| LINDELL-VIKARBY Jessica (SWE) |
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07,feb,1984 Huddinge
169cm / 66kg
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SKI: Rossignol
BOOTS: Rossignol
Binding: Rossignol
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Park City 03 GS |
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World Cup Ranking
General
2003/52nd, 2005/65th, 2006/34th,
Special
2003 DH/25th, GS/32nd, SG/53rd. 2005 DH/24th, GS/38th.
2006 DH/19th, SG/32nd, GS/31st.
World Championships
2003 St.Moritz K/8th, SG/13th, GS/17th, DH/25th.
2005 Bormio/S.Caterina. DH/6th, C/11th, SG/28th, GS/DNF.
Olympic Games
2006 Torino. DH/18th, SG/24th, GS/18th, K/8th.
World Cup
| 4. |
DH: |
Lenzerheide 03, |
| 7. |
DH: |
Bad Kleinkirchheim 06-II, |
| GS: |
Soelden 03(WinStar Start No.59), |
| 9. |
K: |
Lenzerheide 03, |
| 11. |
K: |
Hafjell 06(SC), |
| 12. |
DH: |
Cortina 05-I+II, Are 06, |
| 13. |
DH: |
Bad Kleinkirchheim 06-I, |
| GS: |
Maribor 05, Hafjell 06, |
| K: |
St. Moritz 06(SC) |
| 15. |
GS: |
Cortina 03, |
| 18. |
SG: |
Lake Louise 06, |
| 20. |
DH: |
Lillehammer 03, |
| SG: |
Hafjell 06, |
| GS: |
Ofterschwang 06-I, |
| 21. |
DH: |
Lenzerheide 05, |
| 22. |
DH: |
Lake Louise 05, |
| 23. |
GS: |
Ofterschwang 06-II, |
| 25. |
DH: |
Cortina 03, Val d'Isere 06, Cortina 06, |
| 26. |
SG: |
St. Moritz 06, |
| 27. |
SG: |
Bad kleinkirchheim 06, |
| 28. |
SG: |
Aspen 06, Val d'Isere 06, |
| 29. |
SG: |
Innsbruck 03, Cortina 06, |
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It's kind of a record set by Sweden's Jessica Lindell-Vikarby in Soelden's
Opening World Cup race to become the “winStar” of the Race finishing
7th despite starting 59th position - truly impressive performance for the
teenager from Stockholm, competing in her very first World Cup race!
The 18-year-old Scandinavian is the sixth women and the second Swede to
receive this “winStar” prize and 50gr gold given offered by the International
Ski Federation (FIS) along with its partner Winterthur Insurance since
last winter.
The “winStar”
of the Race Award is presented to skiers having achieved a special performance
during a World Cup event. It was given out 21 times during the 2001 / 2002
winter to competitors starting with bib numbers higher than 46 and finishing
among the top-15.
The first race of the 2002/2003 season was particularly remarkable for
a group of young skiers. Interestingly enough, it finished with a unique
triple victory after Norway's Andrine Flemmen, Slovenia's Tina Maze and
Austria's Nicole Hosp clocked the exact same total times at the end of
their second run.
But the performance of the charming Jessica Lindell-Vikarby was
also quite amazing since she beat many favorites including her more experienced
teammates Anja Paerson and Anna Ottosson (a “winStar” of the Race at Are, in
January 2002) despite her high start number and the very demanding weather and
course conditions.
She clocked the 15th best time in the first windy leg, but apparently she
wanted more. Her determination and confidence helped her to move up to
7th place - certainly one of the best results ever in a World Cup race
for a newcomer!
Jessica had a hard time believing what happened to her as she was congratulated
by her parents who traveled to Soelden to attend her first World Cup appearance.
“This is wonderful, she said. “ I never expected this when we came here
to train to Austria earlier this month” .
“I was already very pleased to qualify to compete here and pretty nervous
when we trained here last week. But today everything went fine. I liked
the excellent course and the atmosphere here - it was really an exciting
race for me. I felt relaxed and I could attack the course the way I wanted.
I didn't care about the gusty wind and I skied at my best. I was really
proud to make the cut for the second run. I thought I had a chance to do
so last week when I found out that I was skiing almost as fast at the leaders
in our team. I told myself I could make it here and I gave what I had in
me”.
“But I reached way more than I planned. I was choked after my second run
when I saw that I took the lead and that I kept it for a while. It was
a great feeling. Now I will certainly race in USA next month, which is
just great. If I continue to ski that way, I can start to dream about qualifying
for the Worlds at St Moritz. It's incredible - until now, my goal was to
improve my level to score some good results on Europa Cup Tour and in the
coming Junior World Championships”.
Jessica, who grew up in Huddinge, near Stockholm, still attends the gymnasium
at Jaerpen and she wants to finish her secondary school before focusing
totally on ski racing. She started to ski at 2 with her parents and her
models are Croatia's Janica Kostelic and Sweden's Superstar Pernilla Wiberg
one of the greatest Champions of the white sport who retired last winter.
Patrick Lang |
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