Alain Penz
Alain Penz 
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 France
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| birthday | 30th October 1947 (age 72) | ||||||||||||
| place of birth | Sallanches , France | ||||||||||||
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Downhill , giant slalom , slalom , combination |
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| status | resigned | ||||||||||||
| End of career | 1972 | ||||||||||||
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Alain Penz (born October 30, 1947 in Sallanches ) is a former French ski racer .
biography
In the Ski World Cup , Penz won five races (four slaloms and one giant slalom ). In the 1968/69 season and in the 1969/70 season he was fifth overall. In addition, he won the Slalom World Cup in 1969/70, tied with Patrick Russel and Henri Bréchu .
He was less successful at the Olympic Games: in 1968 he finished eighth in the slalom and in 1972 ninth in the giant slalom. He never won a medal at world championships either, at the 1970 World Ski Championships he finished fifth in slalom and ninth in giant slalom.
From 1969 to 1972 Penz was French champion seven times (three times in the combination and twice each in slalom and giant slalom). At the end of the 1971/72 season, he resigned from ski racing.
successes
Olympic Games (also World Cup)
- Grenoble 1968 : 8th slalom
- Sapporo 1972 : 9th giant slalom
World championships
- Val Gardena 1970 : 5th slalom, 9th giant slalom
World Cup ratings
Alain Penz won the slalom discipline twice.
| season | total | Departure | Giant slalom | slalom | ||||
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| space | Points | space | Points | space | Points | space | Points | |
| 1967 | 27. | 8th | - | - | - | - | 16. | 8th |
| 1968 | 44. | 5 | - | - | - | - | 25th | 5 |
| 1968/69 | 5. | 98 | 25th | 1 | 6th | 32 | 1. | 65 |
| 1969/70 | 5. | 119 | - | - | 7th | 44 | 1. | 75 |
| 1970/71 | 14th | 51 | - | - | 16. | 13 | 7th | 38 |
| 1971/72 | 15th | 46 | - | - | 15th | 18th | 7th | 28 |
World Cup victories
Penz achieved a total of 12 podium places, including 5 wins:
| date | place | country | discipline |
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| January 26, 1969 | Megève | France | slalom |
| February 22, 1970 | Jackson Hole | United States | slalom |
| February 27, 1970 | Vancouver | Canada | Giant slalom |
| February 28, 1970 | Vancouver | Canada | slalom |
| March 6, 1970 | Heavenly Valley | United States | slalom |
Web links
- Alain Penz in the database of the International Ski Federation (English)
- Alain Penz in the database of Ski-DB (English)
- Alain Penz in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Penz, Alain |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French ski racer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 30, 1947 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Sallanches , France |