Valérie Grenier

Valérie Grenier
At San Vigilio di Marebbe in 2023
Personal information
Born (1996-10-30) October 30, 1996
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Height1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Websitevaleriegrenier.com
Skiing career
Country Canada
SportAlpine skiing
ClubMont-Tremblant
DisciplinesGiant slalom, super-G, downhill
World Cup debut
December 7, 2014 (age 18)
Olympics
Teams3 – (2018, 2022, 2026)
Medals0
World Championships
Teams6 – (2015–2025)
Medals1 (0 gold)
World Cup
Seasons11 – (2015–2019, 2021–2026)
Wins3 – (3 GS)
Podiums6 – (5 GS, 1 DH)
Overall titles
0 – (19th in 2024)
Discipline titles
0 – (6th in GS, 2024)
Medal record
Women's alpine skiing
Representing  Canada
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place2023 MéribelTeam event
Junior World Championships
Gold medal – first place2016 SochiDownhill
Silver medal – second place2016 SochiSuper-G
Bronze medal – third place2015 HafjellSuper-G

Valérie Grenier (French pronunciation: [valeʁi ɡʁənje]; 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
20151891——35——
20161998——40——
2017207660403441—
201821100—5651—28
20192251—2818——
202023did not compete
20212466—24——N/a
20222549—12——
20232625—736—
20242719—63125
20252834—123038
20262922—72543

Race podiums

  • 3 wins (3 GS)
  • 6 podiums (5 GS, 1 DH); 28 top tens (24 GS, 3 SG, 1 DH)
Season
Date Location Discipline Place
2023 7 January 2023Slovenia Kranjska Gora, SloveniaGiant slalom1st
19 March 2023Andorra Soldeu, AndorraGiant slalom3rd
2024 6 January 2024Slovenia Kranjska Gora, SloveniaGiant slalom1st
26 January 2024Italy Cortina d'Ampezzo, ItalyDownhill3rd
2026 6 December 2025Canada Tremblant, CanadaGiant slalom3rd
25 March 2026Norway Hafjell, NorwayGiant slalom1st

World Championship results

Year
Age Slalom Giant
slalom		 Super-G Downhill Combined Team
combined		 Parallel Team
 event 
201518——19DNFDNF1N/aN/a—
201720—DNS2333211—
201922——19———
202124—DNF1DNF—DNF2——
202326—20DNF—14—3
202528—14DNF—N/a—N/a—

Olympic results

Year
Age Slalom Giant
slalom		 Super-G Downhill Combined Team
combined		 Team event
201821—DNF223216N/a —
202225—DNF1————
202629—13DNFDSQN/a13N/a

References

  1. ↑ "GRENIER Valerie - Biographie". fis-ski.com. Retrieved January 17, 2016.
  2. ↑ "Ladies' Super-G Official Results" (PDF). fis-ski.com. Retrieved February 6, 2015.
  3. ↑ Nichols, Paula (21 January 2022). "13 alpine skiers and eight ski cross racers nominated to Team Canada for Beijing 2022". olympic.ca. Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
  4. ↑ "21 Alpine Skiing and Ski Cross Athletes Nominated to Compete at Beijing 2022". alpinecanada.org. Alpine Canada. 21 January 2022. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
  5. ↑ "Val Grenier". CBC.
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