Blaise Giezendanner
Blaise Giezendanner (born 29 November 1991) is a French alpine ski racer. Giezendanner specializes in the speed events of Downhill and Super-G. At the 2013 Winter Universiade he won a Silver medal in the Downhill, Combined and Gold medal in the Super-G.
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 Giezendanner in 2014 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Disciplines | Downhill, Super-G, Combined | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Club | C.S. Chamonix | |||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 29 November 1991 Chamonix, France | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Seasons | 5 – (2013, 2015–18) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Wins | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Podiums | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Overall titles | 0 – (62nd in 2017) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline titles | 0 – (23rd in AC, 2016) | |||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
Giezendanner made his World Cup debut on 23 February 2013 in the Garmisch-Partenkirchen Downhill finishing in 53rd position.[1] In December 2013 he represented France at the 2013 Winter Universiade in Trentino, Italy. He finished 13th in the Giant slalom, 2nd in the Downhill and the Combined and 1st in the Super-G. On 21 February 2015 he scored his first World Cup points in the Saalbach Downhill.[2] He attained his first Top 10 World Cup result on 7 February 2016 finishing 8th in the Jeongseon Super-G.[3] Apart from FIS events, Giezendanner competed at the 2018 Winter Olympics but did not medal.[4]
World Cup results
| Season | Age | Overall | Slalom | Giant slalom |
Super-G | Downhill | Combined |
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| 2015 | 23 | 147 | — | — | — | 57 | — |
| 2016 | 24 | 65 | — | — | 32 | 29 | 23 |
| 2017 | 25 | 62 | — | — | 23 | 34 | 25 |
| 2018 | 26 | 84 | — | — | 22 | — | — |
- Standings through 30 January 2018
References
- FIS World Cup - Men's Downhill, Garmisch-Partenkirchen (GER). FIS. 23 February 2013.
- FIS World Cup - Men's Downhill, Saalbach (AUT). FIS. 21 February 2015.
- FIS World Cup - Men's Super G, Jeongseon (KOR). FIS. 7 February 2016.
- "Blaise Giezendanner". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 7 August 2019.
External links
- Blaise Giezendanner at the International Ski Federation
- Blaise Giezendanner at the Comité National Olympique et Sportif Français (in French)
- FIS-ski.com – Blaise Giezendanner – World Cup season standings