Adrien Théaux

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Adrien Théaux Alpine skiing
Adrien Théaux in April 2016
Adrien Théaux in April 2016.
nation FranceFrance France
birthday 18th September 1984 (age 35)
place of birth Tarbes , France
size 182 cm
Weight 89 kg
Career
discipline Downhill , Super-G ,
combination
society CO Val Thorens
status active
Medal table
World championships 0 × gold 0 × silver 1 × bronze
FIS Alpine World Ski Championships
bronze Vail / Beaver Creek 2015 Super G
Placements in the Alpine Ski World Cup
 Individual World Cup debut February 28, 2004
 Individual world cup victories 3
 Overall World Cup 11. ( 2015/16 )
 Downhill World Cup 6. (2010/11)
 Super G World Cup 5th ( 2012/13 )
 Giant Slalom World Cup 41st ( 2009/10 )
 Combination World Cup 6. (2015/16)
 Podium placements 1. 2. 3.
 Departure 3 0 3
 Super G 0 4th 2
 combination 0 0 1
last change: March 15, 2020

Adrien Théaux (born September 18, 1984 in Tarbes , Hautes-Pyrénées ) is a French ski racer . He specializes in the downhill and Super-G disciplines. So far, he has won three World Cup races and a bronze medal at the 2015 World Championships .

biography

Théaux grew up in the winter sports resort of La Mongie . His parents ran a boutique on Col du Tourmalet , and his father also worked as a ski instructor. Since there was no way to combine school education with ski training in the Pyrenees , the family moved to Val Thorens when he was 13 years old. His older brother Timothée, whom he describes as a role model, had already moved there a year earlier. From November 1999 Théaux took part in FIS races and national championships, appearances in the European Cup followed from December 2002. He achieved his first victory in an FIS race in January 2003. At the beginning of his career still specialized in slalom and giant slalom , he turned the fast disciplines gradually increased over the next few years.

Théaux made his World Cup debut on February 28, 2004 at the giant slalom in Kranjska Gora , where he finished 48th. As 19 of the super combined of Val d'Isere he first brought World Cup points on December 11 of 2005. As a result, he sporadically classified himself in the points, but a top result was not achieved for the time being. At his first major event, the 2007 World Championships in Åre , 23rd place in the super combined was his best result. At the beginning of the 2007/08 season , Théaux finished eighth on the Lake Louise descent for the first time among the top ten, but the next time only at the end of the winter of 2008/09 . At the 2009 World Championships in Val-d'Isère, he was the best Frenchman and finished fifth in the downhill. Also in the 2009/10 World Cup season , he was twice in the top ten. He was also twice the best Frenchman at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver with twelfth place in the super combined and 13th place in the super-G.

On December 4, 2010, Théaux achieved a World Cup podium for the first time, finishing second in the Super-G in Beaver Creek . He was on the podium again on January 22, 2011 as third in the traditional downhill classic on the Streif in Kitzbühel . At the 2011 World Championships in Garmisch-Partenkirchen , he was tenth in the Super-G, but retired in the downhill. His first victory was the downhill of the World Cup final in Lenzerheide on March 16, 2011. It was the first World Cup downhill victory for a Frenchman in more than four years; recently had Pierre-Emmanuel Dalcin won in January of 2007. In the following season 2011/12 , Théaux stood on the podium several times, once as second (in Crans-Montana ) and twice as third (in Lake Louise and Sotschi ).

In mid-September 2012, Théaux injured his wrist on a gate pole during the training camp in Chile . He returned to France for an operation and then had to take a six-week break. Regardless of this, he achieved a second place in the Super-G of Lake Louise at the start of the season. The rest of the season was mixed. At the 2013 World Cup in Schladming , for example, he didn't get past 9th place in the Super-G. Three weeks later, on March 2nd, 2013, somewhat unexpectedly, he achieved the second World Cup victory in the downhill from Kvitfjell . The 2013/14 season started well for Théaux, with 3rd place in the Downhill from Lake Louise and in the Super-G from Val Gardena . This was followed by two fourth places, which is why he was one of the expanded favorites before the 2014 Winter Olympics . However, the Olympic races ended disappointingly for him, 11th place in the Super-G was his best result. In the last World Cup run of the season in Lenzerheide, he suffered another wrist fracture.

In the 2014/15 season back Theaux took a material change. After always having skied Salomon skis before, he now relied on Head . The first results of the winter weren't very promising, but shortly before the 2015 World Cup , she was back in top form. At the Birds of Prey in Beaver Creek he won the bronze medal in the Super-G on February 5th, behind Hannes Reichelt and Dustin Cook . Two weeks after the world championship, Théaux took second place in the Super-G in Saalbach-Hinterglemm . He celebrated his third World Cup victory on December 29, 2015 on the descent from Santa Caterina . In the further course of the 2015/16 season , a third place was added to the Lauberhorn run in Wengen .

Théaux's best result in the 2016/17 World Cup season was fourth in Val Gardena , and he also finished fifth three times. His performances at the 2017 World Championships in St. Moritz , where he did not get past 9th place in the combination and only finished 27th in the downhill, were not very convincing . In the 2017/18 season , a fourth place was his best World Cup result, this time in the Super-G at Beaver Creek. A total of seven top 10 results were posted this winter. Another disappointment was the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang , with 15th place in the Super-G and 26th in the downhill. At the 2019 World Cup in Åre , he narrowly missed a medal when he finished fifth.

successes

Théaux in February 2011

Olympic games

World championships

World cup

  • 13 podium places, including 3 wins:
date place country discipline
March 16, 2011 Lenzerheide Switzerland Departure
March 2, 2013 Kvitfjell Norway Departure
December 29, 2015 Santa Caterina Valfurva Italy Departure

World Cup ratings

season total Departure Super G Giant slalom combination City event
space Points space Points space Points space Points space Points space Points
2005/06 115. 19th - - - - - - 31. 19th - -
2006/07 98 38 - - 42. 10 - - 27. 28 - -
2007/08 61. 123 27. 76 43. 7th - - 26th 40 - -
2008/09 44. 191 18th 150 33. 20th - - 27. 21st - -
2009/10 28. 249 27. 68 16. 110 41. 13 19th 58 - -
2010/11 12. 512 6th 265 10. 175 - - 15th 72 - -
2011/12 14th 628 11. 279 9. 219 - - 8th. 115 9. 15th
2012/13 15th 443 7th 232 5. 191 - - 18th 20th - -
2013/14 16. 397 10. 248 16. 113 - - 13. 36 - -
2014/15 22nd 365 18th 160 7th 190 - - 22nd 15th - -
2015/16 11. 714 7th 370 7th 248 - - 6th 96 - -
2016/17 22nd 340 9. 233 17th 107 - - - - - -
2017/18 18th 407 9. 238 10. 169 - - - - - -
2018/19 32. 258 18th 125 15th 133 - - - - - -
2019/20 47. 163 19th 108 21st 55 - - - - - -

Junior World Championships

More Achievements

Web links

Commons : Adrien Théaux  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Anthony Thomas-Commin: Ce qu'il faut savoir sur Adrien Theaux. L'Équipe , February 6, 2015, accessed on February 27, 2019 (French).
  2. ↑ Ski: Theaux s'impose en descente à Lenzerheide, 1er succès. L'Express , March 16, 2011, accessed February 27, 2019 (French).
  3. ↑ Adrien Théaux injured in the hand, six weeks off. skiweltcup.tv, September 17, 2012, accessed on February 27, 2019 .
  4. ^ Adrien Théaux wins ahead of Svindal - Swiss weak. Aargauer Zeitung , March 2, 2013, accessed on February 27, 2019 .
  5. ↑ Lenzerheide: Fracture du poignet gauche pour Theaux. Eurosport , March 12, 2014, accessed February 27, 2019 (French).
  6. ^ Ski: Pinturault part à la chasse aux globes. L'Express , October 26, 2014, accessed on February 27, 2019 (French).
  7. ^ Super-G: Adrien Théaux en bronze au Mondiaux. Le Monde , February 6, 2015, accessed February 27, 2019 (French).
  8. ↑ Théaux wins crazy Santa Caterina descent. Swiss radio and television , December 29, 2015, accessed on February 27, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Théaux, Adrien
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French ski racer
DATE OF BIRTH September 18, 1984
PLACE OF BIRTH Tarbes , France