Withdraws the Canadian Julien Cousineau

One of the veterans of the slalom World Cup, the Canadian Julien Cousineau, announced on Facebook withdrawal from & rsquo; activity & agrave; racing.

Saturday 28 March 2015 5 minutes reading time

"After 17 years in the national team and l & rsquo; last winter on my own & egrave; came time for me to retire from ski racing - write & ldquo; COUSI & rdquo; -. This week let & ograve; my last Canadian championship. It '' was a roller coaster ride with many injuries and many good times. I'm proud of what I've done, I never gave up and I always faced what was in front of me. I have made many friends over the years, and I hope that our paths will cross at some points. I can not wait 'time to open the next chapter of my life with my wife and two sons. Thanks, & egrave; was a great adventure !!!!!!! & rdquo; Born January 17, 1981 in Saint-J & eacute; r & ocirc; me, in Quebc, resident of Lachute and grew strongly competitive in Mont-Tremblant, Julien Cousineau dispute the first FIS in November 1996. Canadian decidedly abnormal seen that specializzer & agrave; and especially in giant slalom, three months after his debut in Nor-Am Cup and between 2002 and 2013 collezioner & agrave; 21 podiums in the circuit cadet North American, all in technical disciplines, seven of these podiums are victories, four in slalom and third in giant, and conquer & agrave; even the general classification of the event in & rsquo; winter 2007-2008 finishing first in the giant, as he had already & agrave; made four years earlier, and second in the slalom. Played in three consecutive editions of the World juniors his best & egrave; was a fourth place in the super-G just 5 cents from bronze in & rsquo; last, that of 2001. In the World Cup begins October 27, 2002 in the giant S & ouml; SÃ¶lden and January 19, 2003 & egrave; gi & agrave; in the top ten of the slalom, the specialty & agrave; that gave him more & ugrave; satisfactions, finishing tenth in Wengen. In the circuit more totalizzer & agrave; 109 total attendance, l & rsquo; last in Schladming in the Night Race last January 27, his placings in the top ten are in total 7, all in slalom, and the best results are two fifth places, right in Schladming January 26, 2010 and in Val d & rsquo; Is & egrave; re December 12 of the same year. It & rsquo; was also fifth in the slalom world of Garmisch-Partenkirchen on 20 February 2011 that & egrave; was his third World Championships after those of 2003 and 2009, while at the Winter Olympics there & egrave; went only in 2010 and finished eighth in Whistler February 27. Could have done much better had it not been slaughtered for most of his career as knee injuries that have always stuck right when it had reached the level of the best in the world.

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