Alexis Pinturault () (born 20 March 1991 in Moûtiers) is a French former World Cup alpine ski racer and Olympic medalist.
With 34 World Cup victories, Pinturault is the most successful French skier in World Cup history. He represented France at seven World Championships and three Winter Olympics, with four bronze medals in the giant slalom. He was the overall World Cup champion in 2021.
Pinturault is double combined world champion in 2019 and 2023, the world champion in the team event in 2017, and 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.https://www.nrk.no/sport/verdens-beste-alpinist-kunne-kjort-for-norge-1.15368955 "Moren hans kommer fra Bergen, og alpinisten har tilbrakt mye tid i Norge. Men ikke bare det, han har også statsborgerskap i begge land."
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.
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 three months. In December, he won his second World Cup race in 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. Being 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.
Before the 2023–24 season, Pinturault announced he will not compete in slalom anymore, giving focus to the speed disciplines.
Pinturault retired at the end of the 2025–26 season.
World Cup results Season titles 6 titles – (1 overall, 1 Giant slalom, 4 Combined) SeasonDiscipline 2013 Combined 2014 2016 Combined 2017 Combined 2019 Combined 2020 Combined2021Overall Giant slalom Parallel
Season standings SeasonAgeOverall Slalom Giant Slalom Super GDownhillCombinedParallel 2011 19 54 — 22 30 — 30 rowspan=9 2012 20 10 18 4 22 54 4 2013 21 6 9 3 33 — 1 2014 223 9 3 13 — 1 2015 233 10 2 10 — 2 2016 243 11 2 27 — 1 2017 25 4 12 3 22 — 1 2018 26 6 14 3 19 — 4 2019 272 6 3 21 — 1 2020 282 6 2 8 — 1 19 2021 291 7 1 17 — rowspan=6 1 2022 30 10 16 5 15 — — 2023 31 8 17 5 5 — rowspan=4 2024 32 42 — 20 32 39 2025 33 77 — 26 40 — 2026 34 52 — 16 — —
Race victories TotalSlalomGiantslalomSuper-GCombinedParallelslalomParallelgiant slalom Wins 34 3 18 1 10 1 1 Podiums 77 12 41 4 15 3 2
Season Date Location Discipline201221 February 2012 Moscow, Russia Parallel slalom20138 December 2012 Val-d'Isère, France Slalom18 January 2013 Wengen, Switzerland Combined24 February 2013 Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany Giant slalom201419 January 2014 Wengen, Switzerland Slalom26 January 2014 Kitzbühel, Austria Combined13 March 2014 Super-G201523 January 2015 Kitzbühel, Austria Combined14 March 2015 Kranjska Gora, Slovenia Giant slalom201622 January 2016 Kitzbühel, Austria Combined13 February 2016 Naeba, Japan Giant slalom19 February 2016 Chamonix, France Combined26 February 2016 Hinterstoder, Austria Giant slalom28 February 2016 Giant slalom4 March 2016 Kranjska Gora, Slovenia Giant slalom201723 October 2016 Sölden, Austria Giant slalom10 December 2016 Val-d'Isère, France 29 December 2016 Santa Caterina, Italy Combined7 January 2017 Adelboden, Switzerland Giant slalom20189 December 2017 Val-d'Isère, France Giant slalom29 December 2017 Bormio, Italy Combined201922 February 2019 Bansko, Bulgaria Combined16 March 2019 Soldeu, Andorra Giant slalom202027 October 2019 Sölden, Austria Giant slalom15 December 2019 Val-d'Isère, France Slalom29 December 2019 Bormio, Italy Combined2 February 2020 Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany Giant slalom1 March 2020 Hinterstoder, Austria Combined2 March 2020 Giant slalom202127 November 2020 Lech/Zürs, Austria Parallel-G20 December 2020 Alta Badia, Italy Giant slalom8 January 2021 Adelboden, Switzerland Giant slalom9 January 2021 Giant slalom20 March 2021 Lenzerheide, Switzerland Giant slalom
Podiums SeasonPodiums Super-G Giant slalom Slalom Parallel Combined Σ 2011 1 12012 1 2 11 1 62013 1 21 111 72014 1 311 11 82015 1121 1 62016 42 2 82017 3 1 1 1 62018 1 2 1 42019 1 1 21 11 182020 3 11 2 1 82021 4 1 31 92022 11 1 32023 1 11 3Total1 1 2 1812113452 1 2 10 4 1 77 4 41125 15
Including both parallel slalom and parallel giant slalom. Two parallel events have been classified in the sk-db.com results as classic events (the City Event slalom on 23/02/16 and the parallel GS on 18/12/17). They are shown here as parallel events.
World Championship results YearAgeSlalomGiantSlalomSuper-GDownhillCombinedTeam Event 2011 19 17 — DNF — — — 2013 21 6 5 6 — 6 — 2015 23 DNF2 3 11 — 5 — 2017 25 DNF1 7 6 — 10 1 2019 27 4 3 — — 1 — 2021 29 7 DNF2 3 — 2 — 2023 31 - 7 3 — 1
Olympic results YearAgeSlalomGiantSlalomSuper-GDownhillCombined 2014 22 DNF2 3 — — DNF2 2018 26 5 3 — — 220223016511—DNF2
See also List of FIS Alpine Ski World Cup men's race winners
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