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33 years |
Birth date |
March 20, 1991 |
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Pisces |
Place of Birth |
France |
Occupation |
Skier |
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Alexis Pinturault (Alexis Pinturault (help·info)) (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.
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.
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.
Height | 5 ft 10 in / 179 cm |
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Weight | 176 lb / 80 kg |
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Hair Color | Blonde |
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Eye Color | Blue |
Nationality | French |
Race / ethnicity | White |