François Place (ski racer)

François Place
nation	France
birthday	2nd July 1989 (age 31)
place of birth	Albertville
Career
discipline	Slalom , giant slalom (Alpine skiing) Skicross (freestyle)
society	SC Crest Voland
status	active
Medal table
World championships 1 × 0 × 1 ×
Freestyle Skiing World Championships bronze Sierra Nevada 2017 Ski cross gold Park City 2019 Ski cross
Placements in the Alpine Ski World Cup Debut in the World Cup February 21, 2009
Placements in the Freestyle Skiing World Cup Debut in the World Cup December 17, 2011 Overall World Cup 155th ( 2016/17 ) Ski cross world cup 33. (2016/17)
Podium placements 1. 2. 3.  Ski cross 0 0 2
last change: March 18, 2020

François Place (born July 2, 1989 in Albertville ) is a French freestyle skier and former alpine ski racer . He starts in the ski cross discipline .

Career

Place began his sports career as an alpine ski racer . He started in FIS races in December 2004 and specialized in the disciplines of slalom and giant slalom . The first appearances in the European Cup followed in January 2007. In 2008 he became French slalom junior champion. His best result at the Junior World Championships in 2009 was fifth place in slalom. On February 21, 2009 Place made his debut in the Alpine Ski World Cup . He took part in a total of 39 World Cup races, but never managed to qualify for the second round and remained without a single World Cup point. In 2010 he won the combination at the French championships. In the European Cup he was on the podium five times, two of them as the winner. In the 2012/13 European Cup season, he finished ninth in the overall ranking and sixth in the combined ranking.

Due to a lack of success in the Alpine Ski World Cup, Place switched to ski cross at the beginning of the 2016/17 season . At the end of November 2016 he started in the Pitztal at the Austrian championships and in the European Cup. On January 11, 2017, with 3rd place in Val Thorens , he achieved a podium finish in the second European Cup participation, and won a day later at the same location. With three more victories and a third place, he decided the ski cross discipline of the European Cup for himself. In the Freestyle World Cup , Place started for the first time on February 11, 2017 and finished fifth in Idre . He qualified for the 2017 World Championships in the Sierra Nevada , where he surprisingly won the bronze medal.

In the 2017/18 season , Place achieved five results among the top ten in the World Cup. At the Freestyle World Championship 2019 in Park City , he won the world title.

Success in ski cross

World championships

• Sierra Nevada 2017 : 3rd ski cross
• Park City 2019 : 1st ski cross

World cup

Place has won two podium places in the World Cup so far.

World Cup ratings:

season	total		Ski cross
	space	Points	space	Points
2016/17	153.	6.86	33.	96
2017/18	33.	30.20	7th	302
2018/19	84.	16.27	19th	179
2019/20	50.	23.82	9.	262

European Cup

• Season 2016/17: 1st ski cross discipline ranking
• 7 podium places, including 4 wins

Successes in alpine skiing

European Cup

• 2012/13 season : 9th overall ranking, 6th combined ranking
• 5 podium places, including 2 wins

Junior World Championships

• Formigal 2008 : 11th combination, 14th slalom, 16th Super-G, 26th giant slalom, 39th descent
• Garmisch-Partenkirchen 2009 : 5th slalom, 24th descent, 26th Super-G

More Achievements

• 1 French championship title (combination 2010)
• 1 French Junior Championship (Slalom 2008)
• 2 podiums in the South American Cup
• 19 victories in FIS races

Web links

• François Place (ski racer) in the database of the International Ski Federation (English) Freestyle Skiing
• François Place (ski racer) in the database of the International Ski Federation (English) Alpine skiing