Alexis Pinturault

Alexis Pinturault
— Alpine skier —
October 2017
Disciplines Giant slalom, slalom, combined, super-G
Club Douanes – SC Courchevel
Born (1991-03-20) 20 March 1991
Moûtiers, Savoie, France
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
World Cup debut 13 March 2009 (age 17)
Website alexispinturault.com
Olympics
Teams 2 – (2014, 2018)
Medals 3 (0 gold)
World Championships
Teams 4 – (2011–17)
Medals 2 (1 gold)
World Cup
Seasons 10 – (2009–2018)
Wins 21
Podiums 45
Overall titles 0 – (3rd in 2014, 2015, 2016)
Discipline titles 2 – (SC, 2016 & 2017)
Medal record
Olympic Games
2018 PyeongchangCombined
2014 SochiGiant slalom
2018 PyeongchangGiant slalom
World Championships
2017 St. MoritzTeam event
2015 Beaver CreekGiant slalom
Junior World Ski Championships
2009 GarmischGiant slalom
2011 Crans-MontanaGiant slalom

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

Pinturault has seventeen World Cup victories through December 10, 2016. He represented France at three World Championships 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

Season
Discipline
2013   Combined [1]
2014   Combined [2]
2016Combined
2017Combined

1 Unofficial, tied with Ivica Kostelić
2 Unofficial, tied with Ted Ligety

Season standings

Season
Age Overall Slalom Giant
Slalom		 Super G Downhill Combined
20111954–2230–30
2012201018422544
20132169333–1
20142239313–1
201523310210–2
201624311227–1
201725412322–1
201826614319–4

Race victories

Slalom Giant
Slalom		 Super G Combined Parallel Total
Wins21017121
Podiums327310346
Season
Date Location Discipline
201221 Feb 2012Russia Moscow, RussiaParallel slalom
20138 Dec 2012France Val-d'Isère, FranceSlalom
18 Jan 2013 Switzerland  Wengen, SwitzerlandCombined
24 Feb 2013Germany Garmisch, GermanyGiant slalom
201419 Jan 2014 Switzerland  Wengen, SwitzerlandSlalom
26 Jan 2014Austria Kitzbühel, AustriaCombined
13 Mar 2014 Switzerland  Lenzerheide, SwitzerlandSuper-G
201523 Jan 2015Austria Kitzbühel, AustriaCombined
14 Mar 2015Slovenia Kranjska Gora, SloveniaGiant slalom
201622 Jan 2016Austria Kitzbühel, AustriaCombined
13 Feb 2016Japan Naeba, JapanGiant slalom
19 Feb 2016France Chamonix, FranceCombined
26 Feb 2016Austria Hinterstoder, AustriaGiant slalom
28 Feb 2016Giant slalom
4 Mar 2016Slovenia Kranjska Gora, SloveniaGiant slalom
201723 Oct 2016Austria Sölden, AustriaGiant slalom
10 Dec 2016France Val-d'Isère, FranceGiant slalom
29 Dec 2016Italy Santa Caterina, ItalyCombined
7 Jan 2017 Switzerland  Adelboden, SwitzerlandGiant slalom
20189 Dec 2017France Val-d'Isère, FranceGiant slalom
29 Dec 2017Italy Bormio, ItalyCombined

World Championships results

Year
Age Slalom Giant
Slalom		 Super G Downhill Combined Team Event
20111917—DNF——
201321656—6
201523DNF2311—5
201725DNF176—10

Olympic results

Year
Age Slalom Giant
Slalom		 Super G Downhill Combined
201422DNF23——DNF2
20182653——2

References

  1. ↑ "JWSC: Alexis Pinturault (FRA) takes men's giant slalom". fisalpine.com. 30 January 2011. Retrieved 8 March 2011.
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