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Marc Gisin from Obwalden ends his ski career: “It seems my body has finally had enough”
Marc Gisin (32) draws a line in his attempts to come back. The Engelberg ski racer never fully recovered from his serious crash in Val Gardena in 2018.
“Change and go”, writes Marc Gisin on social networks. And again. With this heading, Engelberg resigned as a ski racer at age 32. Not surprisingly, Gisin’s career was marked by many serious injuries. In 2012 the cruciate ligament was torn. In 2015 he suffered a traumatic brain injury with a brain hemorrhage from falling on the ice cream Streif. He skipped the 2016/2017 season because he suffered from sleeping problems.
But his brutal fall two years ago in Val Gardena will be especially remembered. The medics fought for his life on the slopes. Gisin was in an artificial coma for five days. He suffered 16 fractures in the costal arch, lung and hip injuries. Dominique and Michelle Gisin’s brother never fully recovered from this accident. When he got back on the slopes, he felt uneasy. In practice, he chased the competition and did not participate in any more races. The downhill specialist recently announced that he wanted to decide in mid-December, at the start of sprinting, whether racing still made sense to him. Now Gisin says: “Since my fall in December 2018, I have tried everything I can to recover from injury once again.” He wanted to give his body the time it needed to fully recover. “But apparently my body has finally had enough.”
Engelberg skier Marc Gisin, photographed in Magglingen overlooking Lake Biel.
Twice fifth on the descent
Marc Gisin no longer sees himself in a position to meet his own requirements and remain competitive in the World Cup. His career remains unfinished. The tall athlete, who made his World Cup debut in Wengen in 2009, came fifth twice in Kitzbühel (2016 and 2018); it’s your best ranking at the top level. In February 2018, he participated in the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang (21 in decline). He never stepped forward. Gisin told “Blick”: “I don’t have the feeling that I have been able to reach my full potential in my career. But there are athletes who, due to injuries, had to end their dream of a successful career long before I did. “
Marc Gisin comments on his resignation in a video message:
