Alexis Pinturault
![]() Alexis Pinturault (2011) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | Moûtiers, Savoie, France | 20 March 1991|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Occupation | Alpine skier | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | [undue weight? – discuss] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | ![]() | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Skiing career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Disciplines | Giant slalom, slalom, combined, super-G | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Douanes – SC Courchevel | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
World Cup debut | 13 March 2009 (age 17) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Website | alexispinturault.com | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Olympics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Teams | 1 – (2014) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medals | 1 (0 gold) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
World Championships | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Teams | 3 – (2011, 2013, 2015) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medals | 1 (0 gold) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
World Cup | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Seasons | 6th – (2011–16) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wins | 15 – (1 SG, 6 GS, 2 SL, 5 SC, 1 PS) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Podiums | 36 – (3 SG, 20 GS, 3 SL, 8 SC, 2 PS) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Overall titles | 0 – (3rd in 2014, 2015, 2016) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Discipline titles | 1 – (1st in SC, 2016) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Alexis Pinturault (World Cup alpine ski racer and Olympic medalist.
) (born 20 March 1991) is a FrenchPinturault has fifteen World Cup victories through March 04, 2016. He represented France at three World Championships (2011, 2013, and 2015), and at the Winter Olympics in 2014, where he won a bronze medal in the giant slalom. He was a two-time world junior champion in giant slalom, in 2009 and 2011.[1]
Early years
Born in Moûtiers, Savoie, Pinturault grew up in Annecy. His mother, Hege Wiig Pinturault, is from Bergen, Norway, and he spent many of his childhood summers in Norway at Hestnesøy, near Grimstad. He has dual citizenship and was a double junior world champion in giant slalom in 2009 and 2011.
Ski racing career
A week before his 18th birthday, Pinturault made his World Cup debut in March 2009 in Åre, Sweden. His first podium came two years later in March 2011, a runner-up finish in giant slalom in Kranjska Gora, Slovenia. That fall, he was also a runner-up at Sölden in October 2011, and gained his first World Cup victory in February 2012, in the parallel slalom in Moscow, Russia.
2013 season
Pinturault was unable to make the season start in Sölden in October 2012, as he injured his ankle while playing tennis and had to pause for a three-month period. In December, he won his second World Cup race in a slalom at Val-d'Isère, where he thrilled the home fans with a brilliant second run under the floodlights to rise from sixth place. He convincingly beat Germany's Felix Neureuther by half a second and future World Cup champion Marcel Hirscher, who led by 0.57 seconds after the first run. Pinturault's third win was at the super-combined in Wengen, Switzerland, where his superior slalom skills were key. After placing 22nd in the downhill portion, he finished 1.15 seconds ahead of Ivica Kostelić of Croatia. The training run for the downhill portion was his first time on downhill skis for months, as he missed pre-season speed training after surgery on his left ankle in August to repair ligaments damaged while playing tennis. Pinturault did not medal at the world championships in 2013, but had four top-six finishes. A week later he claimed a fourth World Cup win, his first in giant slalom, at Garmisch, Germany. Second after the first run, Pinturault's total time was 0.60 seconds ahead of runner-up Hirscher. On 15 March, he was honored as the 2013 Longines Rising Star, as the top young racer (under 23) of the season.
Pinturault changed equipment after the 2014 season, from Salomon to Head.
World Cup results
Season titles
- 1 title – (1 Combined)
Season | Discipline |
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2013 | Combined 1 |
2014 | Combined 2 |
2016 | Combined |
1 Unofficial, tied with Ivica Kostelić
2 Unofficial, tied with Ted Ligety
Season standings
Season | Age | Overall | Slalom | Giant slalom |
Super-G | Downhill | Combined |
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2011 | 19 | 54 | – | 22 | 30 | – | 30 |
2012 | 20 | 10 | 18 | 4 | 22 | 54 | 4 |
2013 | 21 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 33 | – | 1^ |
2014 | 22 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 13 | – | 1^ |
2015 | 23 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 10 | – | 2 |
2016 | 24 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 27 | – | 1 |
^ Only two combined races scheduled; a crystal globe was not awarded. However, athletes still get their medals.
Race podiums
Season | Date | Location | Discipline | Place |
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2011 | 5 Mar 2011 | ![]() |
Giant slalom | 2nd |
2012 | 23 Oct 2011 | ![]() |
Giant slalom | 2nd |
5 Feb 2012 | ![]() |
Super combined | 2nd | |
21 Feb 2012 | ![]() |
Parallel slalom | 1st | |
10 Mar 2012 | ![]() |
Giant slalom | 2nd | |
11 Mar 2012 | Slalom | 3rd | ||
15 Mar 2012 | ![]() |
Super-G | 2nd | |
2013 | 8 Dec 2012 | ![]() |
Slalom | 1st |
1 Jan 2013 | ![]() |
Parallel slalom | 3rd | |
18 Jan 2013 | ![]() |
Super combined | 1st | |
27 Jan 2013 | ![]() |
Combined | 2nd | |
24 Feb 2013 | ![]() |
Giant slalom | 1st | |
9 Mar 2013 | ![]() |
Giant slalom | 3rd | |
16 Mar 2013 | ![]() |
Giant slalom | 3rd | |
2014 | 27 Oct 2013 | ![]() |
Giant slalom | 2nd |
22 Dec 2013 | ![]() |
Giant slalom | 2nd | |
17 Jan 2014 | ![]() |
Super combined | 2nd | |
19 Jan 2014 | Slalom | 1st | ||
26 Jan 2014 | ![]() |
Super combined | 1st | |
2 Feb 2014 | ![]() |
Giant slalom | 3rd | |
13 Mar 2014 | ![]() |
Super-G | 1st | |
15 Mar 2014 | Giant slalom | 2nd | ||
2015 | 26 Oct 2014 | ![]() |
Giant slalom | 3rd |
6 Dec 2014 | ![]() |
Super-G | 3rd | |
7 Dec 2014 | Giant slalom | 2nd | ||
10 Jan 2015 | ![]() |
Giant slalom | 2nd | |
23 Jan 2015 | ![]() |
Super combined | 1st | |
14 Mar 2015 | ![]() |
Giant slalom | 1st | |
2016 | 22 Jan 2016 | ![]() |
Super combined | 1st |
13 Feb 2016 | ![]() |
Giant slalom | 1st | |
19 Feb 2016 | ![]() |
Super combined | 1st | |
26 Feb 2016 | ![]() |
Giant slalom | 1st | |
28 Feb 2016 | Giant slalom | 1st | ||
4 Mar 2016 | ![]() |
Giant slalom | 1st | |
5 Mar 2016 | Giant slalom | 2nd | ||
19 Mar 2016 | ![]() |
Giant slalom | 2nd |
World Championships results
Year | Age | Slalom | Giant slalom |
Super-G | Downhill | Combined |
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2011 | 19 | 17 | — | DNF | — | — |
2013 | 21 | 6 | 5 | 6 | — | 6 |
2015 | 23 | DNF2 | 3 | 11 | — | 5 |
Olympic results
Year | Age | Slalom | Giant slalom |
Super-G | Downhill | Combined |
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2014 | 22 | DNF2 | 3 | — | — | DNF2 |
References
- ^ "JWSC: Alexis Pinturault (FRA) takes men's giant slalom". fisalpine.com. 30 January 2011. Retrieved 8 March 2011.
External links
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- Alexis Pinturault at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation
- FIS-ski.com – Alexis Pinturault – World Cup season standings
- Ski-db.com – Alexis Pinturault – results
- Alexis Pinturault at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
– Olympic results
- French Ski Team – 2016 men's A team – Template:Fr icon
- Head.com – team – alpine skiing – Alexis Pinturault
- Official website Template:En icon, Template:Fr icon
- Alexis Pinturault on X
- 1991 births
- French male alpine skiers
- Alpine skiers at the 2014 Winter Olympics
- Olympic alpine skiers of France
- Medalists at the 2014 Winter Olympics
- Olympic medalists in alpine skiing
- Olympic bronze medalists for France
- French people of Norwegian descent
- Norwegian people of French descent
- People from Savoie
- Living people
- University of Savoy alumni