Gérard Balanche
Gérard Balanche 
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 Switzerland
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| birthday | 18th January 1968 | ||||||||
| place of birth |
Le Locle , Switzerland
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| size | 185 cm | ||||||||
| Weight | 68 kg | ||||||||
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| National squad | since 1984 | ||||||||
| status | resigned | ||||||||
| End of career | 1989 | ||||||||
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| Debut in the World Cup | December 30, 1984 | ||||||||
| Overall World Cup | 27. ( 1986/87 ) | ||||||||
| Four Hills Tournament | 10. ( 1986/87 ) | ||||||||
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Gérard Balanche (born January 18, 1968 in Le Locle ) is a former Swiss ski jumper .
Career
Balanche made his debut in the Ski Jumping World Cup on December 30, 1984 . His first jumping in the Four Hills Tournament 1984/85 was unsuccessful. In March 1985 he had his breakthrough in the World Cup. In Swedish Falun he reached 13th place first World Cup points. Two days later he jumped on the podium for the first time and for the last time in Oslo . The following seasons were changeable. In the jumps for the Four Hills Tournament he mostly got stuck in mediocre places. In the other World Cup competitions he mostly achieved World Cup points. His most successful season, 1986/87 , he finished in 27th place in the overall World Cup standings.
At the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary , Balanche jumped from the normal hill to 37th and from the large hill to 30th place. In team jumping he reached 8th place together with Christoph Lehmann , Fabrice Piazzini and Christian Hauswirth . In the first World Cup after the games in Lahti , Balanche was able to win World Cup points again with 13th place.
The Four Hills Tournament in 1988/89 was unsuccessful for Balanche. Even at the following Nordic World Ski Championships in Lahti in 1989 , where he jumped from the normal hill to 34th and from the large hill to 49th place, it was rather unsuccessful. After the World Cup, Balanche ended his active ski jumping career.
Web links
- Gérard Balanche in the database of the International Ski Federation (English)
- Gérard Balanche in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
Individual evidence
- ↑ Switzerland Ski Jumping at the 1988 Calgary Winter Games. Sports-Reference.com, accessed March 30, 2009 .
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| SURNAME | Balanche, Gérard |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss ski jumper |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 18th January 1968 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Le Locle , Switzerland |