Nicolas Thoule
Nicolas Thoule 
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 France
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| birthday | August 7, 1990 | ||||||
| place of birth | Evian-les-Bains | ||||||
| size | 179 cm | ||||||
| Weight | 79 kg | ||||||
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| discipline |
Slalom , giant slalom , super G , downhill , super combination |
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| society | SC Châtel | ||||||
| status | active | ||||||
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| last change: March 17, 2013 | |||||||
Nicolas Thoule (born August 7, 1990 in Évian-les-Bains ) is a French ski racer . His strongest discipline is the slalom .
Career
Thoule took part in FIS races and national (junior) championships in his home country from winter 2005/2006 . He had his first starts outside of France at the European Youth Olympic Festival 2007 in Jaca , Spain , where he won the silver medal in giant slalom and came fourth in slalom. At the Junior World Championships , in which Thoule participated from 2008 to 2010, he was among the top ten three times: in 2008 he was eighth in slalom and combined and in 2009 ninth in slalom.
In the European Cup Thoule is December 2007 at the start, but first he reached in only a few races the points. Even when he was promoted from the junior squad to the B-squad of the French Ski Association in 2010, his results improved only slightly. In the 2011/2012 season he was able to catch up with the top: Thoule first achieved his first top 10 placings, took the podium twice in January and celebrated his first victory in the Courmayeur slalom on March 18, 2012 at the end of the season . He achieved third place in the slalom ranking and fifth in the overall ranking. In the same winter Thoule also drove the first World Cup races in his strongest discipline, slalom, but did not make it into the second round in any of his six starts.
On November 11th, 2012 Thoule won his first World Cup points by finishing 22nd in the Levi slalom .
successes
World cup
- 1 place in the top 30
Junior World Championships
- Formigal 2008 : 8th slalom, 8th combination, 11th giant slalom, 17th Super-G, 31st descent
- Garmisch-Partenkirchen 2009 : 9th slalom, 19th descent
- Mont Blanc 2010 : 17th giant slalom, 19th downhill, 30th Super-G
European Cup
- Season 2011/2012 : 5th overall ranking, 3rd slalom ranking
- 3 podium places, including 1 victory:
| date | place | country | discipline |
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| March 18, 2012 | Courmayeur | Italy | slalom |
More Achievements
- Silver medal in the giant slalom of the European Youth Olympic Festival 2007
- 2 victories in FIS races
Web links
- Nicolas Thoule in the database of the International Ski Federation (English)
- Nicolas Thoule in the database of Ski-DB (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Squad divisions according to the squad brochures of the French Ski Association from 2008/2009.
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Thoule, Nicolas |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French ski racer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 7, 1990 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Evian-les-Bains , France |