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Alexis Pinturault
At Stockholm in February 2019
Personal information
Born (1991-03-20) 20 March 1991 (age 33)
Moûtiers, France
OccupationAlpine skier
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Skiing career
DisciplinesGiant slalom, Super-G, Combined
(also Slalom before 2023)
ClubDouanes – SC Courchevel
World Cup debut13 March 2009 (age 17)
Websitealexispinturault.com
Olympics
Teams3 – (2014, 2018, 2022)
Medals3 (0 gold)
World Championships
Teams7 – (2011–23)
Medals8 (3 gold)
World Cup
Seasons15 – (2009–2023)
Wins34 – (1 SG, 18 GS, 3 SL,
        10 AC, 2 PS)
Podiums77 – (4 SG, 41 GS, 12 SL,15 AC, 3 PS, 2 PGS)
Overall titles1 – (2021)
Discipline titles5 – (GS: 2021, AC: 2016, 2017, 2019 & 2020)
Medal record
Men's alpine skiing
Representing  France
World Cup race podiums
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Slalom 3 4 5
Giant 18 12 11
Super-G 1 1 2
Downhill 0 0 0
Combined 10 4 1
Parallel 2 1 2
Total 34 22 21
International alpine ski competitions
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 0 1 2
World Championships 3 1 4
Total 3 2 6
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2018 Pyeongchang Combined
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Sochi Giant slalom
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Pyeongchang Giant slalom
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2017 St. Moritz Team event
Gold medal – first place 2019 Åre Combined
Gold medal – first place 2023 Courchevel Combined
Silver medal – second place 2021 Cortina d'Ampezzo Combined
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Beaver Creek Giant slalom
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Åre Giant slalom
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Cortina d'Ampezzo Super-G
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Courchevel Super-G
Junior World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2009 Garmisch-Pertenkirchen Giant slalom
Gold medal – first place 2011 Crans-Montana Giant slalom

Alexis Pinturault (Alexis Pinturaultⓘ) (born 20 March 1991 in Moûtiers) is a French World Cup alpine ski racer and Olympic medalist.

With 34 World Cup victories, Pinturault is the most successful French skier in World Cup history. He represented France at seven World Championships and three Winter Olympics, with four bronze medals in the giant slalom. He was the overall World Cup champion in 2021.

Pinturault is double combined world champion in 2019 and 2023, the world champion in the team event in 2017, and a two-time world junior champion in giant slalom in 2009 and 2011.[1]

Early years

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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.[2]

Ski racing career

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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

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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 three months. In December, he won his second World Cup race in 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. Being 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.

Before the 2023–24 season, Pinturault announced he will not compete in slalom anymore, giving focus to the speed disciplines.[3]

World Cup results

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Season titles

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Season
Discipline
2013    Combined [1]
2014    Combined [2]
2016 Combined
2017 Combined
2019 Combined
2020 Combined
2021
Overall
Giant slalom
Parallel [3]
1 Unofficial, tied with Ivica Kostelić
2 Unofficial, tied with Ted Ligety
3 Unofficial

Season standings

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Season
Age Overall  Slalom  Giant
 Slalom  		 Super  G Downhill Combined Parallel
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
2017 25 4 12 3 22 — 1
2018 26 6 14 3 19 — 4
2019 27 2 6 3 21 — 1
2020 28 2 6 2 8 — 1 19
2021 29 1 7 1 17 — — 1
2022 30 10 16 5 15 — —
2023 31 8 17 5 5 — —
2024 32 10 — 5 29 —
Standings through 24 December 2023

Race victories

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Total Slalom Giant
Slalom 		Super-G Combined Parallel
Slalom 		Parallel
Giant slalom
Wins 34 3 18 1 10 1 1
Podiums 77 12 41 4 15 3 2
Season
Date Location Discipline
2012 21 February 2012 Russia Moscow, Russia Parallel slalom
2013 8 December 2012 France Val-d'Isère, France Slalom
18 January 2013  Switzerland  Wengen, Switzerland Combined
24 February 2013 Germany Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany Giant slalom
2014 19 January 2014  Switzerland  Wengen, Switzerland Slalom
26 January 2014 Austria Kitzbühel, Austria Combined
13 March 2014  Switzerland  Lenzerheide, Switzerland Super-G
2015 23 January 2015 Austria Kitzbühel, Austria Combined
14 March 2015 Slovenia Kranjska Gora, Slovenia Giant slalom
2016 22 January 2016 Austria Kitzbühel, Austria Combined
13 February 2016 Japan Naeba, Japan Giant slalom
19 February 2016 France Chamonix, France Combined
26 February 2016 Austria Hinterstoder, Austria Giant slalom
28 February 2016 Giant slalom
4 March 2016 Slovenia Kranjska Gora, Slovenia Giant slalom
2017 23 October 2016 Austria Sölden, Austria Giant slalom
10 December 2016 France Val-d'Isère, France Giant slalom
29 December 2016 Italy Santa Caterina, Italy Combined
7 January 2017  Switzerland  Adelboden, Switzerland Giant slalom
2018 9 December 2017 France Val-d'Isère, France Giant slalom
29 December 2017 Italy Bormio, Italy Combined
2019 22 February 2019 Bulgaria Bansko, Bulgaria Combined
16 March 2019 Andorra Soldeu, Andorra Giant slalom
2020 27 October 2019 Austria Sölden, Austria Giant slalom
15 December 2019 France Val-d'Isère, France Slalom
29 December 2019 Italy Bormio, Italy Combined
2 February 2020 Germany Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany Giant slalom
1 March 2020 Austria Hinterstoder, Austria Combined
2 March 2020 Giant slalom
2021 27 November 2020 Austria Lech/Zürs, Austria Parallel-G
20 December 2020 Italy Alta Badia, Italy Giant slalom
8 January 2021  Switzerland  Adelboden, Switzerland Giant slalom
9 January 2021 Giant slalom
20 March 2021  Switzerland  Lenzerheide, Switzerland Giant slalom

Podiums

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Season Podiums
Super-G Giant slalom Slalom Parallel[1] Combined Σ
1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
2011 1 1
2012 1 2 1 1 1 6
2013 1 2 1 1 1 1 7
2014 1 3 1 1 1 1 8
2015 1 1 2 1 1 6
2016 4 2 2 8
2017 3 1 1 1 6
2018 1 2 1 4
2019 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 8
2020 3 1 1 2 1 8
2021 4 1 3 1 9
2022 1 1 1 3
2023 1 1 1 3
Total 1 1 2 18 12 11 3 4 5 2 1 2 10 4 1 77
4 41 12 5 15

1 Including both parallel slalom and parallel giant slalom. Two parallel events have been classified in the sk-db.com results as classic events (the City Event slalom on 23/02/16 and the parallel GS on 18/12/17). They are shown here as parallel events.

World Championship results

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Year
Age Slalom Giant
Slalom 		Super-G Downhill Combined Team Event
2011 19 17 — DNF — — —
2013 21 6 5 6 — 6 —
2015 23 DNF2 3 11 — 5 —
2017 25 DNF1 7 6 — 10 1
2019 27 4 3 — — 1 —
2021 29 7 DNF2 3 — 2 —
2023 31 - 7 3 — 1

Olympic results

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Year
Age Slalom Giant
Slalom 		Super-G Downhill Combined
2014 22 DNF2 3 — — DNF2
2018 26 5 3 — — 2
2022 30 16 5 11 — DNF2

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "JWSC: Alexis Pinturault (FRA) takes men's giant slalom". fisalpine.com. 30 January 2011. Retrieved 8 March 2011.
  2. ^ https://www.nrk.no/sport/verdens-beste-alpinist-kunne-kjort-for-norge-1.15368955 "Moren hans kommer fra Bergen, og alpinisten har tilbrakt mye tid i Norge. Men ikke bare det, han har også statsborgerskap i begge land."
  3. ^ "An important decision for "the last part of Pinturault's career"".
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