Mélanie Meillard (born 23 September 1998) is a Swiss World Cup alpine ski racer, who specialises in the technical events of slalom and giant slalom. Meillard made her World Cup debut at age 17 in December 2015. Her older brother Loïc is also a World Cup alpine racer.
In December 2019 and January 2020, Meillard attempted a comeback, but ended the season after three races without a countable result. She finally managed to return to the top of the world at the beginning of the 2020–2021 season, when she finished ninth in the Levi slalom. At the end of the season, she was able to win the Swiss championship title in the slalom for the second time after 2017 at the end of March. In the giant slalom she finished in 3rd place.
World Cup results Season standings SeasonAgeOverallSlalomGiantslalomDownhillCombinedParallel 2017 18 29 10 20 — — — rowspan=3 2018 19 19 8 16 — — — 2019 20 2020 21 2021 22 60 25 35 — — rowspan=6 — 2022 23 89 34 — — — — 2023 24 69 28 — — — rowspan=4 2024 25 38 14 36 — — 2025 26 26 8 — — — 2026 27 55 16 — — —
Top-five finishes 0 wins 1 podium – (1 PS), 10 top fives, 28 top tens Season Date Location Discipline Place201731 January 2017 Stockholm, Sweden Parallel slalom 5th18 March 2017 Aspen, United States Slalom 5th201811 November 2017 Levi, Finland Slalom 5th1 January 2018 Oslo, Norway Parallel slalom 3rd28 January 2018 Lenzerheide, Switzerland Slalom 4th202421 January 2024 Jasná, Slovakia Slalom 5th20251 December 2024 Killington, United States Slalom 5th5 January 2025 Kranjska Gora, Slovenia Slalom 5th14 January 2025 Flachau, Austria Slalom 5th
World Championship results YearAgeSlalomGiantslalomDownhillCombinedTeamcombinedParallelTeam event 2017 18 DSQ1 13 — — — rowspan=2 — 2021 22 DNF2 — — — — — — 2025 26 DNF2 — — —15 —
Olympic results YearAgeSlalomGiantslalomDownhillTeamcombined 2026 27 7 — — — DNF2
References
External links
Melanie Meillard at Milano Cortina 2026 Mélanie Meillard at Swiss Ski (archive)