Johan Clarey (born 8 January 1981) is a French World Cup alpine ski racer. He specializes in the speed events of downhill and super-G.
Born in Annecy, Haute-Savoie, Clarey made his World Cup debut in November 2003 and has ten World Cup podiums through He set a World Cup speed record in 2013 at the classic downhill race in Wengen, Switzerland, with a maximum speed of at the Haneggschuss, the fastest section of the Lauberhorn slope. Clarey finished fifth and was injured the following week at Kitzbühel and missed the remainder of the 2013 season, including the world championships.
In the winter of 2014–15, Clarey was in the top 10 three times in World Cup races and twice in the winter of 2015–16. He was again on the podium in January 2017 in Kitzbühel. At age forty in January 2021, Clarey finished second in the downhill at Kitzbühel to become the oldest ever to make a World Cup podium, his eighth. One year later he again finished second in a Kitzbühel downhill race, thus beating his own age record.
At the 2022 Winter Olympics in China, 41-year-old Clarey was the silver medalist in the downhill, one-tenth of a second back.
In March 2023, Clarey retired from competitions. At the time of retirement, he was the oldest Olympic medalist in alpine skiing, the oldest World Championship medalist, and the oldest alpine skier to stand on a World Cup podium.
World Cup results Season standings Season Age Overall Slalom Giant Slalom Super-G Downhill Combined 2004 23 140 — — — 54 — 2005 24 2006 25 2007 26 86 — — — 33 38 2008 27 78 — — — 30 41 2009 28 92 — — — 31 — 2010 29 61 — — — 19 47 2011 30 56 — — 48 19 — 2012 31 29 — — 31 10 — 2013 32 23 — — 12 12 — 2014 33 25 — — 25 7 — 2015 34 32 — — 23 16 — 2016 35 37 — — 41 15 — 2016 35 37 — — 41 15 — 2017 36 52 — — 50 17 — 2018 37 54 — — — 18 — 2019 38 19 — — 8 8 — 2020 39 19 — — 15 7 — 2021 40 19 — — 26 4 rowspan=3 2022 41 19 — — 31 9 2023 4219 — — 404
Race podiums 0 wins 11 podiums (10 DH, 1 SG); 64 top tens Season Date Location Discipline Place 2010 19 December 2009 Val Gardena, Italy Downhill 3rd2014 21 December 2013 Downhill 3rd1 March 2014 Kvitfjell, Norway Downhill 2nd 2017 21 January 2017 Kitzbühel, Austria Downhill 3rd 2019 27 January 2019 Super-G 2nd2020 8 December 2019 Beaver Creek, USA Downhill 2nd1 February 2020 Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany Downhill 3rd 2021 24 January 2021 Kitzbühel, Austria Downhill 2nd 2022 21 January 2022 Downhill 2nd2023 17 December 2022 Val Gardena, Italy Downhill 2nd21 January 2023 Kitzbühel, Austria Downhill 2nd
World Championship results Year Age Slalom Giant Slalom Super-G Downhill Combined 2005 24 — — — — — 2007 26 — — — — — 2009 28 — — — — — 2011 30 — — — 8 — 2013 32 injured, did not compete 2015 34 — — 30 16 — 2017 36 — — — DNF — 2019 38 — — 2 17 — 2021 40 — — DNF 16 — 2023 42 — — — 23 —
Olympic results Year Age Slalom Giant Slalom Super-G Downhill Combined 2006 25 — — — — — 2010 29 — — — 27 DNF1 2014 33 — — 19 DNF — 2018 37 — — — 18 — 2022 41 — — — 2 —
Video You Tube – Johan Clarey sets alpine ski record – Universal Sports – 19 January 2013
References
External links
French Ski Team – 2023 men's A team Johan Clarey at Head Skis