Valentin Giraud Moine

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Valentin Giraud Moine
Alpine skier
Disciplines Downhill, Super-G, Combined
ClubE.C. Champsaur
Born (1992-01-23) 23 January 1992 (age 31)
Gap, Hautes-Alpes, France
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
World Cup debut
30 November 2013 (age 21)
Olympics
Teams0
World Championships
Teams0
World Cup
Seasons6 – (2014–17, 2019, 2021)
Wins0
Podiums2 – (2 DH)
Overall titles0 – (43rd in 2017)
Discipline titles0 – (7th in AC, 2017)
Medal record
Men's alpine skiing
Representing Flag of France.svg  France
Junior World Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2013 Le Massif Downhill

Valentin Giraud Moine (born 23 January 1992) [1] is a French World Cup alpine ski racer and specializes in the speed events of downhill and super-G.

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Biography

Born in Gap, Hautes-Alpes, Giraud Moine made his World Cup debut in November 2013 in the downhill in Lake Louise, Canada.[ citation needed ] His first podium was in downhill in March 2016 at Kvitfjell, Norway. [1]

On 27 January 2017, Giraud Moine was injured after crashing while competing in the men's World Cup downhill at Garmisch-Partenkirchen, and he was airlifted to a hospital. [2] He dislocated both knees and could have lost the use of his legs without the rapid medical intervention. [3] [4]

Giraud Moine recovered from his injuries and went on to win the Final European Cup Downhill ranking in 2020. In December 2020, he finished 14th in the Val d'Isère downhill. [3]

He competed as sighted guide for Hyacinthe Deleplace at the 2022 Winter Paralympics held in Beijing, China.[ citation needed ]

World Cup results

Season standings

SeasonAgeOverallSlalomGiant
slalom		Super-GDownhillCombined
2014 2187——403921
2015 22no points
2016 2347——382022
2017 2443———217
2018 25injured
2019 26142————36
2020 27155———56—
2021 2899———27—
Standings through 17 January 2021

Race podiums

SeasonDateLocationDisciplinePlace
2016 12 Mar 2016 Flag of Norway.svg   Kvitfjell, Norway Downhill 2nd
2017 21 Jan 2017 Flag of Austria.svg Kitzbühel, AustriaDownhill2nd

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References

  1. 1 2 "Valentin GIRAUD MOINE". fis-ski.com. International Ski Federation. Retrieved 10 Feb 2023.
  2. ↑ "Alpine skiing - Giraud-Moine suffers leg injury in Garmisch". yahoo.com. AFP. 27 Jan 2017. Retrieved 10 Feb 2023.
  3. 1 2 "Valentin Giraud-Moine ends his sporting career". fis-ski.com. International Ski Federation. 8 Sep 2021. Retrieved 10 Feb 2023.
  4. ↑ "Valentin Giraud-Moine a évité la perte de l'usage de ses deux jambes grâce à l'intervention rapide des secours". lequipe.fr. L'Équipe. 2 Feb 2017. Retrieved 10 Feb 2023. Dans un communiqué publié jeudi, la Fédération français de ski (FFS) précise que le Français aurait pu perdre l'usage de ses deux jambes sans l'intervention rapide des secours.


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