Julie Parisien

Julie Parisien
— Alpine skier —
Disciplines Slalom, Giant slalom,
Combined, Super G,
Downhill
Club Lost Valley Race Club
Born (1971-08-02) August 2, 1971
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Height 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
World Cup debut December 1990 (age 19)[1]
Retired March 1994 (age 22)
October 1998 (age 27)[2]
Olympics
Teams 3 – (1992, 1994, 1998)
Medals 0
World Championships
Teams 1 – (1993)
Medals 1 (0 gold)
World Cup
Seasons 4 – (1991–1994)
Wins 3 – (2 SL, 1 GS)
Podiums 4 – (3 SL, 1 GS)
Overall titles 0 – (15th in 1992)
Discipline titles 0 – (7th in SL, 1993)
Medal record
Women's alpine skiing
Representing the
 United States
World Championships
1993 Morioka Slalom
Junior World Ski Championships
1989 Alyeska Super G

Julie Madelein Josephine Parisien (born August 2, 1971) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from the United States. She specialized in the technical events of slalom and giant slalom. Parisien was the silver medalist in the slalom at the 1993 World Championships and competed in three Olympics.

Born in Montreal, Canada, Parisien's mother was born in Australia and her father, an orthopedic surgeon, in Canada. The family moved from Quebec to Maine when Julie was less than a year old. She and her three siblings were raised just outside Auburn, about a mile (1.6 km) from the Lost Valley Ski Area. On skis at age two, she followed her two older brothers and attended the Burke Mountain Academy in northeastern Vermont.[3] Her siblings Rob (b. 1970) and Anne-Lise (b. 1972) also competed at the Olympics in alpine skiing.[4] The eldest brother, Jean Paul (1968–92), captained the Williams College ski team and coached at Burke Mountain Academy. He was killed in a hit-and-run highway accident in December 1992, forced off the road by a drunk driver.[5][6][7]

Parisien had won her third World Cup race in late November 1992 at Park City, and in the first two slalom events in January 1993 she placed fourth and sixth. She then won the silver medal in the slalom at the World Championships in Japan. But the loss of her brother affected her and she struggled in the 1994 season.[7] After a disappointing 1994 Winter Olympics, Parisien left the U.S. Ski Team and competed on the women's pro tour in North America.[4][8][9] She was rookie of the year in 1995 and finished second in the standings.[10] Parisien dominated the pro tour next two years,[2] then successfully qualified for the 1998 Olympics,[11][12] and finished 13th in the slalom at Nagano. At her first Olympics in 1992 in France, she held a slim lead after the first run in the slalom but finished fourth, missing a medal by 0.05 seconds.[3]

After summer glacier training with the U.S. Ski Team in Europe, Parisien decided it was time to retire from competition in the fall of 1998.[2] She was inducted into the Maine Sports Hall of Fame in 2001 and the National Ski Hall of Fame in 2006.[13]

World Cup results

Season standings

Season Age Overall Slalom Giant
Slalom 		Super G Downhill Combined
1991 19 39 34 10 – – —
1992 20 15 8 16 23 – —
1993 21 27 7 33 35 52 —
1994 22 72 26 – – – —
1995 23 retired, did not compete
1996 24
1997 25
1998 26 3 events, no World points (top 30)

Race podiums

Season Date Location Discipline Place
199122 Mar 1991 Waterville Valley, US Giant slalom 1st
199214 Jan 1992 Hinterstoder, Austria Slalom3rd
2 Mar 1992 Sundsvall, Sweden Slalom1st
199329 Nov 1992 Park City, USA Slalom1st

World Championship results

  Year    Age   Slalom   Giant 
 Slalom  		Super G Downhill Combined
1993 21 2 17 25 –

Olympic results

  Year    Age   Slalom   Giant 
 Slalom  		Super G Downhill Combined
1992 20 4 5 DSQ — —
1994 22 DSQ2 — — — DSQ DH
1998 26 13 28 — — —

References

  1. ↑ "Parisien is 37th in women's race". Sun-Journal (Lewiston, ME). Associated Press. December 17, 1990. p. 26. |first1= missing |last1= in Authors list (help)
  2. 1 2 3 Robbins, Paul (October 23, 1998). "Parisien leaving U.S. alpine team". Sun-Journal (Lewiston, ME). p. A1.
  3. 1 2 Johnson, William Oscar (December 7, 1992). "La Belle Parisien". Sports Illustrated: 74.
  4. 1 2 Robbins, Paul (August 26, 1994). "Parisien turns pro". Sun-Journal (Lewiston, ME). p. 23.
  5. ↑ Delamater, Mary (December 18, 1992). "Parisien son dies in crash". Sun-Journal (Lewiston, ME). p. 1.
  6. ↑ Matolcsy, Aranka (December 17, 1993). "Judge expected to rule today on evidence in Parisien case". Sun-Journal (Lewiston, ME). p. 1.
  7. 1 2 Brett, Victoria (March 11, 1994). "Drunken driver gets 4-year term in death of Jean Paul Parisien". Bangor Daily News. p. 14.
  8. ↑ Haynes, Laurie J. (February 8, 1995). "Parisien returns to slopes she skied as a kid". Sun-Journal (Lewiston, ME). p. 1.
  9. ↑ Moores, Sean (March 17, 1995). "Parisien settles in on Pro Ski circuit". Sun-Journal (Lewiston, ME). p. 23.
  10. ↑ "Parisien is Pro Ski Tour rookie of year". Bangor Daily News. March 20, 1995. p. C2.
  11. ↑ "Parisien buoys U.S. medal hopes". Sun-Journal (Lewiston, ME). Associated Press. September 22, 1997. p. 1A.
  12. ↑ Irons, Dave (December 29, 1997). "Gold Cup gives Parisien an extra chance". Sun-Journal (Lewiston, ME). p. 1A.
  13. ↑ "Julie Parisien U.S. Ski Hall inductee". Bangor Daily News. October 10, 2006. p. C6.

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