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Karine Ruby
Medal record
Women'ssnowboarding
RepresentingFrance
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1998 Nagano Giant slalom
Silver medal – second place 2002 Salt Lake City Parallel giant slalom
FIS Snowboarding World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1996 Lienz Giant slalom
Gold medal – first place 1997 Innichen Snowboard cross
Gold medal – first place 2001 Madonna di Campiglio Snowboard cross
Gold medal – first place 2001 Madonna di Campiglio Giant slalom
Gold medal – first place 2001 Madonna di Campiglio Parallel slalom
Gold medal – first place 2003 Kreischberg Snowboard cross
Silver medal – second place 1997 Innichen Giant slalom
Silver medal – second place 1997 Innichen Parallel slalom
Silver medal – second place 2003 Kreischberg Parallel slalom
Silver medal – second place 2005 Whistler Snowboard cross
Winter X Games
Bronze medal – third place 2005 Aspen Snowboard cross

Karine Ruby(4 January 1978 inBonneville, Haute-Savoie– 29 May 2009) was a Frenchsnowboarderand Olympic champion. She won two medals at theWinter Olympics,with a gold medal at the1998 Winter OlympicsinNagano,[1]and a silver medal at the2002 Winter OlympicsinSalt Lake City.[2]She also earned six gold medals and four silver medals at theFIS Snowboard World Championships,and 67 wins and 122 podiums at theFIS Snowboard World Cup,which earned her the description byThe New York Timesas "the most decorated female snowboarder in the world".[3]

Ruby won the giant slalom event in thesnowboarding competitionat the1998 Winter Olympicsheld inNagano,Japan,overcoming severe weather conditions to win the first Olympic gold medal awarded in the event to a woman.[4]She finished a combined 1.74 seconds behindIsabelle Blancin the parallel giant slalom insnowboarding competitionat the2002 Winter OlympicsinSalt Lake City,an event that the two French snowboarders had dedicated to the memory of teammateRégine Cavagnoud,who had died in a 2001 training accident.[5]

Ruby came in third place to win a bronze medal insnowboardcrossat theWinter X Games IXheld inAspen, Coloradoin January 2005.[6] She competed in the snowboardcross event at the2006 Winter OlympicsinTurin,Italy,and retired from the sport after being eliminated in the quarterfinals.[3]

Ruby was training to become amountain guide,a process that can take as long as 15 years, and was killed at age 31 on 29 May 2009 after a climbing accident in theMont Blanc massif.Having climbed theTour Ronde,she fell into a 70-foot-widecrevasse(21 m) in the glacier du Geant at around 3,300 m, dragging in two other members of the climbing party she had been leading who had all been roped to each other. One man was killed in the fall, while another sustained serious injuries and was hospitalized after being evacuated by helicopter, although died later that night.[7][8][9]

References

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  1. ^"1998 Winter Olympics – Nagano, Japan – Alpine skiing"Archived2007-08-25 at theWayback Machine–databaseOlympics(Retrieved on 5 March 2008)
  2. ^"2002 Winter Olympics – Salt Lake City, United States – Alpine skiing"Archived2008-08-27 at theWayback Machine–databaseOlympics(Retrieved on 5 March 2008)
  3. ^abRobinson, Joshua."Karine Ruby, French Snowboarding Star, Dies at 31",The New York Times,May 30, 2009. Accessed June 24, 2009.
  4. ^Clarey, Christopher."THE XVIII WINTER GAMES: SNOWBOARDING; It's Nearly A Wipeout For U.S. Women",The New York Times,February 10, 1998. Accessed June 24, 2009.
  5. ^Wong, Edward."OLYMPICS: SNOWBOARDING; Defying the Odds Again, Klug Grabs the Bronzez",The New York Times,February 16, 2002. Accessed June 24, 2009.
  6. ^Murphy, Austin."Soaring In The Slush",Sports Illustrated,January 31, 2005. Accessed June 24, 2009.
  7. ^"La championne de snowboard Karine Ruby se tue dans une crevasse".liberation.fr. 29 May 2009.Retrieved13 December2015.
  8. ^Davidof (29 May 2009)."Karine Ruby killed by crevasse fall".pistehors.Retrieved12 December2015.
  9. ^"Champion snowboarder falls to death".ESPN.29 May 2009.Retrieved29 May2009.
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