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Alexis Pinturault

Alpine skier
At Stockholm in February 2019
Disciplines	Giant slalom, Super-G, Combined (also Slalom before 2023)
Club	Douanes – SC Courchevel
Born	(1991-03-20) 20 March 1991 (age 33) Moûtiers, France
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
World Cup debut	13 March 2009 (age 17)
Website	alexispinturault.com
Olympics
Teams	3 – (2014, 2018, 2022)
Medals	3 (0 gold)
World Championships
Teams	7 – (2011–23)
Medals	8 (3 gold)
World Cup
Seasons	15 – (2009–2023)
Wins	34 – (1 SG, 18 GS, 3 SL,         10 AC, 2 PS)
Podiums	77 – (4 SG, 41 GS, 12 SL,15 AC, 3 PS, 2 PGS)
Overall titles	1 – (2021)
Discipline titles	5 – (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 International alpine ski competitions Event 1st 2nd 3rd Olympic Games 0 1 2 World Championships 3 1 4 Olympic Games Silver 2018 Pyeongchang Combined Bronze 2014 Sochi Giant slalom Bronze 2018 Pyeongchang Giant slalom World Championships Gold 2017 St. Moritz Team event Gold 2019 Åre Combined Gold 2023 Courchevel Combined Silver 2021 Cortina d'Ampezzo Combined Bronze 2015 Beaver Creek Giant slalom Bronze 2019 Åre Giant slalom Bronze 2021 Cortina d'Ampezzo Super-G Bronze 2023 Courchevel Super-G Junior World Championships Gold 2009 Garmisch-Pertenkirchen Giant slalom Gold 2011 Crans-Montana Giant slalom

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.

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.

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 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.

World Cup results

Season titles

• 6 titles – (1 overall, 1 Giant slalom, 4 Combined)

	Season
		Discipline
	2013	Combined
	2014	Combined
	2016	Combined
	2017	Combined
	2019	Combined
	2020	Combined
	2021
		Overall
		Giant slalom
		Parallel

Unofficial, tied with Ivica Kostelić

Unofficial, tied with Ted Ligety

Unofficial

Season standings

Standings through 31 January 2023

Race victories

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

Podiums

Season	Podiums
	Super-G			Giant slalom			Slalom			Parallel			Combined			Σ
	01	02	03	01	02	03	01	02	03	01	02	03	01	02	03
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

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

Olympic results

See also

In Spanish: Alexis Pinturault para niños

• List of FIS Alpine Ski World Cup men's race winners