Thomas Fanara
 Fanara, circa 2009 | |||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||
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| Born | 24 April 1981 Annecy, Haute-Savoie, France | ||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Alpine skier | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Skiing career | |||||||||||||||
| Disciplines | Giant slalom | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Douanes – C.S. Praz-sur-Arly | ||||||||||||||
| World Cup debut | 11 January 2005 (age 23) | ||||||||||||||
| Olympics | |||||||||||||||
| Teams | 2 – (2006, 2014) | ||||||||||||||
| Medals | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| World Championships | |||||||||||||||
| Teams | 5 – (2007–15) | ||||||||||||||
| Medals | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| World Cup | |||||||||||||||
| Seasons | 12 – (2005–16) | ||||||||||||||
| Wins | 1 – (1 GS) | ||||||||||||||
| Podiums | 11 – (11 GS) | ||||||||||||||
| Overall titles | 0 – (23rd in 2016) | ||||||||||||||
| Discipline titles | 0 – (4th in GS, 2014) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Thomas Fanara (born 24 April 1981) is a World Cup alpine ski racer from France.
Born in Annecy, Haute-Savoie, Fanara specializes in giant slalom and has eleven World Cup podiums through the 2016 season; his first win came in March 2016 at the giant slalom finals in St Moritz, Switzerland. He has competed for France at two Winter Olympics and five World Championships.
World Cup
Fanara has started over 70 World cup races, mostly in giant slalom but also in slalom, and has been on the podium seven times.[1] In December 2007, he fell and hurt himself in the second run after winning the first run of a race in Bad Kleinkirchheim, but finished. Two years later in December 2009, Fanara incurred a season-ending injury to his left knee after a spectacular fall during a race in Beaver Creek,[2][3][4] two months before the 2010 Winter Olympics.
Season standings
| Season | Age | Overall | Slalom | Giant slalom |
Super-G | Downhill | Combined |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 23 | 136 | — | 54 | — | — | — |
| 2006 | 24 | 59 | — | 18 | — | — | — |
| 2007 | 25 | 78 | — | 17 | — | — | — |
| 2008 | 26 | 83 | — | 25 | — | — | — |
| 2009 | 27 | 48 | — | 13 | — | — | — |
| 2010 | 28 | 138 | — | 50 | — | — | — |
| 2011 | 29 | 37 | — | 6 | — | — | — |
| 2012 | 30 | 48 | — | 12 | — | — | — |
| 2013 | 31 | 29 | — | 5 | — | — | — |
| 2014 | 32 | 29 | — | 4 | — | — | — |
| 2015 | 33 | 27 | — | 5 | — | — | — |
| 2016 | 34 | 23 | — | 6 | — | — | — |
| 2017 | 35 | 73 | — | 23 | — | — | — |
| 2018 | 36 | 68 | — | 19 | — | — | — |
- Standings through 28 January 2018
Race podiums
| Season | Date | Location | Discipline | Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 19 Dec 2010 |  Alta Badia, Italy |
Giant slalom | 3rd |
| 8 Jan 2011 |  Adelboden, Switzerland |
Giant slalom | 3rd | |
| 2013 | 16 Dec 2012 | Alta Badia, Italy |
Giant slalom | 3rd |
| 2014 | 14 Dec 2013 |  Val-d'Isère, France |
Giant slalom | 2nd |
| 12 Jan 2014 | Adelboden, Switzerland |
Giant slalom | 2nd | |
| 2015 | 21 Dec 2014 | Alta Badia, Italy |
Giant slalom | 3rd |
| 14 Mar 2015 |  Kranjska Gora, Slovenia |
Giant slalom | 3rd | |
| 21 Mar 2015 | Méribel, France |
Giant slalom | 3rd | |
| 2016 | 25 Oct 2015 |  Sölden, Austria |
Giant slalom | 2nd |
| 26 Feb 2016 | Hinterstoder, Austria |
Giant slalom | 3rd | |
| 19 Mar 2016 | St. Moritz, Switzerland |
Giant slalom | 1st |
World championships
Fanara has competed in four World Championships in the giant slalom discipline. In 2007 in Åre, Sweden, he finished 16th, but on home country snow in 2009 in Val-d'Isère, France, he did not finish the first run. At Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, he finished sixth in 2011 but failed to finish the first run in 2013 at Schladming, Austria.[5] Fanara participated in the team event in 2011 at Garmisch and earned a gold medal.
| Year | Age | Slalom | Giant slalom |
Super-G | Downhill | Combined |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 25 | — | 16 | — | — | — |
| 2009 | 27 | — | DNF1 | — | — | — |
| 2011 | 29 | — | 6 | — | — | — |
| 2013 | 31 | — | DNF1 | — | — | — |
| 2015 | 33 | — | DNF1 | — | — | — |
Olympics
At the Winter Olympics, Fanara did not finish the first run of the giant slalom in 2006 and was injured two months prior the 2010 Games and did not compete.
| Year | Age | Slalom | Giant slalom |
Super-G | Downhill | Combined |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 24 | — | DNF1 | — | — | — |
| 2010 | 28 | injured, did not compete | ||||
| 2014 | 32 | — | 9 | — | — | — |
National championships
Fanara reached the podium of French national championships four times, all in giant slalom. In 2005 he was third; in 2006 he was second; and he won in 2007 and 2009.[1][6]
References
- ^ a b Thomas Fanara at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation
- ^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DgPOFmLLHIw Thomas Fanara Sturz Beaver Creek 06.12.2009
- ^ Assier, Andre (8 December 2009). "Alpine skiing – Injured Grange out of Winter Olympics". ESPN. Reuters. Retrieved 13 January 2014.
- ^ McKee, Hank (10 December 2009). "Grange will miss Olympics". Ski Racing. Retrieved 13 January 2014.
- ^ Race results at FIS-ski.com (World Championships
- ^ "JO Turin 2006 – Thomas Fanara" (in French).
Skier profile on France's 2006 Olympics page
External links
- Thomas Fanara at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation
- FIS-Ski.com – World Cup season standings – Thomas Fanara
- Ski-db.com – results – Thomas Fanara
- Thomas Fanara at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
– Olympic results - French Ski Team – 2015 men's A team – Template:Fr icon
- Fischer Skis – alpine racing – Thomas Fanara