Marco Sullivan

Marco Sullivan (born April 27, 1980) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from the United States. Born in Truckee, California, he competed primarily in the speed events of Downhill and Super G.

Sullivan competed in the 2002 and 2010 Winter Olympics, and four World Championships. He won one World Cup race, a downhill in Chamonix, France, in January 2008.

World Cup Sullivan made his World Cup debut in December 2001, and took one victory, the renowned downhill in Chamonix, France, on January 26, 2008. He won the race in 2:00.11, ahead of Swiss star Didier Cuche.

In early December 2003, Sullivan injured his knee in a downhill training run at Beaver Creek. It happened at the last jump of the Birds of Prey course and caused him to miss the rest of the 2004 season. While training in France in October 2004, Sullivan injured the same knee again and was out for the 2005 season as well.

Sullivan attained his first World Cup podium on November 24, 2007, when he finished second at the season's first downhill at Lake Louise, a good-for-gliders course in the Canadian Rockies. His victory at Chamonix came two months later,

In late December 2010, Sullivan crashed during a training run on the Stelvio course at Bormio, Italy (video). He sustained a concussion which ended his 2011 season, including the World Championships. After two months, he was cleared by doctors to get back on skis in early March.

Season standings Season Age Overall Slalom GiantSlalom Super G Downhill Combined 2002 21 144 — — — 55 — 2003 22 55 — — 26 20 — 2004 23 2005 24 2006 25 86 — — 39 31 — 2007 26 52 — — — 24 42 2008 27 26 — — 30 4 — 2009 28 30 — — 13 15 — 2010 29 65 — — 25 29 — 2011 30 167 — — 59 — — 2012 31 93 — — 45 37 — 2013 32 55 — — — 14 — 2014 33 72 — — — 28 — 2015 34 47 — — 53 19 — 2016 35 104 — — — 37 —

Top ten finishes 1 win – (1 DH) 4 podiums – (4 DH)

World Championship results Year Age Slalom Giant Slalom Super G Downhill Combined 2003 22 — — 17 24 — 2005 24 2007 26 — — — 28 — 2009 28 — — DNF 25 — 2011 30 2013 32 — — — DNF —

Sullivan took a bronze medal at the Junior World Championships in 2000 in the slalom. He was the 31st racer out of the starting gate and was the sole North American among the top fifteen finishers.

U.S. Ski Championships Sullivan was the Downhill champion at the U.S. Alpine Championships in 2007 in the Alyeska Resort in Alaska; he finished more than a full second ahead of runner-up Erik Fisher. He won three national titles in total, having previously won the super-G at Squaw Valley in 2002 and going on to win another downhill championship at Alyeska in 2009.