Blaise Giezendanner (born 29 November 1991) is a French alpine ski racer who specializes in the speed events of downhill and super-G. At the 2013 Winter Universiade, he won a silver medal in the downhill and combined, and a gold medal in the super-G.
Career Giezendanner made his World Cup debut on 23 February 2013 in the Garmisch-Partenkirchen downhill finishing in 53rd position.FIS World Cup - Men's Downhill, Garmisch-Partenkirchen (GER). FIS. 23 February 2013. In December 2013 he represented France at the 2013 Winter Universiade in Trentino, Italy. He finished 13th in the giant slalom, 2nd in the downhill and the combined, and 1st in the super-G.
On 21 February 2015, he scored his first World Cup points in the Saalbach downhill.FIS World Cup - Men's Downhill, Saalbach (AUT). FIS. 21 February 2015. He attained his first top 10 World Cup result on 7 February 2016, finishing eighth in the Jeongseon super-G.FIS World Cup - Men's Super G, Jeongseon (KOR). FIS. 7 February 2016. Apart from FIS events, Giezendanner competed at the 2018 Winter Olympics, and was fourth in the super-G.
World Cup results Season standings SeasonAgeOverallSlalomGiantslalomDownhillCombined 2015 23 147 — — — 57 — 2016 24 65 — — 32 29 23 2017 25 62 — — 23 34 25 2018 26 89 — — 22 — — 2019 27 101 — — 25 55 41 2020 28 108 — — 32 57 34 2021 29 80 — — 21 54 rowspan=6 2022 30 59 — — 25 29 2023 31 82 — — 26 52 2024 32 58 — — 36 19 2025 33 72 — — 27 33 2026 34 86 — — 45 31
Top-ten results 1 podium – (1 DH); 10 top tens Season Date Location Discipline Place20167 February 2016 Jeongseon, South Korea Super-G 8th19 February 2016 Chamonix, France Combined 10th20 February 2016 Downhill 9th201819 January 2018 Kitzbühel, Austria Super-G 9th202229 December 2021 Bormio, Italy Super-G 9th21 January 2022 Kitzbühel, Austria Downhill 3rd202313 January 2023 Wengen, Switzerland Super-G 10th202420 January 2024 Kitzbühel, Austria Downhill 7th20256 December 2024 Beaver Creek, United States Downhill 7th20 December 2024 Val Gardena, United States Super-G 9th
World Championship results YearAgeSlalomGiantslalomDownhillCombined 2017 25 — — 14 — —
Olympic results YearAgeSlalomGiantslalomDownhillCombined 2018 26— — 4 — — 2022 30— — 9 26 —
References
External links
French Ski Team – 2022 men's A team