Born in Grenoble, France, Carole became a member of the Villard de Lans ski club, and in 1994 and 1998, finished 14th in the Super-G at the Winter Olympics at Lillehammer and Nagano respectively.
Her victory in the downhill ski event at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City was her first major triumph. She dedicated this to her former teammate Regine Cavagnoud, who was killed in a training accident in 2001.
Her achievements over the last year are more remarkable because she has suffered multiple serious injuries early in her career, such as torn knee ligaments.
Montillet, who is in her 12th year on the World Cup circuit, had waited longer than almost any of the other downhill skiers to record her first World Cup downhill victory.
Montillet, who won the gold in downhill at the Salt Lake Olympics, even had her own cheering section in Lake Louise which Montillet acknowledged each time she crossed the finish line by turning and waving to the grandstand.
Montillet said she worked hard in the off-season on her training for the downhill and super-G. "We did 50 days of training this summer in France and in Chile," she said.
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