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Quand la Canadienne Gerry Sorensen a particip\u00e9 \u00e0 ses seuls Jeux olympiques en ski alpin \u00e0 Sarajevo 1984<\/a>, elle \u00e9tait d\u00e9j\u00e0 championne du monde. Favorite pour la m\u00e9daille d\u2019or, elle a termin\u00e9 \u00e0 \u00e9galit\u00e9 au sixi\u00e8me rang avec l\u2019Allemande Marina Kiehl \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e9preuve de la descente.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

En remportant le titre en descente des Championnats du monde de 1982 \u00e0 Schladming en Autriche, Sorensen est devenue la premi\u00e8re femme canadienne \u00e0 remporter le titre depuis Lucille Wheeler en 1958. Consid\u00e9r\u00e9e comme l\u2019une des meilleures \u00ab glisseuses \u00bb sur le circuit de la Coupe du monde et l\u2019une des plus solides physiquement, Sorensen a d\u00e9croch\u00e9 six podiums, notamment cinq victoires (quatre en descente et une au combin\u00e9) en seulement quatre saisons impressionnantes sur le circuit de la Coupe du monde, de 1981 \u00e0 1984. Elle a aussi connu une carri\u00e8re remarquable \u00e0 la Coupe Pontiac et aux Championnats canadiens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Malgr\u00e9 avoir v\u00e9cu dans les montagnes, Sorensen n\u2019a pas commenc\u00e9 \u00e0 pratiquer le ski avant l\u2019\u00e2ge de 10 ans. Elle a rejoint l\u2019\u00e9quipe nationale de ski \u00e0 21 ans et est devenue la premi\u00e8re femme canadienne en plus d\u2019une d\u00e9cennie \u00e0 remporter une course de Coupe du monde en descente. Apr\u00e8s son retrait du sport, Sorensen a \u00e9pous\u00e9 Brendan Lenihan, ils se sont install\u00e9s aux \u00c9tats-Unis et ont eu des enfants. La \u00ab Gerry Sorensen Way \u00bb a \u00e9t\u00e9 nomm\u00e9e en son honneur pr\u00e8s de la station de ski Kimberley. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sorensen a remport\u00e9 le prix Bobbie Rosenfeld en 1982 \u00e0 titre d\u2019athl\u00e8te f\u00e9minine de l\u2019ann\u00e9e, son p\u00e8re Chris acceptant le prix en son honneur alors qu\u2019elle skiait en Europe. Elle a \u00e9t\u00e9 \u00e9lue athl\u00e8te du mois en f\u00e9vrier 1981 par la F\u00e9d\u00e9ration des sports du Canada, elle a remport\u00e9 le prix de Championne du monde du gouvernement du Canada dans le cadre de l\u2019Hommage aux Champions en 1982, elle a re\u00e7u le prix d\u2019excellence sportive en 1984 et a \u00e9t\u00e9 nomm\u00e9e Athl\u00e8te de l\u2019ann\u00e9e en Colombie-Britannique \u00e0 deux reprises (1981 et 1982). 
Sorensen a \u00e9t\u00e9 intronis\u00e9e au Panth\u00e9on des sports canadiens et au Temple de la renomm\u00e9e olympique du Canada en 1983, au Temple de la renomm\u00e9e des sports de la Colombie-Britannique en 1986 et au Temple de la renomm\u00e9e du ski canadien en 1988.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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