Valérie Grenier (born October 30, 1996)[1] is a Canadian World Cup alpine ski racer. She started skiing in all disciplines and later specialized in giant slalom and super-G, with some occasional starts in downhill.
From St. Isidore, Ontario, between Ottawa and Montreal, Grenier has competed at five World Championships[2] and two Winter Olympics. At the Junior World Championships in 2016, she won the gold medal in downhill and took silver in the super-G. In January 2022, she was named to Canada's 2022 Olympic team.[3][4]
Grenier attained her first World Cup podium in 2023, a victory on January 7 at a giant slalom in Kranjska Gora, posting the best result in both runs. It was the first World Cup GS win by a Canadian in 49 years, since Kathy Kreiner won in early 1974 at Pfronten, West Germany.[5] A year later, she defended the Golden Fox title, winning at the same venue once again.
World Cup results
Season standings
| Season | Age | Overall | Slalom | Giant slalom |
Super-G | Downhill | Combined |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 18 | 91 | — | — | 35 | — | — |
| 2016 | 19 | 98 | — | — | 40 | — | — |
| 2017 | 20 | 76 | 60 | 40 | 34 | 41 | — |
| 2018 | 21 | 100 | — | 56 | 51 | — | 28 |
| 2019 | 22 | 51 | — | 28 | 18 | — | — |
| 2020 | 23 | ||||||
| 2021 | 24 | 66 | — | 24 | — | — | — |
| 2022 | 25 | 49 | — | 12 | — | — | |
| 2023 | 26 | 25 | — | 7 | 36 | — | |
| 2024 | 27 | 19 | — | 6 | 31 | 25 | |
| 2025 | 28 | 38 | — | 12 | 33 | 36 | |
- Standings through 17 February 2025
Race podiums
| Season | Date | Location | Discipline | Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 7 January 2023 |  Kranjska Gora, Slovenia |
Giant slalom | 1st |
| 19 March 2023 |  Soldeu, Andorra |
Giant slalom | 3rd | |
| 2024 | 6 January 2024 | Kranjska Gora, Slovenia |
Giant slalom | 1st |
| 26 January 2024 |  Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy |
Downhill | 3rd |
World Championship results
| Year | Age | Slalom | Giant slalom |
Super-G | Downhill | Combined | Team Combined |
Parallel | Team event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 18 | — | — | 19 | DNF | DNF1 | — | — | — |
| 2017 | 20 | — | DNS2 | 33 | 32 | 11 | — | ||
| 2019 | 22 | — | — | 19 | — | — | — | ||
| 2021 | 24 | — | DNF1 | DNF | — | DNF2 | — | — | |
| 2023 | 26 | — | 20 | DNF | — | 14 | — | 3 | |
| 2025 | 28 | — | 14 | DNF | — | — | — | — | — |
Olympic results
| Year | Age | Slalom | Giant slalom |
Super-G | Downhill | Combined | Team event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 21 | — | DNF2 | 23 | 21 | 6 | — |
| 2022 | 25 | — | DNF1 | — | — | — | — |
References
- ^ "GRENIER Valerie - Biographie". data.fis-ski.com. Retrieved 2016-01-17.
- ^ "Ladies' Super-G Official Results" (PDF). Retrieved 2015-02-06.
- ^ Nichols, Paula (21 January 2022). "13 alpine skiers and eight ski cross racers nominated to Team Canada for Beijing 2022". www.olympic.ca/. Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
- ^ "21 Alpine Skiing and Ski Cross Athletes Nominated to Compete at Beijing 2022". www.alpinecanada.org/. Alpine Canada. 21 January 2022. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
- ^ "Val Grenier". CBC.
External links
- Official website
- Valérie Grenier at FIS (alpine)
- Valérie Grenier at Olympics.com
- Valérie Grenier at Team Canada
- Valérie Grenier at Olympedia
- Valérie Grenier at Ski-DB Alpine Ski Database
- Valérie Grenier at Alpine Canada
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