David Poisson (31 March 1982 – 13 November 2017) was a French World Cup alpine ski racer, who specialized in the speed events. He made his World Cup debut in 2004. Poisson represented France at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, where he placed 7th in the downhill. At the 2013 World Championships, Poisson made his first podium in top-level competition, taking bronze in the downhill. In 2015, Poisson took his only World Cup podium in a downhill in Santa Caterina, finishing third.

Poisson died in a crash during training in Canada, at Nakiska near Calgary, on 13 November 2017. He caught an edge, went through the safety netting, and struck

World Cup results Top ten finishes

1 podium – (1 DH) SeasonDateLocationDisciplinePlace2008 29 Feb 2008 Kvitfjell, Norway Downhill 10th2009 24 Jan 2009 Kitzbühel, Austria Downhill 9th2010 5 Dec 2009 Beaver Creek, USA Downhill 8th29 Dec 2009 Bormio, Italy Downhill 4th2012 3 Mar 2012 Kvitfjell, Norway Downhill 6th2013 19 Jan 2013 Wengen, Switzerland Downhill 9th26 Jan 2013 Kitzbühel, Austria Downhill 4th2015 21 Feb 2015 Saalbach, Austria Downhill 5th2016 29 Dec 2015 Santa Caterina, Italy Downhill 3rd16 Jan 2016 Wengen, Switzerland Downhill 6th23 Jan 2016 Kitzbühel, Austria Downhill 9th

Season standings Season Age Overall Slalom Giantslalom Super-G Downhill Combined 2004 21 140 — — — 54 – 2005 22 98 — — 38 41 – 2006 23 2007 24 143 — — – 56 51 2008 25 72 — – 38 24 – 2009 26 74 — – – 24 – 2010 27 66 — – – 20 – 2011 28 147 — – – 51 – 2012 29 75 — – – 27 – 2013 30 50 — – 43 25 – 2014 31 82 — – 51 31 – 2015 32 76 — – – 26 – 2016 33 56 — — – 19 — 2017 34 107 — — 47 38 —

World Championship results   Year    Age   Slalom   Giant  slalom  Super-G Downhill Combined 2005 22 — — 9 9 — 2007 24 — — — — — 2009 26 — — 34 DNF — 2011 28 — — — — — 2013 30 — — —3 — 2015 32 — — — 14 —

Olympic results   Year    Age   Slalom   Giant  slalom  Super-G Downhill Combined 2010 27 — — DNF1 7 — 2014 31 — — 17 16 —

References

External links

David Poisson World Cup standings at the International Ski Federation

French Ski Team – 2016 men's A team David Poisson at Salomon Racing