| COVILLI Frederic (FRA) |
14,Nov,1975. Les Menuires
170cm / 75kg
Club: Douanes Les Menuires/Savoie
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SKI: Salomon
BOOTS: Salomon
BINDING: Salomon
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| Bormio 01 GS |
St.Anton WM01 GS/ 3rd |
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| St.Anton WM-01 Men's Giant Slalom Podium |
Soelden 02 GS/ 1st |
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| Soelden 04 GS/2nd |
Park City 04 GS/4th |
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World Cup Ranking
General
1998/139th, 1999/-, 2000/100th, 2001/41st, 2002/12th, 2003/30th, 2004/43rd,
2005/74th, 2006/125th,
Special
1998 GS/54th, 2000 GS/35th, 2001 GS/11th, SG/48th, 2002 GS/1st,
2003 GS/4th. 2004 GS/7th. 2005 GS/23rd. 2006 GS/42th.
World Championships
2001 St.Anton: GS/3rd.
2003 St.Moritz GS/11th.
Olympic Games
2002 Salt Lake City: GS/15th.
World Cup - 2 w. (2 GS)
| 1. |
GS: |
Soelden 02, Alta Badia 02, |
| 2. |
GS: |
Val d'Isere 02, Adelboden 02, Soelden 03, Yong Pyong 03, Soelden 04, |
| 3. |
GS: |
Alta Badia 04-I, |
| 4. |
GS: |
Val d'Isere 01-II, Park City 04, |
| 5. |
GS: |
Val d'Isere 01-I, Flachau 02, Adelboden 03, |
| 7. |
GS: |
Val d'Isere 03, |
| 9. |
GS: |
Kranjska Gora 02-I, Park City 03, |
| 11. |
GS: |
Kranjska Gora 02-II, |
| 12. |
GS: |
Alta Badia 05, |
| 15. |
GS: |
Lillehammer 03, |
| 18. |
GS: |
St.Moritz 02, Beaver Creek 05, |
| 19. |
GS: |
Soelden 01, 05, |
| 20. |
GS: |
Saalbach 00, Val d'Isere 05, Beaver Creek 06, |
| 21. |
GS: |
Kranjska Gora 03, |
| 22. |
GS: |
Kranjska Gora 00, Flachau 05, |
| 23. |
GS: |
Vail 00, |
| 27. |
GS: |
Tignes 00, Bormio 01, |
| 28. |
GS: |
Yongpyong 98, |
| 29. |
GS: |
Park City 01, Yongpyong 06-II, |
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France's Frederic Covili has achieved some impressive performances in recent
winters after overcoming some very tough moments in his career. A superb
bronze medal winner in giant slalom at St Anton where he beat by 1/100
of a second gThe Herminatorh himself, the 27-year-old-athlete from Les
Menuires became the only third French skier since 1967 to clinch the GS
World Cup Title in March 2002 after a intense battles against other top
specialists such as Sweden's Fredric Nyberg, Austria's Benjamin Raich or
Switzerland's Didier Cuche.
The last French GS World Cup champion was Patrick Russel in 1971. In Tyrol,
Covili was the first Frenchman to conquer a medal at the Worlds since Killy's
Olympic triumph at Chamrousse in 1968!
Two
great seasons
A double Junior World Champion in 1994 at Lake Placid (slalom and combined),
young Frederic struggles afterwards to properly express his talents after
finishing a promising 9th in his first World Cup race, a slalom held at
Vail, Colorado. He didn't enter the top-100 in the World Cup standings
in the following seasons and he needed the strong support from his coaches
to remain on the team.
After switching skis in summer 2000, the shy Covili suddenly found a more
aggressive pace - after a series of top-10 results in the early part if
the 2000/2001 season, he beat most of the favorites at St Anton when he
was 3rd in that exciting GS behind Switzerland's Michael von Grunigen and
Norway's Kjetil Aamodt.
He soon confirmed his class by winning the opening GS of
Soelden in October 2001 and the gClassicalh GS
race at Alta Badia. The previous winner there was his best
friend on the team, Joel Chenal, the first French winner
in that prestigious Italian competition. There are also
room-mates on the World Cup tour!
A few other excellent performances in other events helped him to remain
out of reach for his rivals until Flachau where he once more defended successfully
his gRed Bibh in a very dramatic second run. In April, he also conquered
the National French Title in that specialty in Val d'Isere.
A nice revenge for gFredh
It was a nice revenge for gFredh after his great
deception at the Olympics at Park City. He finished far
behind the podium that day there after two passive runs.
In fact he lost his momentum and his concentration before
the competition when his younger brother Manuel became seriously
ill after flying over to Salt Lake City.
Manuel suffers for years from a terrible respiratory sickness and he was
exhausted by his long trip over to USA with his parents. He had to by transported
to the hospital after his arrival in Utah and his family was very worried
by his medical conditions. He made it through - but brother Frederic was
out of focus on race day.
Skiing is since ever the greatest passion for Frederic
who learned to ski with his mother Micheline, a ski instructor.
His father Jean runs a ski shop in Les Menuires, where the
1992 Olympic slalom took place. In summertime, he likes
to glide on his windsurf in the south-west of France or
ride his bike.
The treacherous GS run at St Moritz should fit him in February 2003 - in
2002, he set one of the fastest times in the first run before making a
huge mistake in the second one.
Patric Lang |
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Biorama Basel |
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