Julien Lizeroux (born 5 September 1979 in Moûtiers) is a retired French World Cup alpine ski racer. He competed mainly in slalom, but also in giant slalom and combined.
Born in Moûtiers, Savoie, Lizeroux is a member of Douanes-La Plagne. He made his World Cup debut in 2000 and has three World Cup victories, all in slalom. Lizeroux won silver medals in the super combined and the slalom on home snow at the 2009 World Championships in Val d'Isère. He finished 9th in the slalom and 18th in the super combined of the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.
A problematic right knee hampered his performance during the first half of 2011 season, and has sidelined him since January 2011.tensport.com.au – Injury rules Lizeroux out of 2011–12 season – 13 June 2012 Surgery in June 2011 caused Lizeroux to miss the 2012 season.
He returned for the 2014 season, without much success. The following three seasons (2015–2017) were more successful, with several (one, five and five, respectively) finishes in the top ten. In 2015 he got into world news for a mistake in a slalom race.Julien Lizeroux 22.3.2015 Salto Slalom In 2017 he became world champion in team event (as a reserve). Lizeroux retired from professional skiing in January 2021.
He is in a relationship with alpine skier Tessa Worley.
World Cup results Season standings Season Age Overall Slalom GiantSlalom Super G Downhill Combined 2000 20 unranked 0 points 2001 21 78 28 — — — – 2002 22 unranked 0 points 2003 23 unranked 0 points 2004 24 unranked 0 points 2005 25 unranked 0 points 2006 26 did not compete 2007 27 74 24 — — — — 2008 28 17 6 60 — — 11 2009 29 13 3 53 — — 7 2010 30 9 2 38 — — 10 2011 31 58 30 — — — — 2012 32 injured 2013 33 2014 34 96 36 — — — — 2015 35 48 15 — — — — 2016 36 35 9 — — — — 2017 37 38 13 — — — — 2018 38 59 24 — — — — 2019 39 69 24 — — — — 2020 40 105 37 — — — — 2021 41 unranked 0 points
Race podiums 3 wins – (3 SL) 9 podiums – (7 SL, 1 SC, 1 CE(PS)) Season Date Location Discipline Place200925 Jan 2009 Kitzbühel, Austria Slalom 1st22 Feb 2009 Sestriere, Italy Super combined2nd1 Mar 2009 Kranjska Gora, Slovenia Slalom1st14 Mar 2009 Åre, Sweden Slalom 2nd2010 6 Jan 2009 Zagreb-Sljeme, Croatia Slalom3rd10 Jan 2010 Adelboden, Switzerland Slalom 1st24 Jan 2010 Kitzbühel, Austria Slalom 2nd31 Jan 2010 Kranjska Gora, Slovenia Slalom 3rd2011 2 Jan 2011 Munich, Germany Parallel slalom2nd
Olympic results Year Age Slalom Combined 2010 30 9 18 2014 34 15 –
World Championships results Year Age Slalom Combined 2001 21 25 2007 27 14 2009 29 2 2 2015 35 22 2017 37 DNF 2019 39 DSQ
References
External links
Julien Lizeroux World Cup standings at the International Ski Federation
French Ski Team – 2012 men's A team – Dynastar.com – athletes – Julien Lizeroux Lange Ski Boots – team – Julien Lizeroux