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{{short description|French alpine skier}}
{{MedalTableTop | medals =
{{MedalSport | Women's [[alpine skiing]] }}
{{MedalCountry | {{FRA}} }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Olympic Games]] }}
{{MedalGold | [[2002 Winter Olympics|2002 Salt Lake City]] | [[Alpine skiing at the 2002 Winter Olympics – Women's downhill|Downhill]] }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships|World Championships]] }}
{{MedalBronze | [[Alpine World Ski Championships 2005|2005 Bormio]] | Team event }}
}}

'''Carole Montillet-Carles''' (born 7 April 1973) is a French [[FIS Alpine Ski World Cup|World Cup]] [[Alpine skiing|alpine ski racer]] and [[Alpine skiing at the 2002 Winter Olympics|Olympic]] gold medalist.

==Career==
Born in [[Corrençon-en-Vercors]], [[Isère]], she became a member of the [[Villard-de-Lans]] ski club in Grenoble. At her Olympic debut in [[Alpine skiing at the 1998 Winter Olympics|1998]] at Nagano, Japan, she finished 14th in both the [[Alpine skiing at the 1998 Winter Olympics – Women's super-G|super-G]] and [[Alpine skiing at the 1998 Winter Olympics – Women's downhill|downhill]].

In January 2002, Montillet was chosen by the [[Comité National Olympique et Sportif Français]] to be the flag bearer at [[Alpine skiing at the 2002 Winter Olympics|Salt Lake City]]. Her victory in the [[Alpine skiing at the 2002 Winter Olympics – Women's downhill|downhill]] days later was her first major triumph and the first alpine gold medal by a Frenchwoman since [[Marielle Goitschel]]'s [[Alpine skiing at the 1968 Winter Olympics – Women's slalom|slalom]] gold in [[Grenoble]] in [[Alpine skiing at the 1968 Winter Olympics|1968]]. She dedicated the win to her late teammate [[Régine Cavagnoud]], the reigning world champion in super-G, who died after a training accident less than four months earlier.

Montillet's achievements were more remarkable because she has suffered multiple serious injuries early in her career, such as torn knee ligaments.

While training for the [[Alpine skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics – Women's downhill|downhill]] at the [[Alpine skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics|2006 Winter Olympics]], Montillet-Carles crashed on 13 February and was evacuated by [[helicopter]] to a nearby hospital.  She suffered rib, back, and facial injuries, but still opted to defend her title two days later, but finished 28th. Several racers had complained that the downhill course was too easy, and Olympic organizers had made several changes to it. She finished fifth in the [[Alpine skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics – Women's super-G|super-G]] five days later, then retired from competition at the end of the World Cup season.

==World Cup results==
===Season titles===
{| class=wikitable style="text-align:center"
!Season!!Discipline
|-
|[[2002–03 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup|2003]]||[[Super-G]]
|}

===Season standings===
{| class=wikitable style="text-align:center"
!Season !! Age !! Overall !! Slalom !! Giant<br>Slalom !! Super G !! Downhill !!Combined
|-
| [[1991–92 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup|1992]] || ''18'' || 105 || — || — || 39 || 21 || 21
|-
| [[1992–93 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup|1993]] || ''19'' || 59 || — || 39 || 10 || 8 || 8
|-
| [[1993–94 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup|1994]] || ''20'' || 59 || — || 33 || 12 || 27 || 28
|-
| [[1994–95 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup|1995]] || ''21'' || 67 || — || 52 || 9 || 20 || —
|-
| [[1995–96 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup|1996]] || ''22'' || 31 || — || 36 || 22 || 26 || —
|-
| [[1996–97 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup|1997]] || ''23'' || 15 || — || 47 || 15 || 15 || —
|-
| [[1997–98 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup|1998]] || ''24'' || 26 || — || 52 || 21 || 9 || —
|-
| [[1998–99 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup|1999]] || ''25'' || 26 || — || 16 || 4 || 8 || —
|-
| [[1999–2000 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup|2000]] || ''26'' || 55 || — || 11 || 4 || 5 || 10
|-
| [[2000–01 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup|2001]] || ''27'' || 9 || — || — || bgcolor="cc9966"|3 || 4 || —
|-
| [[2001–02 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup|2002]] || ''28'' || 16 || — || 16 || 9 || 13 || —
|-
| [[2002–03 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup|2003]] || ''29'' || 6 || — || 28 || bgcolor="gold"|1 || 4 || —
|-
| [[2003–04 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup|2004]] || ''30'' || 5 || — || 25 || bgcolor="silver"|2 || bgcolor="cc9966"|3 || —
|-
| [[2004–05 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup|2005]] || ''31'' || 18 || — || — || 16 || 7 || —
|-
| [[2005–06 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup|2006]] || ''32'' || 37 || — || — || 22 || 20 || —
|}

===Race victories===
*8 wins – (4 [[Downhill (ski competition)|DH]], 4 [[Super-G|SG]])
*25 podiums – (13 DH, 12 SG)
{|class="wikitable"
!Season!!Date!!Location!!Discipline
|-
|align=center|'''[[2000–01 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup|2001]]''' ||align=right|16 Feb 2001 || {{flagicon|Germany}} [[Garmisch Classic|Garmisch-Partenkirchen]] || [[Super-G]]
|-
|align=center rowspan=3|'''[[2002–03 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup|2003]]''' ||align=right|7 Dec 2002|| {{flagicon|Canada}} [[Lake Louise Ski Resort|Lake Louise]] || [[Downhill (ski competition)|Downhill]]
|-
|align=right|13 Dec 2002 || {{flagicon|France}} [[Val d'Isère]] || Super-G
|-
|align=right|15 Jan 2003|| {{flagicon|Italy}} [[Cortina d'Ampezzo]] || Super-G
|-
|align=center rowspan=4|'''[[2003–04 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup|2004]]''' ||align=right|5 Dec 2003 || rowspan=2|{{flagicon|Canada}} Lake Louise || Downhill
|-
|align=right|6 Dec 2003 || Downhill
|-
|align=right|18 Jan 2004 || {{flagicon|Italy}} Cortina d'Ampezzo || Downhill
|-
|align=right|1 Feb 2004 || {{flagicon|Austria}} [[Haus im Ennstal]] || Super-G
|}

==World Championship results==
{| class=wikitable style="text-align:center"
!&nbsp; Year &nbsp; !! &nbsp;Age&nbsp; !! &nbsp;Slalom&nbsp; !! &nbsp;Giant&nbsp;<br>&nbsp;Slalom&nbsp; !! Super G !! Downhill !!Combined !! Team<br>event
|-
| [[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1993|1993]] || ''19'' || — || — || — || 8 || — || rowspan=6|''{{small|not<br>run}}''
|-
| [[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1996|1996]] || ''22'' || — || — || 11 || 20 || — 
|-
| [[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1997|1997]] || ''23'' || — || — || 4 || 7 || — 
|-
| [[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1999|1999]] || ''25'' || — || — || 15 || 22 || —
|-
| [[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2001|2001]] || ''27'' || — || — || 5 || 10 || —
|-
| [[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2003|2003]] || ''29'' || — || 19 || 14 || 7 || —
|-
| [[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2005|2005]] || ''31'' || — || — || DNF || 21 || — ||style="background:#c96;"|[[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2005#Team event|3]]
|}

== Olympic results<!-- [[File:Olympic rings.svg|50px]]--> ==
{| class=wikitable style="text-align:center"
!&nbsp; Year &nbsp; !! &nbsp;Age&nbsp; !! &nbsp;Slalom&nbsp; !! &nbsp;Giant&nbsp;<br>&nbsp;Slalom&nbsp; !! Super G !! Downhill !!Combined
|-
| [[Alpine skiing at the 1998 Winter Olympics|1998]] || ''24'' ||[[Alpine skiing at the 1998 Winter Olympics – Women's slalom|—]] || [[Alpine skiing at the 1998 Winter Olympics – Women's giant slalom|—]] || [[Alpine skiing at the 1998 Winter Olympics – Women's Super-G|14]] || [[Alpine skiing at the 1998 Winter Olympics – Women's downhill|14]] || [[Alpine skiing at the 1998 Winter Olympics – Women's combined|—]]
|-
| [[Alpine skiing at the 2002 Winter Olympics|2002]] || ''28'' || [[Alpine skiing at the 1992 Winter Olympics – Women's slalom|—]] ||[[Alpine skiing at the 2002 Winter Olympics – Women's giant slalom|18]] ||[[Alpine skiing at the 2002 Winter Olympics – Women's Super-G|7]] || style="background:gold;"|[[Alpine skiing at the 2002 Winter Olympics – Women's downhill|1]] ||[[Alpine skiing at the 2002 Winter Olympics – Women's combined|—]]
|-
| [[Alpine skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics|2006]] || ''32'' || [[Alpine skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics – Women's slalom|—]] ||[[Alpine skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics – Women's giant slalom|—]] || [[Alpine skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics – Women's Super-G|5]] || [[Alpine skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics – Women's downhill|28]] ||[[Alpine skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics – Women's combined|—]]
|}

==External links==
* {{FIS alpine skier|41225|Carole Montillet-Carles}}
* [https://www.fis-ski.com/DB/general/athlete-biography.html?sectorcode=AL&competitorid=41225&type=cups Carole Montillet-Carles] World Cup standings at the International Ski Federation 
* {{Ski-DB|carole_montillet_fra_wmntca|Carole Montillet}}
* {{Olympics.com profile|carole-montillet-carles|Carole Montillet-Carles|org_id=carole-montillet|org_name=Carole Montillet|org_archive=20201106231947}}
* {{Olympedia|99426|Carole Montillet-Carles}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060221214855/http://fr.sports.yahoo.com/09022006/1/photo/jeux-olympiques-2006-bio-carole-montillet.html Biography at Yahoo.com] {{in lang|fr}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20040126022612/http://www.carolemontillet.com/ Official website] {{in lang|fr}}

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