After turning around (2nd in 2019 and 2020; 3rd in 2014, 2015 and 2016), Alexis Pinturault won the general classification of the World Cup this Saturday.
The big crystal globe.
In the history of French skiing, only Jean-Claude Killy (1967, 1968), Luc Alphand (1997) and Michèle Jacot (1970) have engraved their names on the prize list of the prestigious ranking.
The Norwegian touch.
"It is true that he looks like a Norwegian", had greeted Aksel Lund Svindal, the reference of the White Circus in the years 2010 by seeing the solid hope tricolor disembark and stand out on the circuit.
Alexis Pinturault's mother, Hege, Norwegian, cultivated the flavor and attraction of competition in her son: “I used to take Alexis skiing when I was pregnant.
Even in my stomach, he must have felt the movement and the pleasure of sliding. "
His father, Claude, owner of Annapurna, a luxury hotel in Courchevel, instilled in him a taste for detail, rigor, and the tireless quest for excellence: “The 2nd is the first to lose ( ...).
Whatever the job or activity, you have to be excellent. ”
The rest will be quick.
Beginning on the boards at 2 years old, leaving the family hotel, Annapurna in Courchevel.
Ski club, then the France pole in Albertville.
Before the first cuts.
On all tracks.
@AlexPinturault claims a very important final GS and secures both the GS and the Overall World Cup Titles.
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- FIS Alpine (@fisalpine) March 20, 2021
A precocious talent.
Double junior world champion in giant slalom (2009, 2011), Alexis Pinturault has established himself as the rising figure of French skiing, an athlete to follow at the world level.
His versatility, his determination and his (rapid) first results quickly make him an attraction.
He has won 34 World Cup victories.
In six different disciplines: giant slalom, combined, slalom, city event, parallel giant and Super-G.
Only the descent is missing from this fantastic picture.
The Austrian landmark.
During the World Cup season, Alexis Pinturault likes to find his landmark in Altenmarkt, a town of 4,000 inhabitants in Austria where Herman Maier was born.
An organization accepted by the France team which allows it to prepare at its convenience.
The Courchevel skier is surrounded by a cell dedicated to performance.
It is made up of two coaches, a physical trainer, a technician, a physiotherapist and Romane, his wife, who takes care of media requests.
The photo to get away from it all.
His Ingres violins combine sport and nature: mountain raids, spearfishing or water skiing, and photography, with for example a safari in Botswana.
The gold to go and pick.
At the Olympics, as at the Worlds, Alexis Pinturault has often shone by his versatility with many in the Top 10, even the Top 5. If he has several medals attesting to his consistency, he still has to climb to the most high step of the podium at the Olympics.
His record includes 3 Olympic medals (the combined silver and the giant's bronze in Pyeongchang in 2018, the giant's bronze in Sochi in 2014) and 6 world medals (including 2 gold, the combined in 2019 and the team event in 2017).
In Cortina d'Ampezzo, he still showed consistency (3rd in the Super G, 2nd in the combined) but had let Mathieu Faivre shine on the top step of the podium in Giant ...
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