Tessa Worley

Tessa Worley (born 4 October 1989) is a French World Cup alpine ski racer and non-commissioned officer.[1] She has competed in all five alpine disciplines and specialises in giant slalom.

Tessa Worley

Alpine skier
At Garmisch-Partenkirchen in 2017
Disciplines	Giant slalom, Super-G, Combined
Club	EMHM – Grand Bornand
Born	(1989-10-04) 4 October 1989 Annemasse, Haute-Savoie, France
Height	1.58 m (5 ft 2 in)
World Cup debut	4 February 2006 (age 16)
Website	tessaworley.net
Olympics
Teams	2 – (2010, 2018)
Medals	0
World Championships
Teams	6 – (2009–19)
Medals	5 (4 gold)
World Cup
Seasons	13 – (2008–2020)
Wins	13 – (13 GS)
Podiums	29 – (29 GS)
Overall titles	0 – (6th in 2017)
Discipline titles	1 – (1 GS, 2017)
Medal record Women's alpine skiing Representing  France World Championships 2011 Garmisch Team event 2013 Schladming Giant slalom 2017 St. Moritz Team event 2017 St. Moritz Giant slalom 2011 Garmisch Giant slalom Junior World Championships 2008 Formigal Giant slalom

Career

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.[2]

Worley made her World Cup debut at age 16 in February 2006, and finished in 29th place in a giant slalom in Ofterschwang, Germany.[3] 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 giant slalom at Aspen, United States.

Early in the 2011 season, Worley won three consecutive giant slalom races before January. In February, Worley won a gold medal in the nations team event at the World Championships in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, where she was the bronze medalist in the giant slalom.

At the 2013 World Championships in Schladming, Worley won both legs of the giant slalom to claim the world title.[4] Through December 2013, she has eight World Cup victories (and 13 podiums), all in giant slalom.[5]

Two days after her eighth World Cup win, Worley was injured in a slalom in France on 17 December 2013. Caught on the tails of her skis in the first run at Courchevel, she tore the anterior cruciate ligament in her right knee and also had some lateral meniscus damage. It ended Worley's 2014 World Cup season and kept her out of the 2014 Olympics.[6]

World Cup results

Season titles

• 1 title - (1 giant slalom)

Season
	Discipline
2017	Giant slalom

Season standings

Season
	Age	Overall	Slalom	Giant Slalom	Super G	Downhill	Combined
2006	16	118	—	57	—	—	—
2007	17
2008	18	42	—	14	—	—	—
2009	19	39	—	11	—	—	—
2010	20	37	37	13	—	—	—
2011	21	16	34	2	43	—	27
2012	22	11	27	3	37	39	23
2013	23	11	38	4	22	—	25
2014	24	40	—	16	22	—	—
2015	25	46	—	13	34	—	—
2016	26	27	—	11	21	35	11
2017	27	6	—	1	9	—	32
2018	28	13	—	2	18	50	—
2019	29	14	—	3	—	—	—
2020	30	29	—	8	30	—	—

Race podiums

• 13 wins – (13 GS)
• 29 podiums – (29 GS)

Season
	Date	Location	Discipline	Place
2009	20 Nov 2008	Aspen, USA	Giant slalom	1st
2010	12 Dec 2009	Åre, Sweden	Giant slalom	1st
2011	27 Nov 2010	Aspen, USA	Giant slalom	1st
	12 Dec 2010	St. Moritz, Switzerland	Giant slalom	1st
	28 Dec 2010	Semmering, Austria	Giant slalom	1st
2012	28 Dec 2011	Lienz, Austria	Giant slalom	3rd
	21 Jan 2012	Kranjska Gora, Slovenia	Giant slalom	1st
	12 Feb 2012	Soldeu, Andorra	Giant slalom	1st
2013	9 Dec 2012	St. Moritz, Switzerland	Giant slalom	3rd
	16 Dec 2012	Courchevel, France	Giant slalom	3rd
	28 Dec 2012	Semmering, Austria	Giant slalom	3rd
	17 Mar 2013	Lenzerheide, Switzerland	Giant slalom	2nd
2014	15 Dec 2013	St. Moritz, Switzerland	Giant slalom	1st
2017	26 Nov 2016	Killington, USA	Giant slalom	1st
	10 Dec 2016	Sestriere, Italy	Giant slalom	1st
	27 Dec 2016	Semmering, Austria	Giant slalom	2nd
	28 Dec 2016		Giant slalom	2nd
	7 Jan 2017	Maribor, Slovenia	Giant slalom	1st
	24 Jan 2017	Kronplatz, Italy	Giant slalom	2nd
	10 Mar 2017	Squaw Valley, USA	Giant slalom	3rd
2018	28 Oct 2017	Sölden, Austria	Giant slalom	2nd
	19 Dec 2017	Courchevel, France	Giant slalom	2nd
	6 Jan 2018	Kranjska Gora, Slovenia	Giant slalom	2nd
	27 Jan 2018	Lenzerheide, Switzerland	Giant slalom	1st
2019	27 Oct 2018	Sölden, Austria	Giant slalom	1st
	21 Dec 2018	Courchevel, France	Giant slalom	3rd
	28 Dec 2018	Semmering, Austria	Giant slalom	3rd
	15 Jan 2019	Kronplatz, Italy	Giant slalom	2nd
2020	26 Oct 2019	Sölden, Austria	Giant slalom	3rd

World Championship results

Year
	Age	Slalom	Giant Slalom	Super G	Downhill	Combined
2009	19	—	7	—	—	—
2011	21	13	3	—	—	—
2013	23	—	1	27	—	—
2015	25	—	13	24	—	—
2017	27	—	1	8	—	—
2019	29	—	6	16	—	—

Olympic results

Year
	Age	Slalom	Giant Slalom	Super G	Downhill	Combined
2010	20	—	16	—	—	—
2014	24	Injured, did not compete
2018	28	—	7	28	—	—

References

1. "Tessa Worley". Equipe France Militaire Ski. 13 July 2013. Retrieved 15 December 2013.
2. tessaworley.net Archived 24 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine – ma-vie – accessed 12 December 2010.
3. "FIS-Ski – results – Ofterschwang 04.02.2006". FIS-ski.com. Archived from the original on 25 May 2011.
4. Mintz, Geoff (14 February 2013). "Worley impeccable in World Championships GS win, Shiffrin 6th". Ski Racing.com.
5. Dunbar, Graham (15 December 2013). "Tessa Worley wins World Cup giant slalom". Miami Herald. Associated Press. Retrieved 15 December 2013.
6. Feehan, C. J. (17 December 2013). "Worley tears ACL in Courchevel crash, out for season". Ski Racing. Retrieved 13 January 2014.

External links

• Tessa Worley at the International Ski Federation
• Tessa Worley World Cup standings at the International Ski Federation
• Tessa Worley at Ski-DB Alpine Ski Database
• Tessa Worley at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
• Official website – (in French)
• French Ski Team – 2020 women's A team – (in French)
• Rossignol.com – Tessa Worley – alpine skiing – France

Awards and achievements
Preceded by Émilie Andéol	French Sportswoman of the Year 2017	Succeeded by Clarisse Agbegnenou