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Christelle Guignard

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Christelle Guignard
Medal record
Women's alpine skiing
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 1985 Bormio Slalom

Christelle Guignard (born 27 September 1962 in Les Deux Alpes) is a retired French alpine skier.[1] She competed at the 1984, 1988 and the 1992 Winter Olympics.[2]

Doping ban

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Guignard came third in the giant slalom at the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1989 in Vail, but since her doping sample was found positive for nikethamide, she lost the bronze medal.[3][4][5] She was also banned from sport for 1 year.[6]

World Cup victories

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Date Location Race
9 December 1984 Switzerland Davos Slalom
12 January 1985 Austria Bad Kleinkirchheim Slalom

References

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  1. ^ "Pelen Wins Gold In Slalom". Ottawa Citizen. 11 February 1985. Retrieved 15 February 2010.
  2. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Christelle Guignard Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 22 March 2018.
  3. ^ Banned skier blames medics, The Glasgow Herald, 5 June 1989
  4. ^ Hans Knauss of Austria suspended after second positive test, skiracing.com, 12 January 2005
  5. ^ FIS president speaks about doping issues, skiracing.com, 20 December 2004
  6. ^ NTB/Reuters: "Guginard klar", Aftenposten 5 June 1989, p.8, 2nd section
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