Johan Clarey

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Johan Clarey
Johan Clarey en mars 2019 au Super Slalom de La Plagne.jpg
Clarey in 2019
Born (1981-01-08) 8 January 1981 (age 42)
Occupation Alpine skier
Height1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Skiing career
Disciplines Downhill, Super-G
ClubDouanes – C.S. Tignes
World Cup debut29 November 2003 (age 22)
Website johanclarey.com
Olympics
Teams4 – (20102022)
Medals1 (0 gold)
World Championships
Teams6 – (2011, 20152023)
Medals1 (0 gold)
World Cup
Seasons18 – (2004, 20072023)
Wins0
Podiums11 – (10 DH, 1 SG)
Overall titles0 – (19th in 20192022)
Discipline titles0 – (4th in DH, 2021)
Medal record
Men's alpine skiing
Representing Flag of France.svg  France
Olympic Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2022 Beijing Downhill
World Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2019 Åre Super-G

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. [1]

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Born in Annecy, Haute-Savoie, Clarey made his World Cup debut in November 2003 and has ten World Cup podiums through December 2023. [2] He set a World Cup speed record in 2013 at the classic downhill race in Wengen, Switzerland, with a maximum speed of 161.9 km/h (100.6 mph) at the Haneggschuss, the fastest section of the Lauberhorn slope. [3] [4] 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 on January 2017 in Kitzbühel. [5] 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. [6] One year later he again finished second in a Kitzbühel downhill race, thus beating his own age record. [7]

At the 2022 Winter Olympics in China, 41-year-old Clarey was the silver medalist in the downhill, one-tenth of a second back.

World Cup results

Season standings

SeasonAgeOverall Slalom Giant
 Slalom 
Super-GDownhillCombined
2004 2314054
2005 24
2006 25
2007 26863338
2008 27783041
2009 289231
2010 29611947
2011 30564819
2012 31293110
2013 32231212
2014 3325257
2015 34322316
2016 35374115
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
2022 41 19 31 9
2023 42 19 40 4

Race podiums

SeasonDateLocationDisciplinePlace
2010 19 December 2009 Flag of Italy.svg Val Gardena, Italy Downhill 3rd
2014 21 December 2013Downhill3rd
1 March 2014 Flag of Norway.svg Kvitfjell, NorwayDownhill2nd
2017 21 January 2017 Flag of Austria.svg Kitzbühel, AustriaDownhill3rd
2019 27 January 2019 Super-G 2nd
2020 8 December 2019 Flag of the United States.svg Beaver Creek, USADownhill2nd
1 February 2020 Flag of Germany.svg Garmisch-Partenkirchen, GermanyDownhill3rd
2021 24 January 2021 Flag of Austria.svg Kitzbühel, AustriaDownhill2nd
2022 21 January 2022Downhill2nd
2023 17 December 2022 Flag of Italy.svg Val Gardena, ItalyDownhill2nd
21 January 2023 Flag of Austria.svg Kitzbühel, AustriaDownhill2nd

World Championship results

  Year   Age  Slalom  Giant 
 Slalom 
Super-GDownhillCombined
2011 30 8
2013 32injured, 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-GDownhillCombined
2010 29 27 DNF1
2014 33 19 DNF
2018 37 18
2022 41 2

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References

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