Ian Piccard
Ian Piccard 
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 France
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| birthday | 11th March 1968 (age 52) | ||||||
| place of birth | Les Saisies , France | ||||||
| size | 173 cm | ||||||
| Weight | 75 kg | ||||||
| Career | |||||||
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| discipline |
Giant slalom , super-G , downhill |
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| society | SC Saisies | ||||||
| status | resigned | ||||||
| End of career | 2005 | ||||||
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Ian Piccard (born March 11, 1968 in Les Saisies ) is a retired French ski racer . His specialty was the giant slalom . Ian is the brother of Franck , John , Leila , Jeff and Ted , who were also ski racers.
biography
Piccard won his first points in the Ski World Cup on November 29, 1991, finishing 24th in the giant slalom in Breckenridge . A year later he reached sixth place in the giant slalom in Kranjska Gora on December 20, 1992. Overall, Piccard was able to place in eight World Cup races in the top ten, the best result being fifth in the giant slalom in Kranjska Gora on January 5, 1997. He drove his last World Cup race on February 27, 1999, but then took up to 2005 participated in French championships and FIS races in France.
Piccard took part in the Winter Olympics in 1994 and 1998 and reached 17th and eleventh place in the giant slalom. From 1989 to 1999 he took part in five world championships, reaching twelfth place in the giant slalom in 1993 and ninth place in the giant slalom in 1996. 1997 and 1999 he could not finish his runs. From 1994 to 1997 he was French champion three times .
successes
winter Olympics
- Lillehammer 1994 : 17th giant slalom
- Nagano 1998 : 11th giant slalom
World championships
- Vail 1989 : 25th giant slalom
- Morioka-Shizukuishi 1993 : 12th giant slalom
- Sierra Nevada 1996 : 9th giant slalom, 38th Super-G
World cup
- 8 placements among the top 10
European Cup
- 1993/94 season : 3rd Super-G rating
Junior World Championships
- Bad Kleinkirchheim 1986 : 32nd departure
More Achievements
- French champion in Super-G in 1994 and in giant slalom in 1995 and 1997
Web links
- Ian Piccard in the database of the International Ski Federation (English)
- Ian Piccard in the database of Ski-DB (English)
- Ian Piccard in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
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| SURNAME | Piccard, Ian |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French ski racer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 11, 1968 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Les Saisies , France |