Alexis Pinturault

Alexis Pinturault

October 2019
Personal information
Born	(1991-03-20) 20 March 1991 Moûtiers, Savoie, France
Occupation	Alpine skier
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Skiing career
Disciplines	Giant slalom, slalom, combined, super-G
Club	Douanes – SC Courchevel
World Cup debut	13 March 2009 (age 17)
Website	alexispinturault.com
Olympics
Teams	2 – (2014, 2018)
Medals	3 (0 gold)
World Championships
Teams	5 – (2011–19)
Medals	4 (2 gold)
World Cup
Seasons	11 – (2009–19)
Wins	24
Podiums	55
Overall titles	0 – (2nd in 2019)
Discipline titles	3 – (AC, 2016, 2017 & 2019)
Medal record International alpine ski competitions Event 1st 2nd 3rd Olympic Games 0 1 2 World Championships 2 0 2 Total 2 1 4 World Cup race podiums Event 1st 2nd 3rd Slalom 2 2 2 Giant 12 10 8 Super-G 1 1 1 Downhill 0 0 0 Combined 8 3 1 Parallel 1 1 2 Total 24 17 14 Olympic Games 2018 Pyeongchang Combined 2014 Sochi Giant slalom 2018 Pyeongchang Giant slalom World Championships 2017 St. Moritz Team event 2019 Åre Combined 2015 Beaver Creek Giant slalom 2019 Åre Giant slalom Junior World Championships 2009 Garmisch Giant slalom 2011 Crans-Montana Giant slalom

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

With 23 World Cup victories through 16 March 2019, Pinturault is the most successful French skier in World Cup history. He represented France at five World Championships and two Winter Olympics, with four bronze medals in the giant slalom.

Pinturault was world champion in combined in 2019, 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 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

• 3 titles – (3 Combined)

Season
	Discipline
2013	Combined [1]
2014	Combined [2]
2016	Combined
2017	Combined
2019	Combined

¹ Unofficial, tied with Ivica Kostelić

² Unofficial, tied with Ted Ligety

Season standings

Season
	Age	Overall	Slalom	Giant  Slalom	Super  G	Downhill	Combined
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	1	–	1	–	–	–

Standings through 27 October 2019

Race victories

	Total	Slalom	Giant Slalom	Super G	Combined	Parallel Slalom	Parallel Giant Slalom
Wins	24	2	12	1	8	1	0
Podiums	55	6	30	3	12	3	1

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, 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

World Championship results

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	—

Olympic results

Year
	Age	Slalom	Giant Slalom	Super G	Downhill	Combined
2014	22	DNF2	3	—	—	DNF2
2018	26	5	3	—	—	2

External links

• Alexis Pinturault at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation
• Alexis Pinturault World Cup standings at the International Ski Federation
• Alexis Pinturault at Ski-DB Alpine Ski Database
• Alexis Pinturault at Olympics.com
• Alexis Pinturault at Équipe de France Olympique (archived) (in French)
• Alexis Pinturault at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
• French Ski Team – 2019 men's A team Template:Fr icon
• Head.com – team – alpine skiing – Alexis Pinturault
• Official website Template:En icon Template:Fr icon