Perrine Pelen

Who is Perrine Pelen?

Perrine Pelen is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from France. Born at Boulogne-Billancourt, she made her World Cup debut at age 16 in December 1976 and won three slalom races that 1977 season.

Pelen won the bronze medal at the 1980 Winter Olympics in slalom; in the 1984 Olympics she won the silver medal in slalom and the bronze one in the giant slalom. She won the silver medal in slalom and combined at the 1982 World Championships. In 1985 she won the gold medal in slalom at the 1985 World Championships.

Perrine Pelen won 14 World Cup races. She won the season title in the slalom in the 1980 season, and was runner-up in the slalom standings in 1977 and 1978, and took third in 1981, 1984, 1985, and 1986.

She spent ten seasons on the World Cup circuit, and retired from competition following the 1986 season.