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Franck Piccard (born 17 September 1965) is a French former Alpine skier. A native of Les Saisies, Piccard won a total of four Alpine skiing World Cup races. At the 1988 Olympics in Calgary he won a gold medal in the Super-G competition (the first winter Olympic gold-medal for a French athlete since ski racer Jean-Claude Killy in 1968, who became a three-times gold-medallist) and a bronze medal in the downhill. At the 1992 Olympics in Albertville he won a silver medal in the downhill. He also could achieve a bronze-medal in the Super-G-Race at the FIS Alpine Skiing World Championships 1991.

First excellent success was winning a gold-medal in the downhill race in the FIS Alpine Skiing Junior World Championships 1982 at Auron. First "World Cup Points", he could catch on December 10th, 1983, placed 4th in the Super-G at Val-d’Isère, first win was in the Super-G on March 23rd, 1988, at Beaver Creek. At the begin of his skiing career he did prefer starting in Downhill and Super-G races, later he changed to the Giant Slalom. Last World Cup race was on February 10th, 1996, in the Giant Slalom at Hinterstoder; he was placed 27th (therefore one place - and 0,38 sec. - behind Hermann Maier at his debut in World Cup Races). Afterwards, he did start in so-called FIS-races and in the French Championships, until the year 2000. He could achieve a three-times French Champion (1985 till 1993).

Franck Piccard

Personal information
Born	17 September 1965 (1965-09-17) (age 56) Albertville, France
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	70 kg (154 lb)
Sport
Sport	alpine skiing
Club	Les Saisies
Medal record Representing  France Olympic Games 1988 Calgary Super-G 1992 Albertville Downhill 1988 Calgary Downhill

Another results in the FIS Alpine Skiing World Championships:

Bormio 1985: Alpine Combined 6th; Downhill 15th.

Crans-Montana 1987: Super-G 10th; Alpine Combined 10th.

Vail 1989: Super-G 10th.

Saalbach-Hinterglemm 1991: Super-G 3rd; Giant Slalom 13th; Downhill 15th.

Sierra Nevada 1996: Giant Slalom 15h.

In the Giant Slalom at Morioka in 1993 he didn't finish the first run, held on February 9th.

After retiring from downhill skiing, Piccard competed in long-distance cross-country skiing at the national level in 2006–2009. In 1988, he was awarded the Prix de la ville de Paris by the French Academy of Sports.[1]

His father gave him the name Franck in tribute to Frank Sinatra.[2] Piccard's siblings Leila Piccard, Ian Piccard and Jeff Piccard also competed as alpine skiers,[2] as does his daughter Lucie.[3] Another brother, Ted Piccard, has competed in both alpine skiing and skiercross.[4]

World Cup victories

Date	Location	Race
13 March 1988	Beaver Creek	Super-G
11 January 1990	Schladming	Downhill
2 December 1990	Valloire	Super-G
30 October 1993	Sölden	Giant slalom

References

External links

• FIS-ski biography for Franck Piccard

На других языках

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- [en] Franck Piccard

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[fr] Franck Piccard

Franck Piccard, né le 17 septembre 1964 aux Saisies (Savoie), est un skieur alpin français, premier champion olympique de super-G de l'histoire en 1988 à Calgary. Il est seul champion olympique français de cette discipline, et a également remporté la médaille olympique de bronze de descente en 1988, puis celle d'argent en 1992. Il fut l'un des quatre membres de l'équipe des « top guns » formée et entrainée par Serge Guillaume en marge des infrastructures de la fédération française de ski alpin de 1987 à 1991, avec Luc Alphand, Jean-Luc Crétier et Denis Rey.

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[it] Franck Piccard

Franck Piccard (Albertville, 17 settembre 1964) è un ex sciatore alpino francese, campione olimpico nel supergigante a Calgary 1988.

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[ru] Пиккар, Франк

Франк Пикка́р (фр. Franck Piccard, род. 17 сентября 1964 года, Альбервиль) — французский горнолыжник, олимпийский чемпион, победитель этапов Кубка мира. Универсал, успешно выступал во всех видах горнолыжного спорта, кроме слалома. Брат Теда, Яна и Лейлы Пиккаров, которые так же были успешными горнолыжниками и участвовали в Олимпийских играх.

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