Jean-Baptiste Grange (born 10 October 1984) is a French retired World Cup alpine ski racer. He competed primarily in slalom and earlier also in giant slalom and combined.
Born in Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, Savoie, Grange grew up in Valloire, Galibier, and made his World Cup debut at age 19 in January 2004. In February 2007, he won the bronze medal in the slalom at the 2007 World Championships in Åre, Sweden. He won his first World Cup race on 17 December 2007, and won the 2009 season title in the slalom. Injured in early December 2009 in a giant slalom at Beaver Creek, he opted for surgery and missed the remainder of the 2010 season, which included the 2010 Winter Olympics.Ski Racing.com – Grange will miss Olympics – 10 December 2009. He returned to competition for the 2011 season and won the world championship in the slalom.Ski Racing.com – J-B Grange wins first French World slalom title in 26 years – 20 February 2011. He won his second slalom world title in Beaver Creek on 15 February 2015.
His older brother is François-Cyrille Grange, also an alpine ski racer.
World Cup results
Season standings Season Age Overall Slalom Giantslalom Super-G Downhill Combined 2006 21 76 40 — — — 22 2007 22 29 10 — — — 17 2008 23 8 2 26 — — 4 2009 24 5 1 11 — — 6 2010 25 56 29 31 — — 22 2011 26 16 2 42 — — — 2012 27 34 22 17 — — — 2013 28 69 23 — — — — 2014 29 32 8 — — — — 2015 30 42 13 — — — — 2016 31 61 19 — — — — 2017 32 60 20 — — — — 2018 33 53 21 — — — — 2019 34 63 22 — — — — 2020 35 73 17 — — — — 2021 36 59 19 — — — — Standings through 21 March 2021
Season titles Season Discipline 2009 Slalom
Race podiums 9 wins – (8 SL, 1 AC) 18 podiums – (15 SL, 3 AC) Season Date Location Discipline Place200829 Nov 2007 Beaver Creek, USA Super combined 2nd17 Dec 2007 Alta Badia, Italy Slalom1st11 Jan 2008 Wengen, Switzerland Super combined 1st12 Jan 2008 Slalom1st20 Jan 2008 Kitzbühel, Austria Slalom1st22 Jan 2008 Schladming, Austria Slalom 2nd200916 Nov 2008 Levi, Finland Slalom1st12 Dec 2008 Val-d'Isère, France Super combined2nd22 Dec 2008 Alta Badia, Italy Slalom 2nd 6 Jan 2009 Zagreb, Croatia Slalom1st25 Jan 2009 Kitzbühel, Austria Slalom 2nd14 Mar 2009 Åre, Sweden Slalom 3rd 201015 Nov 2009 Levi, Finland Slalom 3rd201114 Nov 2010 Slalom1st16 Jan 2011 Wengen, Switzerland Slalom 3rd23 Jan 2011 Kitzbühel, Austria Slalom1st25 Jan 2011 Schladming, Austria Slalom1st27 Feb 2011 Bansko, Bulgaria Slalom 3rd
World Championship results Year Age Slalom Giant slalom Super-G Downhill Combined 2007 22 3 14 — — — 2009 24 DNF2 7 — — DNF2 2011 26 1 — — — — 2013 28 12 — — — — 2015 30 1 — — — — 2017 32 23 — — — —
Olympic results Year Age Slalom Giant slalom Super-G Downhill Combined 2006 21 DNF2 — — — 13 2010 25 injured: did not compete 2014 29 DNF2 — — — — 2018 33 DNF1 — — — —
References
External links
Jean-Baptiste Grange World Cup standings at the International Ski Federation
– French Ski Team – 2016 men's A team – Fischer Skis – athletes – Jean-Baptiste Grange