Personal information | |
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Born | Annecy, Haute Savoie, France | 3 January 1984
Occupation | Alpine skier |
Height | 176 cm (5 ft 9 in) |
Skiing career | |
Disciplines | Super-G, Combined, Downhill, Slalom |
Club | Douanes SC Grand Bornand |
World Cup debut | 6 January 2007 (age 23) |
Retired | 22 February 2019 (age 35) |
Website | thomasmermillod.com |
Olympics | |
Teams | 2 – (2010, 2014) |
Medals | 0 |
World Championships | |
Teams | 3 – (2009, 2013, 2015) |
Medals | 0 |
World Cup | |
Seasons | 9 – (2008–16) |
Wins | 0 |
Podiums | 6 – (1 SG, 5 SC) |
Overall titles | 0 – (28th in 2014) |
Discipline titles | 0 – (2nd in SC in 2016) |
Thomas Mermillod-Blondin (born 3 January 1984) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from France. Born in Annecy, Haute-Savoie, he primarily competed in super-G, but his best results were in the super combined event: he took five of his six World Cup podiums in combined, with the other coming in super-G. [1] Mermillod-Blondin made his World Cup debut in 2007 and represented France at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver [2] and the 2011 World Championships. He made a total of 179 World Cup starts in his career. In February 2019 Mermillod-Blondin announced that he would retire from competition following a combined race in Bansko, Bulgaria that month. [1]
Season | Age | Overall | Slalom | Giant slalom | Super-G | Downhill | Combined |
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2008 | 24 | 113 | 60 | 43 | — | — | — |
2009 | 25 | 86 | 37 | 43 | — | — | 28 |
2010 | 26 | 69 | 44 | 25 | — | — | 29 |
2011 | 27 | 61 | 44 | 34 | — | — | 11 |
2012 | 28 | 60 | 39 | 39 | 62 | — | 11 |
2013 | 29 | 31 | 38 | 32 | 22 | — | 3 |
2014 | 30 | 28 | — | 30 | 8 | — | 3 |
2015 | 31 | 78 | — | — | 31 | — | 17 |
2016 | 32 | 40 | 48 | — | 29 | 50 | 2 |
2017 | 33 | injured | |||||
2018 | 34 | 118 | — | — | — | — | 24 |
2019 | 35 | 111 | — | — | — | — | 13 |
Season | Date | Location | Discipline | Place |
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2011 | 26 Feb 2011 | Bansko, Bulgaria | Super combined | 3rd |
2012 | 12 Feb 2012 | Sochi, Russia | Super combined | 3rd |
2013 | 27 Jan 2013 | Kitzbühel, Austria | Combined | 3rd |
2014 | 13 Mar 2014 | Lenzerheide, Switzerland | Super G | 2nd |
2016 | 22 Jan 2016 | Kitzbühel, Austria | Super combined | 3rd |
19 Feb 2016 | Chamonix, France | Super combined | 3rd |
Year | Age | Slalom | Giant slalom | Super-G | Downhill | Combined |
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2009 | 25 | — | — | — | — | 6 |
2011 | 27 | — | — | — | — | — |
2013 | 29 | — | — | 21 | — | DSQ2 |
2015 | 31 | — | — | — | — | 9 |
Year | Age | Slalom | Giant slalom | Super-G | Downhill | Combined |
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2010 | 26 | 21 | DNF1 | — | — | 19 |
2014 | 30 | — | — | 15 | — | DNF2 |
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