Marcus Sandell

Marcus Sandell

Personal information
Born	(1987-09-23) 23 September 1987 (age 37) Espoo, Finland
Occupation	Alpine skier
Skiing career
Disciplines	Giant slalom
Club	GrIFK Alpine
World Cup debut	12 November 2006 (age 19)
Olympics
Teams	2 (2010, 2014)
Medals	0
World Championships
Teams	5 – (2007–2015)
Medals	0
World Cup
Seasons	10th – (2007–09, 2011–17)
Wins	0
Podiums	0
Overall titles	0 – (33rd in 2013)
Discipline titles	0 – (8th in GS, 2013)

Marcus Sandell (born 23 September 1987 in Espoo) is a Finnish alpine skier. He represented Finland at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.[1] He suffered serious injury on 28 September 2009 on the training session in nearby Pitztaler glacier, Austria. Due to the crash, his kidney had to be removed at the hospital in Innsbruck.[2] 5 months after his accident, Sandell competed at the 2010 Winter Olympics, and finished at the 19th place in Giant slalom first run. In the second run he skied out and didn't finish the competition.

World Cup results

Season standings

Season	Age	Overall	Slalom	Giant Slalom	Super G	Downhill	Combined
2007	19	120	—	36	—	—	—
2008	20	59	—	16	—	—	—
2009	21	78	—	24	—	—	46
2010	22	injured: did not compete
2011	23	99	—	28	—	—	—
2012	24	58	—	19	—	—	—
2013	25	33	—	8	—	—	—
2014	26	56	—	21	—	—	—
2015	27	62	—	18	—	—	—
2016	28	58	—	16	—	—	—
2017	29	135	—	50	—	—	—

Results per discipline

Discipline	WC starts	WC Top 30	WC Top 15	WC Top 5	WC Podium	Best result
						Date	Location	Place
Slalom	18	0	0	0	0	12 November 2006	Levi, Finland	33rd
Giant slalom	73	55	27	3	0	24 February 2013	Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany	4th
Super-G	5	0	0	0	0	21 February 2008	Whistler, Canada	48th
Downhill	0	0	0	0	0
Combined	2	1	0	0	0	22 February 2009	Sestriere, Italy	27th
Parallel GS	1	1	0	0	0	21 December 2015	Alta Badia, Italy	18th
Total	99	57	27	3	0

• standings through 20 Jan 2019

World Championship results

Year
	Age	Slalom	Giant Slalom	Super G	Downhill	Combined	Team Event
2007	19	DNFQ2	DNF1	—	—	—	—
2009	21	DNF2	16	—	—	—	—
2011	23	DNF1	10	—	—	—	—
2013	25	—	12	29	—	—	—
2015	27	—	14	—	—	—	—

Olympic results

Year
	Age	Slalom	Giant Slalom	Super G	Downhill	Combined
2010	22	—	DNF2	—	—	—
2014	26	—	DNF1	—	—	—

References

1. "Marcus Sandell, Alpine skiing". Vancouver 2010. Retrieved 23 February 2010.
2. "Sandell reportedly has kidney removed". www.espn.com. 29 September 2009. Retrieved 22 January 2019.

External links

• Marcus Sandell at FIS (alpine)
• Marcus Sandell at Olympedia