Alexis Pinturault

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.

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

• 2 titles – (2 Combined)

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

Season standings

^ Only two combined races scheduled; a crystal globe was not awarded. However, athletes still get their medals.

Race podiums

• 19 wins – (1 SG, 9 GS, 2 SL, 6 SC, 1 PSL)
• 41 podiums – (3 SG, 24 GS, 3 SL, 9 SC, 2 PSL)

Season	Date	Location	Discipline	Place
2011	5 Mar 2011	Kranjska Gora, Slovenia	Giant slalom	2nd
2012	23 Oct 2011	Sölden, Austria	Giant slalom	2nd
	5 Feb 2012	Chamonix, France	Super combined	2nd
	21 Feb 2012	Moscow, Russia	Parallel slalom	1st
	10 Mar 2012	Kranjska Gora, Slovenia	Giant slalom	2nd
	11 Mar 2012		Slalom	3rd
	15 Mar 2012	Schladming, Austria	Super-G	2nd
2013	8 Dec 2012	Val-d'Isère, France	Slalom	1st
	1 Jan 2013	Munich, Germany	Parallel slalom	3rd
	18 Jan 2013	Wengen, Switzerland	Super combined	1st
	27 Jan 2013	Kitzbühel, Austria	Combined	2nd
	24 Feb 2013	Garmisch, Germany	Giant slalom	1st
	9 Mar 2013	Kranjska Gora, Slovenia	Giant slalom	3rd
	16 Mar 2013	Lenzerheide, Switzerland	Giant slalom	3rd
2014	27 Oct 2013	Sölden, Austria	Giant slalom	2nd
	22 Dec 2013	Alta Badia, Italy	Giant slalom	2nd
	17 Jan 2014	Wengen, Switzerland	Super combined	2nd
	19 Jan 2014		Slalom	1st
	26 Jan 2014	Kitzbühel, Austria	Super combined	1st
	2 Feb 2014	St. Moritz, Switzerland	Giant slalom	3rd
	13 Mar 2014	Lenzerheide, Switzerland	Super-G	1st
	15 Mar 2014		Giant slalom	2nd
2015	26 Oct 2014	Sölden, Austria	Giant slalom	3rd
	6 Dec 2014	Beaver Creek, USA	Super-G	3rd
	7 Dec 2014		Giant slalom	2nd
	10 Jan 2015	Adelboden, Switzerland	Giant slalom	2nd
	23 Jan 2015	Kitzbühel, Austria	Super combined	1st
	14 Mar 2015	Kranjska Gora, Slovenia	Giant slalom	1st
2016	22 Jan 2016	Kitzbühel, Austria	Super combined	1st
	13 Feb 2016	Naeba, Japan	Giant slalom	1st
	19 Feb 2016	Chamonix, France	Super combined	1st
	26 Feb 2016	Hinterstoder, Austria	Giant slalom	1st
	28 Feb 2016		Giant slalom	1st
	4 Mar 2016	Kranjska Gora, Slovenia	Giant slalom	1st
	5 Mar 2016		Giant slalom	2nd
	19 Mar 2016	St. Moritz, Switzerland	Giant slalom	2nd
2017	23 Oct 2016	Sölden, Austria	Giant slalom	1st
	4 Dec 2016	Val-d'Isère, France	Giant slalom	3rd
	10 Dec 2016		Giant slalom	1st
	29 Dec 2016	Santa Caterina, Italy	Super combined	1st
	7 Jan 2017	Adelboden, Switzerland	Giant slalom	1st

World Championships results

Olympic results