— Alpine skier — | |
Worley in December 2008
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Disciplines | Giant slalom, Super-G, Combined |
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Club | EMHM – Grand Bornand |
Born |
Annemasse, Haute-Savoie, France |
4 October 1989
Height | 1.58 m (5 ft 2 in) |
World Cup debut | 4 February 2006 (age 16) |
Website | tessaworley.net |
Olympics | |
Teams | 1 – (2010) |
Medals | 0 |
World Championships | |
Teams | 5 – (2009–17) |
Medals | 3 (2 gold) |
World Cup | |
Seasons | 10 – (2008–2017) |
Wins | 11 – (11 GS) |
Podiums | 20 – (20 GS) |
Overall titles | 0 – (6th in 2017) |
Discipline titles | 1 – (1 GS, 2017) |
Tessa Worley (born 4 October 1989) is a French World Cup alpine ski racer and non-commissioned officer. She has competed in all five alpine disciplines and specializes in giant slalom.
Born in Annemasse, in the département of Haute-Savoie, Worley's father Steve is Australian and her mother Madeleine is French. She grew up skiing year-round, in France and New Zealand, and her home ski area is the resort of Le Grand-Bornand.
Worley made her World Cup debut at age 16 in February 2006, and finished in 29th place in a giant slalom in Ofterschwang, Germany. She finished in fifth place in the first race of the 2009 World Cup season, a giant slalom in Sölden, Austria, in October 2008. A month later she won her first World Cup race (and first podium) in a GS at Aspen, Colorado, US.
Early in the 2011 season, Worley won three consecutive GS races before January. Worley won a gold medal in the nations team event at the 2011 World Championships in Garmisch, Germany, where she was the bronze medalist in the giant slalom.