Jean-Baptiste Grange
 Grange in January 2008 |
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| Disciplines | Slalom, Giant Slalom, Combined |
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| Club | EMHM – SC Valloire | |||||||||||||||
| Born | October 10, 1984 Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, Savoie, France |
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| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in) | |||||||||||||||
| World Cup debut | January 11, 2004 - (age 19) | |||||||||||||||
| Website | jbgrange.com | |||||||||||||||
| Olympics | ||||||||||||||||
| Teams | 1 – (2006, injured in 2010) | |||||||||||||||
| Medals | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| World Championships | ||||||||||||||||
| Teams | 3 - (2007-11) | |||||||||||||||
| Medals | 2 (1 gold) | |||||||||||||||
| World Cup | ||||||||||||||||
| Seasons | 2005- present | |||||||||||||||
| Wins | 9 - (8 SL, 1 SC) | |||||||||||||||
| Podiums | 18 - (15 SL, 3 SC) | |||||||||||||||
| Overall titles | 0 - (5th – 2009) | |||||||||||||||
| Discipline titles | 1 - (SL - 2009) | |||||||||||||||
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Medal record
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Jean-Baptiste Grange (born October 10, 1984) is a World Cup alpine ski racer from France. He primarily competes in the techincal events and specializes in the slalom.
Born in Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, Savoie, Grange grew up in Valloire, Galibier, and made his World Cup debut at age 19 in January 2004. On February 17, 2007, he won the bronze medal in the slalom at the 2007 World Championships in Åre, Sweden. He won his first World Cup race on December 17, 2007, and won the 2009 season title in the slalom. Injured in early December 2009 in a giant slalom at Beaver Creek, he opted for surgery and missed the remainder of the 2010 season, which included the 2010 Winter Olympics.[1] He returned to competition for the 2011 season and won the world championship in the slalom.[2]
His older brother is François-Cyrille Grange, also an alpine ski racer.
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[edit] World Cup titles and podiums
[edit] Season titles
| Season | Discipline |
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| 2009 | Slalom |
[edit] Race podiums
| Season | Date | Location | Discipline | Place |
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| 2008 | 29 Nov 2007 |  Beaver Creek, USA |
Super Combined | 2nd |
| 17 Dec 2007 |  Alta Badia, Italy |
Slalom | 1st | |
| 11 Jan 2008 |  Wengen, Switzerland |
Super Combined | 1st | |
| 12 Jan 2008 | Slalom | 1st | ||
| 20 Jan 2008 |  Kitzbühel, Austria |
Slalom | 1st | |
| 20 Jan 2008 | Schladming, Austria |
Slalom | 2nd | |
| 2009 | 16 Nov 2008 |  Levi, Finland |
Slalom | 1st |
| 12 Dec 2008 |  Val d'Isère, France |
Super Combined | 2nd | |
| 22 Dec 2008 | Alta Badia, Italy |
Slalom | 2nd | |
| 6 Jan 2009 |  Zagreb-Sljeme, Croatia |
Slalom | 1st | |
| 25 Jan 2009 | Kitzbühel, Austria |
Slalom | 2nd | |
| 14 Mar 2009 |  Åre, Sweden |
Slalom | 3rd | |
| 2010 | 15 Nov 2009 | Levi, Finland |
Slalom | 3rd |
| 2011 | 14 Nov 2010 | Levi, Finland |
Slalom | 1st |
| 16 Jan 2011 | Wengen, Switzerland |
Slalom | 3rd | |
| 23 Jan 2011 | Kitzbühel, Austria |
Slalom | 1st | |
| 25 Jan 2011 | Schladming, Austria |
Slalom | 1st | |
| 27 Feb 2011 |  Bansko, Bulgaria |
Slalom | 3rd |
[edit] References
- ^ Ski Racing.com - Grange will miss Olympics - 2009-12-10
- ^ Ski Racing.com - J-B Grange wins first French World slalom title in 26 years - 2011-02-20
[edit] External links
- Jean-Baptiste Grange at the International Ski Federation
- FIS-ski.com - World Cup season standings – Jean-Baptiste Grange
- Ski-db.com - results - Jean-Baptiste Grange
- Sports Reference.com - Olympic results - Jean-Baptiste Grange
- jbgrange.com – personal site - (French)
- French Ski Team - 2012 men's A team - (French)
- Rossignol.com - athletes - Jean-Baptiste Grange
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