |  Crans-Montana, Switzerland | Slalom | 3rd |
| 2016 | 28 Feb 2016 |  Soldeu, Andorra | Super combined | 1st |