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Dominique Gisin

Gisin in January 2011
Personal information
Born	(1985-06-04) 4 June 1985 (age 39) Visp, Switzerland
Occupation	Alpine skier
Height	172 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Skiing career
Disciplines	Downhill, super-G, giant slalom, slalom, combined
Club	Engelberg
World Cup debut	2 December 2005 (age 20)
Retired	19 March 2015 (age 29)
Website	dominiquegisin.ch
Olympics
Teams	2 – (2010, 2014)
Medals	1 (1 gold)
World Championships
Teams	5 – (2007–15)
Medals	0
World Cup
Seasons	10 – (2006–15)
Wins	3 – (2 DH, 1 SG)
Podiums	7 – (5 DH, 2 SG)
Overall titles	0 – (11th in 2014)
Discipline titles	0 – (4th in DH, 2009)
Medal record Women's alpine skiing Representing  Switzerland Olympic Games 2014 Sochi Downhill

Dominique Gisin (German pronunciation: ['gɪzɪn]; born 4 June 1985) is a retired World Cup alpine ski racer and Olympic gold medalist from Switzerland. She is the older sister of alpine ski racers Marc and Michelle Gisin.

Career

Born in Visp in the canton of Valais, Gisin made her World Cup debut in December 2005. Her first podium was in Altenmarkt-Zauchensee, Austria, where she placed second in the downhill on 13 January 2007. Two years later in January 2009, she gained her first World Cup victory, also a downhill at Altenmarkt-Zauchensee, with the same time as Anja Pärson.

At the Winter Olympics in 2014, she tied for first in the downhill with Tina Maze and both were awarded gold medals. It was the first-ever tie for gold in an alpine event at the Olympics, though several times previously competitors have tied for second, so that two silver medals were awarded (and no bronze). As a result, Gisin was named as Swiss Sportswoman of the Year for 2014.

Through March 2014, Gisin has 3 World Cup victories, 7 podiums, and 42 top ten finishes. Her younger siblings Marc and Michelle also compete as alpine ski racers.

In March 2015 Gisin announced her retirement from competition at the World Cup Finals meeting at Méribel.

Away from skiing, Gisin learned to fly as a teenager and joined the Swiss Air Force to train as a fighter pilot, before being released due to knee injuries incurred through her skiing career.

World Cup results

Season standings

Race podiums

• 3 wins – (2 DH, 1 SG)
• 7 podiums – (5 DH, 2 SG)

World Championship results

Olympic results

See also

• List of Olympic medalist families

References

1. ^ sport-reference.com
2. "Alpine Skiing: Events & Places". www.fis-ski.com. Archived from the original on 7 February 2014.
3. Mintz, Geoff (12 February 2014). "Tie at the top means double gold for Gisin, Maze". Ski Racing. Retrieved 12 February 2014.
4. "Gisin named Swiss sportswoman of the year". Federation Internationale de Ski. 15 December 2014. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 15 December 2014.
5. Ski-db.com – Dominique Gisin – profile
6. "Dominique Gisin: "Sölden is the goal"". Fédération Internationale de Ski. 31 August 2012. Archived from the original on 21 February 2014. Retrieved 17 December 2013.
7. Zaccardi, Nick (19 March 2015). "Dominique Gisin, co-Olympic downhill champion, announces retirement". NBCSports.com. Retrieved 19 March 2015.
8. Gittings, Paul (9 December 2014). "Dominique Gisin: Fighter pilot who pursued her golden dream". CNN.com. Retrieved 19 March 2015.

External links

• Dominique Gisin at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation
• Dominique Gisin World Cup standings at the International Ski Federation
• Dominique Gisin at Ski-DB Alpine Ski Database
• Dominique Gisin at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
• Official website home page – (in German)
• Swiss Ski team Archived 3 May 2017 at the Wayback Machine – official site – (in German)
• Dynastar Skis – Dominique Gisin

• 1985 births
• Swiss female alpine skiers
• Alpine skiers at the 2010 Winter Olympics
• Alpine skiers at the 2014 Winter Olympics
• Olympic alpine skiers for Switzerland
• Medalists at the 2014 Winter Olympics
• Olympic medalists in alpine skiing
• Olympic gold medalists for Switzerland
• People from Obwalden
• Living people
• 21st-century Swiss sportswomen