Gauthier de Tessières (born 9 November 1981) is a World Cup alpine ski racer from France, and has competed in two Winter Olympics and five World Championships. He made his breakthrough on the Alpine Skiing World Cup in a giant slalom in Val-d'Isère in December 2008, where after finishing 30th in the first run to narrowly qualify for the second run, he worked his way up to finish third overall, bettering his previous World Cup personal best of 15th. He won the silver medal in the super-G at the 2013 World Championships, after being added to the French team as an injury replacement. De Tessières announced his retirement from competition in January 2014 after he was not selected for the 2014 Winter Olympics.
World Cup results
Top ten finishes 1 podium – (1 GS) 5 top tens Season Date Location Discipline Place2009 13 Dec 2008 Val-d'Isère, France Giant slalom 3rd2011 19 Dec 2010 Alta Badia, Italy Giant slalom 8th8 Jan 2011 Adelboden, Switzerland Giant slalom 9th2013 28 Oct 2012 Sölden, Austria Giant slalom 7th1 Dec 2012 Beaver Creek, USA Super-G 8th
Season standings Season Age Overall Slalom Giantslalom Super-G Downhill Combined 2002 20 139 — 51 — — — 2003 21 108 — 40 — — — 2004 22 111 — 41 — — — 2005 23 86 — 29 — — — 2006 24 112 — 39 45 — — 2007 25 120 — — 35 — — 2008 26 111 — 42 — — — 2009 27 71 — 22 — — — 2010 28 86 — 29 38 — — 2011 29 57 — 15 32 — — 2012 30 80 — 32 38 — — 2013 31 64 — 28 21 — — 2014 32 148 — 54 — — —
References
External links
Gauthier de Tessières World Cup standings at the International Ski Federation
French Ski Team – 2013 men's A team – Head Skis – team – athletes – Gauthier de Tessières