Perrine Pelen


Perrine Marie Pelen is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from France. Born at Boulogne-Billancourt near Paris, she made her World Cup debut at age 16 in December 1976 and won three slalom races that
Pelen won the bronze medal at the 1980 Winter Olympics in giant slalom; in 1984, she won the silver medal in slalom and another bronze in giant slalom. At the World Championships, she won the silver medal in combined in 1982 and the gold in slalom in 1985.
Pelen won fifteen World Cup races and the season title in the slalom in the 1980. She was runner-up in the slalom standings in 1977 and 1978, and took third in 1981, 1984, 1985, and 1986.
After ten seasons on the World Cup circuit, Pelen retired from competition following the 1986 season.

World Cup results

Season titles

Season standings

Individual races

SeasonDateLocationDiscipline
197726 Jan 1977 Crans-Montana, SwitzerlandSlalom
197728 Jan 1977 Saint-Gervais, FranceSlalom
19775 Mar 1977 Sun Valley, USASlalom
197810 Dec 1977 Cervinia, ItalySlalom
19788 Feb 1978 Saint-Gervais, FranceSlalom
19785 Mar 1978 Stratton Mountain, USASlalom
197918 Mar 1979 Furano, JapanSlalom
19809 Jan 1980 Berchtesgaden, West GermanySlalom
198025 Jan 1980 Saint-Gervais, FranceSlalom
198029 Feb 1980 Waterville Valley, USASlalom
19808 Mar 1980 Vysoké Tatry, CzechoslovakiaSlalom
198118 Dec 1980 Altenmarkt, AustriaSlalom
198121 Dec 1980 Bormio, ItalySlalom
198414 Jan 1984 Badgastein, AustriaSlalom
19851 Dec 1984 Courmayeur, ItalySlalom

World Championship results

From 1948 through 1980, the Winter Olympics were also the World Championships for alpine skiing.

At the World Championships from 1954 through 1980, the combined was a "paper race" using the results of the three events.

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