Patrice Bianchi

Patrice Bianchi
nation	France
birthday	10th April 1969 (age 51)
place of birth	Bourg-Saint-Maurice , France
Career
discipline	Slalom , giant slalom
society	SC Val-d'Isère
status	resigned
End of career	1994
Placements in the Alpine Ski World Cup
Individual World Cup debut 1989  Individual world cup victories 2  Overall World Cup 31. ( 1991/92 )  Slalom World Cup 5. (1991/92)
Podium placements 1. 2. 3.  slalom 2 1 0

Patrice Bianchi (born April 10, 1969 in Bourg-Saint-Maurice ) is a former French ski racer . He almost exclusively drove slalom , and occasionally giant slalom .

biography

After he was mainly used in the European Cup at the beginning of his career , Bianchi took part in the World Cup from 1989 . He scored his first World Cup points on January 6, 1990 as 14th in the Kranjska Gora slalom . Two months later the first place in the top ten followed in Veysonnaz . At the 1991 World Championships in Saalbach-Hinterglemm , he finished seventh.

Bianchi had his most successful season in 1991/92: He won in Garmisch-Partenkirchen and came second in Kitzbühel , making him the fifth best slalom driver in the world at the end of the season. At the Olympic Games in 1992, which took place in his closer home, he was eliminated. He celebrated another World Cup victory on December 15, 1992 in the slalom of the 3-Tre race in Madonna di Campiglio . At the end of the 1993/94 season he resigned from top-class sport.

successes

World championships

• Saalbach-Hinterglemm 1991 : 7th slalom
• Morioka 1993 : 11th slalom

World cup

• Season 1991/92 : 5. Slalom Score
• 3 podium places, including 2 wins:

date	place	country	discipline
January 13, 1992	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	Germany	slalom
December 15, 1992	Madonna di Campiglio	Italy	slalom

Junior World Championships

• Bad Kleinkirchheim 1986 : 26th departure
• Sälen 1987 : 18th giant slalom

French championships

• French champion in giant slalom 1990 and slalom 1992

Web links

• Patrice Bianchi in the database of the International Ski Federation (English)
• Patrice Bianchi in the database of Ski-DB (English)
• Patrice Bianchi in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )