Thomas Krief

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Thomas Krief Freestyle skiing
nation FranceFrance France
birthday 5th June 1993
place of birth Grenoble
Career
discipline halfpipe
society SC Vallee Meribel
status active
Medal table
World Cup medals 0 × gold 0 × silver 1 × bronze
X-Games 0 × gold 1 × silver 0 × bronze
FIS Freestyle Skiing World Championships
bronze 2013 Voss halfpipe
Winter X Games logo X-Games
silver 2012 Tignes Super pipe
Placements in the Freestyle Skiing World Cup
 Debut in the World Cup January 11, 2009
 World Cup victories 1
 Overall World Cup 20th ( 2012/13 )
 Halfpipe World Cup 5. (2012/13, 2018/19 )
 Podium placements 1. 2. 3.
 halfpipe 1 2 1
last change: March 19, 2019

Thomas Krief (born June 5, 1993 in Grenoble ) is a French freestyle skier . He starts in the halfpipe discipline .

Career

Since 2008, Krief has participated in competitions of the AFP World Tour and the FIS . He made his World Cup debut in January 2009 in Les Contamines , which he finished in 17th place. In February 2011, he finished 27th at the 2011 World Championships in Park City . The following month he achieved his first top ten placement in the World Cup with fourth place in La Plagne . At the Winter X Games Europe 2012 in Tignes , he won the silver medal. At the beginning of the 2012/13 season he achieved a podium finish for the first time with second place in Cardrona in the World Cup. In the further course of the season he came in all World Cup participations in the top ten. At the 2013 World Championships in Voss , he won the bronze medal. He finished the season in fifth place in the Halfpipe World Cup. In his first Olympic participation in Sochi in 2014 , he finished eleventh in the first ever half-pipe competition. At the beginning of the 2015/16 season , he finished second at the World Cup in Cardrona . In December 2017, he won his first World Cup at the Secret Garden Ski Resort . He finished tenth at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang . In the 2018/19 season he came in three top ten finishes, including third place in Mammoth , and fifth place in the Halfpipe World Cup. At the season highlight, the 2019 World Championships in Park City , he finished sixth.

So far, Krief has taken part in 26 World Cups and has been among the top ten 15 times (as of the end of the 2019/20 season).

World Cup overall placements

season total halfpipe
space Points space Points
2008/09 142. 3 29 14th
2010/11 57. 16 9. 79
2011/12 88 10 10. 50
2012/13 20th 35 5. 175
2013/14 80. 15th 16. 77
2014/15 63. 16 9. 82
2015/16 82. 16 10. 80
2016/17 294. 0.40 46. 2
2017/18 38. 26.67 7th 160
2018/19 28. 32.80 5. 164
2019/20 188. 4th 33. 20th

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