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{{short description|Swiss alpine skier}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2023}}
{{Infobox alpine ski racer
| name           = Loïc Meillard
| image          = Loic Meillard Grandvalira 2023 GS 1st run (13).jpg
| image_size     = 230px
| caption        = Meillard in 2023
| disciplines    = [[Giant slalom]], [[Slalom skiing|slalom]], [[Alpine skiing combined|combined]], [[super-G]]
| club           = [[Hérémence|Heremencia]]
| birth_date     = {{birth date and age|1996|10|29|df=y}}
| birth_place    = [[Neuchâtel]], [[Switzerland]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gps-performance.com/page.php?label=athletes&ida=23|title=LOÏC MEILLARD|website=gps-performance.com|access-date=20 December 2018}}</ref>
| height         = 1.82 m 
| wcdebut        = 10 January [[2014–15 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup|2015]] (age&nbsp;18)
| website        = [https://loicmeillard.ch/ loicmeillard.ch]
| olympicteams   = 2 - ([[Switzerland at the 2018 Winter Olympics#Alpine skiing|2018]], [[Switzerland at the 2022 Winter Olympics#Alpine skiing|2022]])
| olympicmedals  = 0
| olympicgolds   = 
| worldsteams    = 4 - ([[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2017|2017]]<!--, [[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2019|2019]], [[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2021|2021]], -->–[[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2023|2023]])
| worldsmedals   = 3
| worldsgolds    = 0
| wcseasons      = 10 - ([[2014–15 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup|2015]]–[[2023–24 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup|2024]])
| wcwins         = 4 - (2 [[Giant slalom|GS]], 1 [[Slalom skiing|SL]], 1&nbsp;[[FIS Alpine Ski World Cup#Parallel giant slalom|PG]])
| wcpodiums      = 21 - (10 GS, 6 SL, 3 [[Super-G|SG]],<br>{{spaces|9}}1 [[Alpine skiing combined|AC]], 1 PG)<!-- 19 through 03 Mar 2024 -->
| wcoveralls     = 0 - ''(4th in [[2020–21 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup|2021]])''
| wctitles       = 1 - ''(1 in [[FIS Alpine Ski World Cup#Parallel giant slalom|PAR]], 2020)''
| show-medals    = yes
| medaltemplates = 
{{Medal|Sport|Men's [[alpine skiing]]}}
{{Medal|Country|{{SUI}}}} 
{{MedalCount|total=yes|type=World Cup race podiums
| Slalom       | 1 | 4 | 1
| Giant slalom | 2 | 5 | 3
| Super-G      | 0 | 1 | 2
| Combined     | 0 | 0 | 1
| Parallel     | 1 | 0 | 0
}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships|World Championships]]}}
{{Medal|Silver|[[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2023|2023 Courchevel]]|[[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2023 – Men's giant slalom|Giant slalom]]}}
{{MedalBronze|[[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2021|2021 Cortina d'Ampezzo]]|[[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2021 – Men's alpine combined|Combined]]}}
{{MedalBronze|2021 Cortina d'Ampezzo|[[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2021 – Men's parallel giant slalom|Parallel]]}}
{{Medal|Competition|[[World Junior Alpine Skiing Championships|Junior World Championships]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[World Junior Alpine Skiing Championships 2015|2015 Hafjell]]|Combined}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[World Junior Alpine Skiing Championships 2017|2017 Åre]]|Giant slalom}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[World Junior Alpine Skiing Championships 2017|2017 Åre]]|Combined}}
{{Medal|Silver|2015 Hafjell|Giant slalom}}
{{Medal|Bronze|2015 Hafjell|Super-G}}
}}
'''Loïc Meillard''' ({{IPA|fr|lɔik mɛjaʁ}}; born 29 October 1996) is a Swiss [[FIS Alpine Ski World Cup|World Cup]] [[Alpine skiing|alpine ski racer]] and specializes in the technical events of [[Slalom skiing|slalom]] and [[giant slalom]].

Born in [[Neuchâtel]], Meillard made his World Cup debut in January [[2014–15 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup|2015]]; his younger sister [[Mélanie Meillard|Mélanie]] is also a World Cup alpine racer.

==Career==
Meillard made his World Cup debut at age 18 in the [[Adelboden]] giant slalom in January 2015. At the [[World Junior Alpine Skiing Championships|Junior World Championships]] [[World Junior Alpine Skiing Championships 2015|that March]] at [[Hafjell]], [[Norway]], he won a bronze medal in the super-G, silver in the giant slalom, and gold in the combined.

In <!--28-->February [[2015–16 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup|2016]], Meillard scored his first World Cup points at the [[Hinterstoder]] giant slalom, finishing in 27th place, and his first top ten (eighth) came the following week at [[Kranjska Gora Ski Resort|Kranjska Gora]]. His first podium was a runner-up in a giant slalom in December [[2018–19 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup|2018]] at [[Saalbach-Hinterglemm]], {{nowrap|Austria.<ref name=zankr>{{cite news |url=http://www.espn.com/olympics/skiing/story/_/id/25572415/zan-kranjec-1st-slovenian-man-win-world-cup-gs |publisher=ESPN |agency=Associated Press |title=Zan Kranjec gives Slovenian men 1st World Cup win in GS |date=19 December 2018<!--|accessdate=19 December 2018-->}}</ref>}} On the same hill the next day, Meillard finished second in the slalom, runner-up to [[Marcel Hirscher]].

At his third [[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships|World Championships]] in [[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2021|2021]], Meillard won two bronze medals, in [[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2021 – Men's parallel giant slalom|parallel giant slalom]] and [[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2021 – Men's alpine combined|combined]], and was fifth in the [[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2021 – Men's giant slalom|giant slalom]].

==World Cup results==
===Season titles===
* 1 title&nbsp;– (1 [[FIS Alpine Ski World Cup#Parallel giant slalom|PAR]])
{| class="wikitable"  style="font-size:95%; text-align:center; border:gray solid 1px; width:12%;"
|- style="background:#369; color:white;"
| rowspan="2" style="width:5%;"|'''Season'''
|- style="background:#4180be; color:white;"
| style="width:5%;"|Discipline
|-
! [[2019–20 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup|2020]]
| [[FIS Alpine Ski World Cup#Parallel giant slalom|Parallel]]
|}

===Season standings===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:center; border:grey solid 1px; border-collapse:collapse;" width="40%"
|- style="background-color:#369; color:white;"
|rowspan="2" colspan="1" width="10%"|'''Season'''
|- style="background-color:#4180be; color:white;"
| width="5%"|Age
| width="5%"|'''Overall'''
| width="5%"|Slalom
| width="5%"|Giant<br>Slalom
| width="5%"|Super-G
| width="5%"|Downhill
| width="5%"|Combined
| width="5%"|Parallel
|- style="background-color:#8CB2D8; color:white;"
|-
| [[2015–16 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup|2016]] ||''19''|| 104 || — || 38 || — || — || — ||rowspan="4" {{n/a}}<!--|''{{small|awarded with SL and GS}}''-->
|-
| [[2016–17 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup|2017]] ||''20''|| [[2017 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's overall|79]] || [[2017 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's slalom|42]] || [[2017 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's giant slalom|30]] || [[2017 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's super-G|—]] || [[2017 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's downhill|—]] || [[2017 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's combined|—]]
|-
| [[2017–18 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup|2018]] ||''21''|| [[2018 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's overall|27]] || [[2018 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's slalom|22]] || [[2018 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's giant slalom|9]] || [[2018 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's super-G|—]] || [[2018 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's downhill|—]] || [[2018 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's combined|—]]
|-
| [[2018–19 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup|2019]] ||''22''|| [[2019 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's overall|15]] || [[2019 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's slalom|16]] || [[2019 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's giant slalom|5]] || [[2019 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's super-G|—]] || [[2019 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's downhill|—]] || [[2019 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's combined|18]]
|-
| [[2019–20 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup|2020]] ||''23''|| [[2020 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's overall|10]] || [[2020 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's slalom|14]] || [[2020 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's giant slalom|11]] || [[2020 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's super-G|—]] || [[2020 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's downhill|—]] || [[2020 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's combined|5]] ||style="background:gold;"|[[2020 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's parallel|1]]
|-
| [[2020–21 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup|2021]] ||''24''|| [[2021 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's overall|4]] ||[[2021 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's slalom|9]] || [[2021 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's giant slalom|4]] || [[2021 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's super-G|20]] || [[2021 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's downhill|—]] || rowspan="4" {{n/a}} || [[2021 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's parallel|—]]
|-
| [[2021–22 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup|2022]] ||''25''|| [[2022 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's overall|11]] || [[2022 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's slalom|7]] || [[2022 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's giant slalom|8]] || [[2022 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's super-G|30]] || [[2022 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's downhill|—]] || [[2022 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's parallel|—]] 
|-
| [[2022–23 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup|2023]] ||''26''||[[2023 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's overall|6]]||[[2023 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's slalom|6]]||[[2023 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's giant slalom|6]]||[[2023 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's super-G|16]]|| [[2023 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's downhill|—]] || rowspan="2" {{n/a}} 
|-
| [[2023–24 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup|2024]] ||''27''||style="background:silver;"|[[2024 Alpine Skiing World Cup - Men's overall|2]]||[[2024 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's slalom|4]]||style="background:silver;"|[[2024 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's giant slalom|2]]||[[2024 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's super-G|8]]|| [[2024 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's downhill|—]]
|}
:{{small|Standings through 24 March 2024}}

===Race podiums===
* 4 wins – (2 [[Giant slalom|GS]], 1 [[Slalom skiing|SL]], 1 [[FIS Alpine Ski World Cup#Parallel giant slalom|PG]])
* 21 podiums – (10 GS, 6 SL, 3 [[Super-G|SG]], 1 [[Alpine skiing combined|AC]], 1 PG); 85 top tens<!-- 85 through 22 Mar 2024 -->
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:center; border:grey solid 1px; border-collapse:collapse;" width="50%"
|- style="background-color:#369; color:white;"
|rowspan="2" colspan="1" width="2%"|'''Season'''
|- style="background-color:#4180be; color:white;"
| width="5%"|Date
| width="25%"|Location
| width="8%"|Discipline
| width="3%"|Place
|-
| rowspan="2" |'''[[2018–19 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup|2019]]''' || align=right|19 Dec 2018 || rowspan="2" align=left|{{flagicon|AUT}} [[Saalbach-Hinterglemm|Saalbach]], Austria || [[Giant slalom]] || 2nd
|-
| align=right|20 Dec 2018 || [[Slalom skiing|Slalom]] || 2nd
|-
| rowspan="3" |'''[[2019–20 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup|2020]]''' || align=right|29&nbsp;Dec&nbsp;2019 || align=left|{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Stelvio (ski course)|Bormio]], Italy || [[Alpine skiing combined|Combined]] || 3rd
|-
| align=right|2 Feb 2020 || align=left|{{flagicon|GER}} [[Kandahar (ski course)<!--Garmisch Classic-->|Garmisch-Partenkirchen]], Germany || Giant&nbsp;slalom || 2nd
|-
| align=right bgcolor="#BOEOE6"|9 Feb 2020 || align=left|{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Chamonix]], France || bgcolor="#BOEOE6"|[[FIS Alpine Ski World Cup#Parallel giant slalom|Parallel-G]] || bgcolor="#BOEOE6"|'''1st'''
|-
| rowspan="2"| '''[[2020–21 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup|2021]]''' || align=right|9 Jan 2021 || align=left|&nbsp;{{flagicon|SUI}}&nbsp; [[Chuenisbärgli|Adelboden]], Switzerland || Giant slalom || 3rd
|-
| align=right|13 Mar 2021 || align=left|{{flagicon|SLO}} [[Podkoren 3<!--Kranjska Gora Ski Resort-->|Kranjska Gora]], Slovenia || Giant slalom || 2nd
|-
| rowspan="2"| '''[[2021–22 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup|2022]]''' || align=right|26 Feb 2022 || align=left|{{flagicon|GER}} Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany || [[Slalom skiing|Slalom]] || 2nd
|-
|align=right|19 Mar 2022 || align=left|{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Méribel]], France || Giant slalom || 3rd
|-
| rowspan="5"| '''[[2022–23 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup|2023]]''' || align=right|11 Dec 2022 || align=left|{{flagicon|FRA}} [[La face de Bellevarde|Val d'Isère]], France || Slalom || 3rd
|-
|align=right|29 Dec 2022 || align=left|{{flagicon|ITA}} Bormio, Italy || [[Super-G]] || 3rd
|-
|align=right|7 Jan 2023 || align=left|{{nowrap|&nbsp;{{flagicon|SUI}}&nbsp; Adelboden, Switzerland}} || Giant slalom || 3rd
|-
|align=right|15 Jan 2023 || align=left|&nbsp;{{flagicon|SUI}}&nbsp; [[Männlichen (ski course)<!--Lauberhorn ski races-->|Wengen]], Switzerland || Slalom || 2nd
|-
|align=right bgcolor="#BOEOE6"|25 Jan 2023 || align=left|{{flagicon|AUT}} [[Planai (ski course)|Schladming]], Austria ||bgcolor="#BOEOE6"|Giant slalom || bgcolor="#BOEOE6"|'''1st'''
|-
| rowspan="7" | '''[[2023–24 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup|2024]]''' || align=right|27 Jan 2024 || align=left|{{flagicon|GER}} Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany || Super-G || 3rd
|-
| align=right|4 Feb 2024 || align=left|{{flagicon|FRA}} Chamonix, France || Slalom || 2nd
|-
| align=right|1 Mar 2024 || align=left rowspan=3|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Aspen Mountain (ski area)|Aspen]], USA || Giant slalom || 2nd
|-
| align=right|2 Mar 2024 || Giant slalom || 2nd
|-
| align=right bgcolor="#BOEOE6"|3 Mar 2024 ||bgcolor="#BOEOE6"|Slalom ||bgcolor="#BOEOE6"|'''1st'''
|-
| align=right bgcolor="#BOEOE6"|16 Mar 2024 || align=left rowspan=2|{{flagicon|AUT}} Saalbach, Austria ||bgcolor="#BOEOE6"| Giant slalom ||bgcolor="#BOEOE6"| '''1st'''
|-
| align=right|22 Mar 2024 || Super-G || 2nd
|}

==World Championship results==
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:center; border:grey solid 1px; border-collapse:collapse;" width="45%"
|- style="background-color:#369; color:white;"
|rowspan="2" colspan="1" width="4%"|'''Year'''
|- style="background-color:#4180be; color:white;"
| width="3%"|Age
| width="5%"|Slalom
| width="5%"|Giant<br>Slalom
| width="5%"|Super-G
| width="5%"|Downhill
| width="5%"|Combined
| width="5%"|Parallel
|- style="background-color:#8CB2D8; color:white;"
|-
| [[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2017|2017]] || ''20'' || [[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2017 – Men's slalom|—]] || [[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2017 – Men's giant slalom|21]] || [[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2017 – Men's super-G|—]] || [[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2017 – Men's downhill|—]] || [[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2017 – Men's alpine combined|—]] || rowspan="2" {{n/a}}
|-
| [[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2019|2019]] || ''22'' || [[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2019 – Men's slalom|14]] || [[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2019 – Men's giant slalom|4]] || [[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2019 – Men's super-G|—]] || [[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2019 – Men's downhill|—]] || [[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2019 – Men's alpine combined|—]]
|-
| [[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2021|2021]] || ''24'' || [[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2021 – Men's slalom|DNF1]] || [[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2021 – Men's giant slalom|5]] ||[[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2021 – Men's super-G|DNF]] || [[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2021 – Men's downhill|—]] || style="background:#c96;"|[[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2021 – Men's alpine combined|3]] || style="background:#c96;"|[[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2021 – Men's parallel giant slalom|3]]
|-
| [[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2023|2023]] || ''26'' || [[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2023 – Men's slalom|DNF1]] || style="background:silver;"|[[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2023 – Men's giant slalom|2]] ||[[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2023 – Men's super-G|8]] || [[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2023 – Men's downhill|—]] || [[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2023 – Men's alpine combined|6]] || [[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2023 – Men's parallel giant slalom|—]]
|}

==Olympic results==
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:center; border:grey solid 1px; border-collapse:collapse;" width="45%"
|- style="background-color:#369; color:white;"
|rowspan="2" colspan="1" width="4%"|'''Year'''
|- style="background-color:#4180be; color:white;"
| width="3%"|Age
| width="5%"|Slalom
| width="5%"|Giant<br>Slalom
| width="5%"|Super-G
| width="5%"|Downhill
| width="5%"|Combined
|-
| [[Alpine skiing at the 2018 Winter Olympics|2018]] 
| ''21'' 
| [[Alpine skiing at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Men's slalom|14]] 
| [[Alpine skiing at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Men's giant slalom|9]] 
| [[Alpine skiing at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Men's super-G|—]] 
| [[Alpine skiing at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Men's downhill|—]] 
| [[Alpine skiing at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Men's combined|—]]
|-
| [[Alpine skiing at the 2022 Winter Olympics|2022]] 
| ''25'' 
| [[Alpine skiing at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Men's slalom|5]] 
| [[Alpine skiing at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Men's giant slalom|DNF1]] 
| [[Alpine skiing at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Men's super-G|—]] 
| [[Alpine skiing at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Men's downhill|—]] 
| [[Alpine skiing at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Men's combined|DNF2 (SL)]]
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Sports links}}
* {{Ski-db}}
* [https://www.swissolympicteam.ch/de/olympische-missionen/olympische-spiele/peking-2022/team/athletenportrait?athleteId=8041 Loïc Meillard] at the [[Swiss Olympic Association]] {{in lang|de}}
* {{official website}} {{in lang|fr}}

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[[Category:1996 births]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Neuchâtel]]
[[Category:Swiss male alpine skiers]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Alpine skiers at the 2018 Winter Olympics]]
[[Category:Alpine skiers at the 2022 Winter Olympics]]
[[Category:Olympic alpine skiers for Switzerland]]
[[Category:21st-century Swiss sportsmen]]