Manuel Osborne-Paradis
 Osborne-Paradis in 2008 | |||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||
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| Born | 8 February 1984 North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada | ||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Alpine skier | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||
| Country | Canada | ||||||||||||||
| Skiing career | |||||||||||||||
| Disciplines | Downhill, Super-G | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Whistler Mountain S.C. | ||||||||||||||
| World Cup debut | 8 January 2005 (age 20) | ||||||||||||||
| Website | mannyski.com | ||||||||||||||
| Olympics | |||||||||||||||
| Teams | 3 – (2006, 2010, 2014) | ||||||||||||||
| Medals | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| World Championships | |||||||||||||||
| Teams | 5 – (2005–09, 13–15) | ||||||||||||||
| Medals | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| World Cup | |||||||||||||||
| Seasons | 10th – (2005–11, '13–15) | ||||||||||||||
| Wins | 3 – (2 DH, 1 SG) | ||||||||||||||
| Podiums | 11 – (10 DH, 1 SG) | ||||||||||||||
| Overall titles | 0 – (16th in 2010) | ||||||||||||||
| Discipline titles | 0 – (4th in DH in 2010) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Manuel Osborne-Paradis (born 8 February 1984) is a World Cup alpine ski racer from Canada.
Born in North Vancouver, British Columbia, Osborne-Paradis grew up racing for the Whistler Mountain Ski Club. His first World Cup podium came in November 2006 at the Bombardier Winterstart men's downhill in Lake Louise, Alberta, Canada. His first victory was at the downhill of Kvitfjell in March 2009.
In April 2008, he joined forces with teammate Mike Janyk to provide a four-day training camp free of charge to underprivileged Canadian racers from around British Columbia. The camp, known locally as the "Cowboys Camp", took place on Whistler Mountain. but known in the community as Mike & Manny Camp
On 29 January 2011, Osborne-Paradis crashed badly at the downhill race in Chamonix, France, and was airlifted by helicopter and treated for a broken leg and torn knee ligament. He missed the 2011 World Championships and the remainder of the 2011 season, as well as the 2012 season.
World Cup results
Season standings
| Season | Age | Overall | Slalom | Giant Slalom |
Super G | Downhill | Combined |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 21 | 93 | — | — | 50 | 37 | — |
| 2006 | 22 | 77 | — | — | 45 | 29 | 40 |
| 2007 | 23 | 38 | — | — | — | 12 | — |
| 2008 | 24 | 32 | — | — | 33 | 6 | — |
| 2009 | 25 | 25 | — | — | 30 | 5 | — |
| 2010 | 26 | 16 | — | — | 9 | 4 | — |
| 2011 | 27 | 60 | — | — | 27 | 28 | — |
| 2012 | 28 | out for season: injured in January 2011 | |||||
| 2013 | 29 | 43 | — | — | 30 | 13 | — |
| 2014 | 30 | 41 | — | — | 27 | 18 | — |
| 2015 | 31 | 33 | — | — | 25 | 14 | — |
Race podiums
| Season | Date | Location | Discipline | Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 25 Nov 2006 | Lake Louise, Canada | Downhill | 2nd |
| 20 Jan 2007 | Val-d'Isère, France | Downhill | 3rd | |
| 2008 | 13 Jan 2008 | Wengen, Switzerland | Downhill | 3rd |
| 2009 | 20 Dec 2008 | Val Gardena, Italy | Downhill | 3rd |
| 6 Mar 2009 | Kvitfjell, Norway | Downhill | 1st | |
| 7 Mar 2009 | Downhill | 3rd | ||
| 2010 | 29 Nov 2009 | Lake Louise, Canada | Super G | 1st |
| 19 Dec 2009 | Val Gardena, Italy | Downhill | 1st | |
| 16 Jan 2010 | Wengen, Switzerland | Downhill | 2nd | |
| 2015 | 29 Nov 2014 | Lake Louise, Canada | Downhill | 2nd |
| 7 Mar 2015 | Kvitfjell, Norway | Downhill | 2nd |
World Championship results
| Year | Age | Slalom | Giant slalom |
Super-G | Downhill | Combined |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 21 | — | — | — | 19 | 17 |
| 2007 | 23 | — | — | — | 9 | — |
| 2009 | 25 | — | — | DNF | DNF | — |
| 2011 | 27 | injured, did not compete | ||||
| 2013 | 29 | — | — | 16 | 18 | — |
| 2015 | 31 | — | — | DNF | 21 | — |
Olympic results 
| Year | Age | Slalom | Giant slalom |
Super-G | Downhill | Combined |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 22 | — | — | 20 | 13 | DNS |
| 2010 | 26 | — | — | DNF | 17 | — |
| 2014 | 30 | — | — | 24 | 25 | — |
References
External links
- Manuel Osborne-Paradis at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation
- FIS-Ski.com – World Cup season standings – Manuel Osborne-Paradis
- Ski-db.com – results – Manuel Osborne-Paradis
- Manuel Osborne-Paradis at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
– Olympic results - Alpine Canada.org – national ski team – athletes – Manuel Osborne-Paradis
- Official website
- Crash Worldcup-Downhill Chamonix 2011
- 1984 births
- Living people
- People from North Vancouver
- Sportspeople from British Columbia
- Canadian people of Spanish descent
- Canadian male alpine skiers
- Olympic alpine skiers of Canada
- Alpine skiers at the 2006 Winter Olympics
- Alpine skiers at the 2010 Winter Olympics
- Alpine skiers at the 2014 Winter Olympics