Anthony Obert
Anthony Obert 
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 Anthony Obert in January 2008 |
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 France
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| birthday | December 6, 1985 | ||||||
| place of birth | Chamonix | ||||||
| size | 184 cm | ||||||
| Weight | 85 kg | ||||||
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| discipline |
Slalom , giant slalom , super-G , super-combination |
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| society | CS Chamonix | ||||||
| status | active | ||||||
| Placements in the Alpine Ski World Cup | |||||||
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| last change: October 18, 2012 | |||||||
Anthony Obert (born December 6, 1985 in Chamonix ) is a French ski racer . He is a member of the B-team of the French Ski Federation. His strongest disciplines are slalom and giant slalom .
Career
Obert contested his first FIS races in January 2001 and was able to classify himself among the top ten for the first time a year later. He celebrated his first victory on December 14, 2003 in the slalom of Les Orres . The Frenchman had his first European Cup appearance in January 2005, the next followed a year later.
Since the 2006/07 season Obert has competed regularly in the European Cup. On November 26th, he finished 30th in the Salla slalom for the first time and three days later he achieved his best result of the season with 13th place in the giant slalom in Levi . At the beginning of next winter , the Frenchman achieved the first podium with second place in the second indoor slalom in the ski hall in Landgraaf . For the remainder of the season he reached five other top 10 results. This winter, Obert also took part in World Cup races for the first time . In the five slaloms and one giant slalom in which he started, however, he never made it into the second round. In the 2008/09 European Cup season , a seventh place in the Courchevel slalom and a tenth place in the second slalom in Oberjoch were his best results. In his five World Cup slaloms, which he contested this winter, he was again without result.
On November 7, 2009 Obert took part in the European Indoor Championships in Amnéville . He could not qualify for the finals and finished 24th. Almost three weeks later he achieved his second podium in the European Cup: In Levi's second giant slalom on November 26th, he only had to admit defeat to the Czech Kryštof Krýzl . The day before he had finished fourth in the first giant slalom. On December 21, 2009 Obert won his first World Cup points with 19th place in the slalom on the Gran Risa in Alta Badia . This is also his best World Cup result so far. He was able to score a second time three weeks later, finishing 20th in the Adelboden slalom . On March 7, 2010 Obert won his first European Cup race, the slalom in Platak . With a total of four podium places, he reached second place in the EC overall ranking in the 2009/10 season . Obert had to end the 2010/11 season early because of a serious injury to his right knee that he suffered during training in Les Arcs at the end of December . In December 2011, he injured himself again on the same knee when he tore his anterior cruciate ligament while training in Trysil . Again he had to end the season early.
successes
World cup
- Two placements among the top 20
European Cup
- 2007/08 season : 10th slalom ranking
- Season 2009/10 : 2nd overall ranking, 5th giant slalom ranking, 7th slalom ranking
- 5 podium places, including 1 victory:
| date | place | country | discipline |
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| March 7, 2010 | Platak | Croatia | slalom |
More Achievements
- 24th place at the European Indoor Championships 2009
- 7 victories in FIS races
Web links
- Anthony Obert's website (French)
- Anthony Obert in the database of the International Ski Federation (English)
- Anthony Obert in the database of Ski-DB (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Alpine skiing: disaster for Anthony Obert. www.chamonix.net, December 29, 2010, accessed October 23, 2011 (English).
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Obert, Anthony |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French ski racer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 6, 1985 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Chamonix , France |