Mathieu Faivre

Matthew Faivre
 Alpine skier 
Disciplines Giant slalom
Club Douanes / C.S. Isola
Born (1992-01-18) 18 January 1992
Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, France
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
World Cup debut 12 March 2010 (age 18)
Olympics
Teams 1 – (2014)
Medals 0
World Championships
Teams 2 – (2013, 2015)
Medals 0
World Cup
Seasons 4th – (201316)
Wins 0
Podiums 2 – (2 GS)
Overall titles 0 – (21st in 2016)
Discipline titles 0 – (4th in GS, 2016)

Mathieu Faivre (born 18 January 1992) is a World Cup alpine ski racer from France.[1][2]

Born in Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, Faivre specializes in giant slalom and made his World Cup debut at age 18 in March 2010. He competed for France at the 2014 Winter Olympics in the alpine skiing events and in two World Championships. Faivre gained his first World Cup podium in February 2016 in a giant slalom at Naeba, Japan.[3] His second podium came during the 2016 World Cup finals in St. Moritz, Switzerland in another giant slalom. He was part of an all-French podium, having led after the first run for the first time in his career.[4] He ended the season at a career-high position of fourth in the final giant slalom standings.[5]

World Cup results

Season standings

Season  Age   Overall   Slalom  Giant
 slalom 
Super-G Downhill Combined
2010 18 117 36
2011 19 135 35
2012 20 126 44
2013 21 78 25
2014 22 44 11
2015 23 61 16
2016 24 21 4

Race podiums

Season Date Location Discipline Place
2016 13 Feb 2016 Japan Naeba, Japan Giant slalom 2nd
19 Mar 2016  Switzerland  St. Moritz, Switzerland Giant slalom 3rd

World Championships results

  Year    Age   Slalom  Giant
 slalom 
Super-G Downhill Combined
2013 21 21
2015 23 DNF1

Olympic results

  Year    Age   Slalom  Giant
 slalom 
Super-G Downhill Combined
2014 22 24

References

  1. FIS Biography
  2. Sochi 2014 profile
  3. Higgins, Sean (13 Feb 2016). "Pinturault prevails in tough Yuzawa Naeba GS". Ski Racing. Retrieved 14 Feb 2016.
  4. "Fanara tops all-French podium in giant slalom at WCup finals". Yahoo News. Retrieved 2016-03-19.
  5. "Alpine Skiing: Leader Boards - FIS-SKI". FIS-SKI. Retrieved 2016-03-19.

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