Vincent Vittoz

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Vincent Vittoz
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Personal information
Born (1975-07-17) 17 July 1975 (age 50)
Annecy, France
Sport
CountryFlag of France.svg  France
SportSkiing
ClubDéfense EMHM La Clusaz
World Cup career
Seasons16 – (1996–2011)
Indiv. starts215
Indiv. podiums26
Indiv. wins8
Team starts37
Team podiums7
Team wins1
Overall titles0 – (2nd in 2005)
Discipline titles0
Medal record
Men's cross-country skiing
Representing Flag of France.svg  France
World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2005 Oberstdorf 30 km skiathlon

Vincent Vittoz (born 17 July 1975 in Annecy, Haute-Savoie) is a French former cross-country skier, non-commissioned officer [1] and coach. [2] He grew up in the town of La Clusaz in the Northern French Alps and has been competing since 1982. He made his FIS Cross-Country World Cup debut in January 1996 in Nové Město na Moravě, finishing 22nd in a 15 km classical race. [3] He won a gold medal in the 15 km + 15 km double pursuit at the 2005 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Oberstdorf. As of 2018 Vittoz is the only French cross-country skiing world champion. [3]

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Vittoz's best overall team finish at the Winter Olympics was a fourth place in the 4 × 10 km relay events in Turin in the 2006 and in Vancouver in 2010. His best individual finish in Turin was sixth in the 15 km + 15 km double pursuit in. He finished fifth in the 15 km free event in Vancouver. He competed in four Olympic Games in total, in 1998, 2002, 2006 and 2010. [3]

Vittoz won seven World Cup individual events and one World Cup team event. He was ranked second in the overall classification of the 2005 World Cup.

Vittoz served as an ambassador for Annecy's bid for the 2018 Winter Olympics. [4]

He retired from competition at the end of the 2010-11 season, taking up a position as coach of the French national under-23 cross-country ski team in the spring of 2011. [2] Seven years later, he was appointed as the coach of the French national biathlon team. [5]

Cross-country skiing results

All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS). [6]

Olympic Games

 Year  Age  10 km  15 km  Pursuit  30 km  50 km  Sprint  4 × 10 km 
 relay 		 Team 
 sprint 
1998 22 24 N/a 19 — 21 N/a 13 N/a
2002 26N/a — 13 11 — — 8 N/a
2006 30N/a 14 6 N/a 9 — 4 —
2010 34N/a 5 15 N/a 13 — 4 7

World Championships

 Year  Age  10 km  15 km  Pursuit  30 km  50 km  Sprint  4 × 10 km 
 relay 		 Team 
 sprint 
1997 2128N/a2816—N/a—N/a
1999 2345N/aDNF——N/a15N/a
2001 25N/a2119—DNF30—N/a
2003 27N/a—28DNF6—11N/a
2005 29N/a 6 Gold N/a — — 6 5
2007 31N/a DNF 10 N/a — — 5 —
2009 33N/a 23 6 N/a 9 — 9 —
2011 35N/a — 34 N/a 22 — 11 —

World Cup

Season standings

 Season  Age Discipline standingsSki Tour standings
OverallDistanceLong DistanceMiddle DistanceSprintNordic
Opening		Tour de
Ski		World Cup
Final
1996 2067N/aN/aN/aN/aN/aN/aN/a
1997 2137N/a57N/a26N/aN/aN/a
1998 2254N/aNCN/a44N/aN/aN/a
1999 2335N/a68N/a31N/aN/aN/a
2000 2431N/a782218N/aN/aN/a
2001 2516N/aN/aN/a37N/aN/aN/a
2002 2624N/aN/aN/a72N/aN/aN/a
2003 278N/aN/aN/aNCN/aN/aN/a
2004 281915N/aN/a64N/aN/aN/a
2005 29Silver medal icon.svgSilver medal icon.svgN/aN/a60N/aN/aN/a
2006 305Silver medal icon.svgN/aN/a—N/aN/aN/a
2007 316Silver medal icon.svgN/aN/aNCN/a19N/a
2008 32114N/aN/a53N/aDNFGold medal icon.svg
2009 331011N/aN/aNCN/a17Silver medal icon.svg
2010 3495N/aN/aNCN/a185
2011 352320N/aN/aNC—1122

Individual podiums

  • 8 victories – (7 WC, 1 SWC)
  • 26 podiums – (23 WC, 3 SWC)
No.SeasonDateLocationRaceLevelPlace
1  2000–01  8 December 2000 Flag of Italy.svg Santa Caterina, Italy15 km Individual FWorld Cup2nd
216 December 2000 Flag of Italy.svg Brusson, Italy10 km + 10 km Pursuit C/FWorld Cup3rd
3 2002–03 23 November 2002 Flag of Sweden.svg Kiruna, Sweden10 km Individual FWorld Cup1st
417 December 2002 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Davos, Switzerland15 km Individual FWorld Cup2nd
5  2003–04  6 December 2003 Flag of Italy.svg Toblach, Italy30 km Mass Start FWorld Cup3rd
66 February 2004 Flag of France.svg La Clusaz, France15 km Individual FWorld Cup2nd
7 2004–05 27 November 2004 Flag of Finland.svg Rukatunturi, Finland15 km Individual FWorld Cup1st
811 December 2004 Flag of Italy.svg Lago di Tesero, Italy15 km + 15 km Pursuit C/FWorld Cup3rd
918 December 2004 Flag of Austria.svg Ramsau, Austria30 km Mass Start FWorld Cup1st
1015 January 2005 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Nové Město, Czech Republic15 km Individual FWorld Cup1st
11  2005–06  27 November 2005 Flag of Finland.svg Rukatunturi, Finland15 km Individual FWorld Cup2nd
1215 December 2005 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canmore, Canada15 km Individual FWorld Cup2nd
1331 December 2005 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Nové Město, Czech Republic15 km Individual FWorld Cup1st
145 February 2006 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Davos, Switzerland15 km Individual CWorld Cup3rd
15  2006–07  26 November 2006 Flag of Finland.svg Rukatunturi, Finland15 km Individual CWorld Cup2nd
162 January 2007 Flag of Germany.svg Oberstdorf, Germany10 km + 10 km Pursuit C/FStage World Cup1st
173 February 2007 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Davos, Switzerland15 km Individual FWorld Cup1st
1816 February 2007 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Changchun, China15 km Individual FWorld Cup2nd
19 2007–08 16 March 2008 Flag of Italy.svg Bormio, Italy15 km Pursuit FWorld Cup1st
20  2008–09  24 January 2009 Flag of Estonia.svg Otepää, Estonia15 km Individual CWorld Cup3rd
2122 March 2009 Flag of Sweden.svg Falun, Sweden15 km Pursuit FStage World Cup2nd
2218–22 March 2009 Flag of Sweden.svg World Cup FinalOverall StandingsWorld Cup2nd
23  2009–10  21 November 2009 Flag of Norway.svg Beitostølen, Norway15 km Individual FWorld Cup2nd
2413 March 2010 Flag of Norway.svg Oslo, Norway50 km Mass Start FWorld Cup2nd
2521 March 2010 Flag of Sweden.svg Falun, Sweden15 km Pursuit FStage World Cup3rd
26  2010–11  12 March 2011 Flag of Finland.svg Lahti, Estonia10 km + 10 km Pursuit C/FWorld Cup3rd

Team podiums

  • 1 victory – (1 RL)
  • 7 podiums – (7 RL)
No.SeasonDateLocationRaceLevelPlaceTeammates
1 2003–04 7 February 2004 Flag of France.svg La Clusaz, France4 × 10 km Relay C/FWorld Cup1st Rousselet / Perrillat-Collomb / Jonnier
2  2004–05  21 November 2004 Flag of Sweden.svg Gällivare, Sweden4 × 10 km Relay C/FWorld Cup3rd Perrillat-Collomb / Jonnier / Chauvet
312 December 2004 Flag of Italy.svg Val di Fiemme, Italy4 × 10 km Relay C/FWorld Cup3rd Perrillat-Collomb / Jonnier / Rousselet
4  2005–06  20 November 2005 Flag of Norway.svg Beitostølen, Norway4 × 10 km Relay C/FWorld Cup2nd Rousselet / Perrillat-Collomb / Jonnier
5  2006–07  4 February 2007 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Davos, Switzerland4 × 10 km Relay C/FWorld Cup3rd Gaillard / Jonnier / Rousselet
625 March 2007 Flag of Sweden.svg Falun, Sweden4 × 10 km Relay C/FWorld Cup3rd Perrillat-Collomb Gaillard / Jonnier
7  2008–09  7 December 2008 Flag of France.svg La Clusaz, France4 × 10 km Relay C/FWorld Cup3rd Gaillard / Manificat / Jonnier

References

  1. ↑ Vittoz, Vincent, Équipe de France Militaire de Ski 2011
  2. 1 2 Prato, Benoît (16 August 2011). "Vincent Vittoz : "À eux de construire leur histoire"" [Vincent Vittoz: "It's up to them to build their story"]. Le Dauphiné libéré (in French). Retrieved 26 January 2019.
  3. 1 2 3 Prato, Benoît (10 December 2018). "Smirnov, larmes, stand de tir : les premières fois de Vincent Vittoz" [Smirnov, tears, shooting range: the first times of Vincent Vittoz]. Le Dauphiné libéré (in French). Retrieved 26 January 2019.
  4. ↑ "Vincent Vittoz : " J'ai cherché à donner mon meilleur "" [Vincent Vittoz: "I tried to give my best"]. French National Olympic and Sports Committee (in French). Retrieved 26 January 2019.
  5. ↑ Prato, Benoît (14 June 2018). "Vincent Vittoz : "Coacher Martin Fourcade est une belle opportunité"" [Vincent Vittoz: "To coach Martin Fourcade is a great opportunity"]. Le Dauphiné libéré (in French). Retrieved 26 January 2019.
  6. ↑ "Athlete : VITTOZ Vincent". FIS-Ski. International Ski Federation. Retrieved 13 March 2018.
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