Tessa Worley
Tessa Worley is a French World Cup alpine ski racer and non-commissioned officer. competed in all five alpine disciplines and specialisesCareer
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 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 Through December 2013, she has eight World Cup victories, all in
Two days after her eighth World Cup win, Worley was injured in a slalom in France on 17 December 2013. 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 theWorld Cup results
Season titles
- 1 title -
Season standings
Race podiums
Olympic results