Ted Piccard

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Ted Piccard
Born (1978-11-30) November 30, 1978 (age 45)
Albertville, France
World Cup career
Podiums1
Updated on March 31, 2013.

Ted Piccard (born November 30, 1978, in Albertville) is a French freestyle skier, specializing in ski cross and a former alpine skier.[1][2]

Piccard competed at the 2010 Winter Olympics for France. He placed 16th in the qualifying round in ski cross, to advance to the knockout stages. In the first round, he failed to finish, and did not advance.[3]

As of March 2013, his best showing at the World Championships is 29th, in 2009.[1]

Piccard made his World Cup debut in January 2005. As of March 2013, he has one World Cup podium finish, winning a bronze in 2009–10 at Alpe d'Huez. His best World Cup overall finish in aerials is 7th, in 2011–12.[1]

He was named after US Senator Ted Kennedy. He is the brother of fellow skiers Franck Piccard, Leila Piccard, Ian Piccard and Jeff Piccard.[4][5]

World Cup Podiums[edit]

[1]

Date Location Rank Event
13 January 2010 Alpe d'Huez 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Ski cross

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d FIS Profile - Freestyle
  2. ^ FIS Profile - Alpine
  3. ^ "Sports Reference Profile". Archived from the original on 2020-04-17.
  4. ^ "Nagano Olympics - Athlete profile: Leila Piccard". CNN/SI. 3 February 1998. Retrieved 18 December 2013.
  5. ^ Keillor, Lynn (21 January 2010). "Ted Piccard Battles Health, Heritage". ESPN. Retrieved 18 December 2013.