Jean-Baptiste Grange
Jean-Baptiste Grange (born 10 October 1984) is a French retired World Cup alpine ski racer.[1] He competed primarily in slalom and earlier also in giant slalom and combined.
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| Born | 10 October 1984 Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, Savoie, France | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Alpine skier | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 181 cm (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Skiing career | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Disciplines | Slalom | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | EMHM – SC Valloire | ||||||||||||||||||||
| World Cup debut | 11 January 2004 – (age 19) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Retired | 21 March 2021 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Website | jbgrange.com | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Olympics | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Teams | 2 – (2006, 2014) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Medals | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| World Championships | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Teams | 5 – (2007–15) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Medals | 3 (2 gold) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| World Cup | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Seasons | 15 – (2004–2018) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Wins | 9 – (8 SL, 1 SC) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Podiums | 18 – (15 SL, 3 SC) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Overall titles | 0 – (5th – 2009) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline titles | 1 – (SL – 2009) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Born in Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, Savoie, Grange grew up in Valloire, Galibier, and made his World Cup debut at age 19 in January 2004. In February 2007, he won the bronze medal in the slalom at the 2007 World Championships in Åre, Sweden. He won his first World Cup race on 17 December 2007, and won the 2009 season title in the slalom. Injured in early December 2009 in a giant slalom at Beaver Creek, he opted for surgery and missed the remainder of the 2010 season, which included the 2010 Winter Olympics.[2] He returned to competition for the 2011 season and won the world championship in the slalom.[3] He won his second slalom world title in Beaver Creek on 15 February 2015.
His older brother is François-Cyrille Grange, also an alpine ski racer.
World Cup results
Season standings
| Season | Age | Overall | Slalom | Giant slalom | Super-G | Downhill | Combined |
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| 2006 | 21 | 76 | 40 | — | — | — | 22 |
| 2007 | 22 | 29 | 10 | — | — | — | 17 |
| 2008 | 23 | 8 | 2 | 26 | — | — | 4 |
| 2009 | 24 | 5 | 1 | 11 | — | — | 6 |
| 2010 | 25 | 56 | 29 | 31 | — | — | 22 |
| 2011 | 26 | 16 | 2 | 42 | — | — | — |
| 2012 | 27 | 34 | 22 | 17 | — | — | — |
| 2013 | 28 | 69 | 23 | — | — | — | — |
| 2014 | 29 | 32 | 8 | — | — | — | — |
| 2015 | 30 | 42 | 13 | — | — | — | — |
| 2016 | 31 | 61 | 19 | — | — | — | — |
| 2017 | 32 | 60 | 20 | — | — | — | — |
| 2018 | 33 | 53 | 21 | — | — | — | — |
| 2019 | 34 | 63 | 22 | — | — | — | — |
| 2020 | 35 | 73 | 17 | — | — | — | — |
| 2021 | 36 | 59 | 19 | — | — | — | — |
- Standings through 21 March 2021
Race podiums
| Season | Date | Location | Discipline | Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 29 Nov 2007 |  Beaver Creek, USA | Super combined | 2nd |
| 17 Dec 2007 |  Alta Badia, Italy | Slalom | 1st | |
| 11 Jan 2008 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Wengen, Switzerland | Super combined | 1st | |
| 12 Jan 2008 | Slalom | 1st | ||
| 20 Jan 2008 |  Kitzbühel, Austria | Slalom | 1st | |
| 22 Jan 2008 | Schladming, Austria | Slalom | 2nd | |
| 2009 | 16 Nov 2008 |  Levi, Finland | Slalom | 1st |
| 12 Dec 2008 |  Val-d'Isère, France | Super combined | 2nd | |
| 22 Dec 2008 | Alta Badia, Italy | Slalom | 2nd | |
| 6 Jan 2009 |  Zagreb, Croatia | Slalom | 1st | |
| 25 Jan 2009 | Kitzbühel, Austria | Slalom | 2nd | |
| 14 Mar 2009 |  Åre, Sweden | Slalom | 3rd | |
| 2010 | 15 Nov 2009 | Levi, Finland | Slalom | 3rd |
| 2011 | 14 Nov 2010 | Slalom | 1st | |
| 16 Jan 2011 | Wengen, Switzerland | Slalom | 3rd | |
| 23 Jan 2011 | Kitzbühel, Austria | Slalom | 1st | |
| 25 Jan 2011 | Schladming, Austria | Slalom | 1st | |
| 27 Feb 2011 |  Bansko, Bulgaria | Slalom | 3rd |
World Championship results
| Year | Age | Slalom | Giant slalom | Super-G | Downhill | Combined |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 22 | 3 | 14 | — | — | — |
| 2009 | 24 | DNF2 | 7 | — | — | DNF2 |
| 2011 | 26 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| 2013 | 28 | 12 | — | — | — | — |
| 2015 | 30 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| 2017 | 32 | 23 | — | — | — | — |
Olympic results
| Year | Age | Slalom | Giant slalom | Super-G | Downhill | Combined |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 21 | DNF2 | — | — | — | 13 |
| 2010 | 25 | injured: did not compete | ||||
| 2014 | 29 | DNF2 | — | — | — | — |
| 2018 | 33 | DNF1 | — | — | — | — |
References
- "Former world slalom champion Jean-Baptiste Grange to retire". 5 March 2021.
- Ski Racing.com – Grange will miss Olympics – 10 December 2009.
- Ski Racing.com – J-B Grange wins first French World slalom title in 26 years – 20 February 2011.
External links
- Jean-Baptiste Grange at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation
- Jean-Baptiste Grange World Cup standings at the International Ski Federation
- Jean-Baptiste Grange at Ski-DB Alpine Ski Database
- Jean-Baptiste Grange at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- Official website – (in French)
- French Ski Team – 2016 men's A team – (in French)
- Fischer Skis – athletes – Jean-Baptiste Grange
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