Roc de Fer

Roc de Fer is a woman's downhill ski course in Méribel, France. Although officially opened already in 1990, this course was built especially for the 1992 Winter Olympics, and hosted all five women's alpine events.

Roc de Fer

Place:	Méribel
Opened:	10 February 1990
Downhill
Start:	2,150 m (7,054 ft) (AA)
Finish:	1,465 m (4,806 ft)
Vertical drop:	685 m (2,247 ft)
Length:	2.413 km (1.50 mi)
Max. incline:	28.8 degrees (55%)
Min. incline:	5.1 degrees (9%)

Years later, they hosted first World Cup season finals in 2015, and technical events in 2022 only.

Together with "L’Éclipse" course in Courchevel they host World Championships in 2023.

History

On 10–11 February 1990, the course was opened with two World Cup super-Gs, both won by Carol Merle.[1][2]

Less than a year later in 1991, Petra Kronberger won consecutive World Cup events in downhill and super-G.[3]

Events

Winter Olympics

Year	Date	Event	Winner	Second place	Third place
↓ Women ↓
1992	12–13 February	KB	Petra Kronberger	Anita Wachter	Florence Masnada
	15 February	DH	Kerrin Lee-Gartner	Hilary Lindh	Veronika Wallinger
	18 February	SG	Deborah Compagnoni	Carole Merle	Katja Seizinger
	19 February	GS	Pernilla Wiberg	Anita Wachter Diann Roffe
	20 February	SL	Petra Kronberger	Annelise Coberger	B. Fernández Ochoa

World Championships

Year	Date	Event	Winner	Second place	Third place
↓ Women ↓
2023	6 February	AC	Federica Brignone	Wendy Holdener	Ricarda Haaser
	8 February	SG	Marta Bassino	Mikaela Shiffrin	Cornelia Hütter Kajsa Vickhoff Lie
	11 February	DH	Jasmine Flury	Nina Ortlieb	Corinne Suter
	15 February	PG	Maria Therese Tviberg	Wendy Holdener	Thea L. Stjernesund
	16 February	GS
	18 February	SL
↓ Men ↓
2023	15 February	PG	Alexander Schmid	Dominik Raschner	Timon Haugan
↓ Alpine team event ↓
2023	14 February	PG (Team)	United States Tommy Ford Katie Hensien Paula Moltzan Nina O'Brien River Radamus Luke Winters	Norway Timon Haugan Kristin Lysdahl L. K. Nestvold-Haugen Alexander Steen Olsen Thea Louise Stjernesund Maria Therese Tviberg	Canada Valerie Grenier Jeffrey Read Erik Read Britt Richardson

World Cup

Season	Date	Event	Winner	Second place	Third place
↓ Women ↓
1989/90	10 February	SG	Carole Merle	Maria Walliser	Michaela Gerg
1989/90	11 February	SG	Carole Merle	Katja Seizinger	Maria Walliser
1990/91	19 January	DH	Petra Kronberger	Carole Merle	Veronika Wallinger
1990/91	20 January	SG	Petra Kronberger	Michaela Gerg	Carole Merle
1994/95	30 December	SL	Urška Hrovat	Vreni Schneider	Leila Piccard
2012/13	23 February	DH	Carolina Ruiz Castillo	Maria Höfl-Riesch	Marie Marchand-Arvier
2012/13	24 February	KB	Tina Maze	Nicole Hosp	Michaela Kirchgasser
2014/15	18 March	DH	Lindsey Vonn	Elisabeth Görgl	Nicole Hosp
	19 March	SG	Lindsey Vonn	Anna Fenninger	Tina Maze
	21 March	SL	Mikaela Shiffrin	Frida Hansdotter	Veronika Velez-Zuzulová
	22 March	GS	Anna Fenninger	Eva-Maria Brem	Tina Maze
2021/22	19 March	SL	Andreja Slokar	Lena Dürr	Petra Vlhová
2021/22	20 March	GS	Federica Brignone	Marta Bassino	Petra Vlhová
↓ Men ↓
2014/15	18 March	DH	Kjetil Jansrud	Didier Défago	Georg Streitberger
	19 March	SG	Dustin Cook	Kjetil Jansrud	Brice Roger
	21 March	GS	Henrik Kristoffersen	Fritz Dopfer	Thomas Fanara
	22 March	SL	Marcel Hirscher	Giuliano Razzoli	Alexander Khoroshilov
2021/22	19 March	GS	Marco Odermatt	Lucas Braathen	Loïc Meillard
2021/22	20 March	SL	Atle Lie McGrath	Henrik Kristoffersen	Manuel Feller
↓ Alpine team events ↓
2014/15	20 March	PG (Team)	Switzerland Charlotte Chable Michelle Gisin Wendy Holdener Gino Caviezel Justin Murisier Reto Schmidiger	Sweden Sara Hector Anna Swenn-Larsson Emelie Wikström Mattias Hargin Anton Lahdenperä André Myhrer	Austria Eva-Maria Brem Carmen Thalmann Christoph Nösig Philipp Schörghofer
2021/22	18 March	PG (Team)	Switzerland Delphine Darbellay Andrea Ellenberger Fadri Janutin Livio Simonet	Austria Stefan Brennsteiner Patrick Feurstein Fabio Gstrein* Ricarda Haaser Katharina Huber* Katharina Truppe	Germany Lena Dürr Fabian Gratz Antonia Kermer Julian Rauchfuß

Course sections

Departs des Militaires – Bosse De Anglais – Tunnel – Beage's Wall – La Traverse – Pracua – Le Goulet – Le Stade

References

"Carole Merle tekmicam ni pustila blizu". Delo (in Slovenian). 12 February 1990. p. 9.
"Carole Merle wins super-G (Meribel 1990)". YouTube. 12 February 1990.
"Petra Velika se še ni naveličala zmag". Delo (in Slovenian). 21 January 1991. p. 9.

External links

Roc de Fer (official)

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[1] "Carole Merle tekmicam ni pustila blizu". Delo (in Slovenian). 12 February 1990. p. 9.

[2] "Carole Merle wins super-G (Meribel 1990)". YouTube. 12 February 1990.

[3] "Petra Velika se še ni naveličala zmag". Delo (in Slovenian). 21 January 1991. p. 9.