75 Notable alumni of
University of Savoy Mont Blanc
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The University of Savoy Mont Blanc is 1108th in the world, 395th in Europe, and 36th in France by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 75 notable alumni from the University of Savoy Mont Blanc sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Yann Barthès
- Occupations
- television presentertelevision producerjournalist
- Biography
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Yann Romain Barthès is a French journalist, TV presenter and producer, best known for hosting the television segment Le Petit Journal and the TV talk show Quotidien.
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Pauline Ferrand-Prévot
- Occupations
- sport cyclist
- Biography
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Pauline Ferrand-Prévot is a French cyclist who rides for UCI Women's World Tour team Visma–Lease a Bike. In addition to road racing, Ferrand-Prévot has also competed in mountain biking, cyclo-cross and gravel cycling during her career, winning the world title in each discipline.
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Christophe Lemaitre
- Occupations
- athletics competitorsprinter
- Biography
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Christophe Lemaitre is a French former sprinter who specialised in the 100 and 200 metres. In 2010, Lemaitre became the first white athlete to break the 10-second barrier in an officially timed 100 m event. Lemaitre has run a sub-10 second 100 m on seven occasions: three times in 2010 and four times in 2011. He won a bronze medal in the 4 × 100 m relay at the 2012 London Olympic Games and in the 200 metres at the Rio 2016 Summer Olympics.
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Mercotte
- Occupations
- bloggerauthortelevision presenterfood critic
- Biography
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Jacqueline Mercorelli, commonly known by her stage name Mercotte, is a French food critic, blogger, TV presenter and gastronome. She was born in 1942 in Aix-les-Bains. She has become famous through her participation as a judge in the television baking competition Le Meilleur pâtissier, a French adaptation of The Great British Bake Off, broadcast on M6.
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Alexis Pinturault
- Occupations
- alpine skier
- Biography
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Alexis Pinturault is a French World Cup alpine ski racer and Olympic medalist.
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Yang Lan
- Occupations
- entrepreneurjournalistpresenterbusinesspersonmedia proprietor
- Biography
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Yang Lan is a Chinese media proprietor, journalist, and talk show host. She is the co-founder and chairperson of the Sun Media Group and the Sun Culture Foundation. In 2013, she was ranked number 100 in Forbes magazine's 100 World's Most Powerful Women.
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Perrine Laffont
- Occupations
- freestyle skier
- Biography
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Perrine Laffont is a French mogul skier. She is the 2018 Olympic Champion and a six times World Champion.
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Clément Noël
- Occupations
- alpine skier
- Biography
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Clément Noël is a French World Cup alpine ski racer who specializes in the slalom discipline. He competed in the 2018 Winter Olympics, placing fourth in the slalom, then became the gold medalist in slalom at the 2022 Winter Olympics.
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Emilien Jacquelin
- Occupations
- biathlete
- Biography
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Émilien Jacquelin is a French biathlete. He competed in the 2018, 2022 and 2026 Winter Olympics.
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Bruno Wu
- Occupations
- media proprietorbusinesspersonentrepreneur
- Biography
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Bruno Wu Zheng is a Chinese entrepreneur and media executive. He co-founded the media company Sun Media Group together with television host Yang Lan in the late 1990s, and later chaired Wecast Network/Seven Stars Cloud Group, which was renamed Ideanomics. In August 2024, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced a settled enforcement action involving Ideanomics, Wu and others. In 2016, Forbes estimated the family’s net worth at around US$1 billion.
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Alexis Bœuf
- Occupations
- biathletecross-country skier
- Biography
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Alexis Bœuf is a retired French biathlete. First World Cup podium was in Antholz-Anterselva Individual 21 January 2010. He won Presque Isle pursuit in February 2011, his only World Cup victory. He announced his retirement during the 2014–15 season after the sprint in Hochfilzen.
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Sandrine Bailly
- Occupations
- biathlete
- Biography
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Sandrine Bailly is a former French biathlete. She was most successful in the 2004–05 season, when she won the overall World Cup, and in the 2007–08 season, when she finished second. In 2003, she became world champion in the 10 km pursuit (together with Martina Glagow).
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Marie-Laure Brunet
- Occupations
- biathletecross-country skier
- Biography
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Marie-Laure Brunet is a retired French biathlete and Olympic athlete who won a bronze medal in the women's pursuit at the 2010 Winter Olympic Games of Vancouver.
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Vincent Jay
- Enrolled in the University of Savoy Mont Blanc
- Studied in 2005-2008
- Occupations
- sports commentatormilitary personnelbiathlete
- Biography
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Vincent Jay is a former French biathlete and non-commissioned officer. During his career, he won two Olympic medals at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver - a gold in the sprint and a bronze medal in the pursuit. He was the first Frenchman to win an Olympic sprint Biathlon title. In the World Cup, he has fourteen podiums with two individual victories in Vancouver and two victories as part of relay teams.
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Xavier de Le Rue
- Occupations
- snowboarder
- Biography
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Xavier de Le Rue is a French big mountain snowboarder, who started his pro career competing on the Boardercross pro tour (organized at the time by the International Snowboard Federation). He competed for France at the 2006 Winter Olympics, but did not advance to the quarterfinals. At the FIS Snowboarding World Championships 2009 he won a silver medal. He is set to compete for France at the 2010 Winter Olympics. He is the brother of bronze medalist Paul-Henri de Le Rue.
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Victor Muffat-Jeandet
- Occupations
- alpine skier
- Biography
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Victor Muffat-Jeandet is a French World Cup alpine ski racer.
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Jérôme Coppel
- Occupations
- sport cyclist
- Biography
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Jérôme Coppel is a French former road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 2008 and 2016 for the Française des Jeux, Saur–Sojasun, Cofidis and IAM Cycling teams.
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Typhanie Degois
- Occupations
- anciens artisans, commerçants, chefs d'entreprisepolitician
- Biography
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Typhanie Degois is a French politician who represented Savoie's 1st constituency of in the National Assembly from 2017 until 2022.
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Jean-Guillaume Béatrix
- Occupations
- biathletecross-country skier
- Biography
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Jean-Guillaume Béatrix is a retired French biathlete who has competed since 2005 till 2018. He was won the silver medal in the relay at the World Championships in 2012 and 2013, as well as the bronze in the Pursuit at the 2014 Olympics at Sochi. Béatrix has had four podium finishes in World Cup races in individual races.
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Ulla Tørnæs
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Ulla Pedersen Tørnæs is a Danish politician, who is a member of the Folketing for the Liberal Party. She previously sat in parliament from 1994 to 2014, and served as member of the European Parliament from 2014 to 2016. She served as Minister for Development Cooperation from 2016 to 2019, Minister of Higher Education and Science in 2016, Minister of Development Cooperation from 2005 to 2010 and Minister of Education from 2001 to 2005.
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Julia Chanourdie
- Occupations
- rock climber
- Biography
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Julia Chanourdie is a French professional rock climber who specialises in competition lead climbing. She also climbs outdoors as a sport climber, and on 7 November 2020, she became the second-ever female in history to climb a 9b (5.15b) route, Eagle–4 in Saint-Léger-du-Ventoux, France. Chanourdie won the bronze medal at The World Games 2017 in Wrocław, Poland.
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Romane Miradoli
- Occupations
- alpine skier
- Biography
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Romane Miradoli is a French World Cup alpine ski racer. Born in Bonneville, Haute-Savoie, she has competed for France in four World Championships and three Winter Olympics.
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Jordan Sarrou
- Occupations
- sport cyclist
- Biography
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Jordan Sarrou is a French mountain biking competitor, who currently rides for UCI Mountain Bike team BMC Factory Racing. He won the UCI Mountain Bike World Championships at Leogang, Austria in 2020. He has also competed in road cycling infrequently, finishing third in the 2014 Ruota d'Oro.
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Thomas Fanara
- Occupations
- alpine skier
- Biography
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Thomas Fanara is a former French World Cup alpine ski racer.
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Corinne Niogret
- Occupations
- biathletecross-country skier
- Biography
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Corinne Niogret is a former French biathlete. She won 2 Olympic medals and 15 medals in the Biathlon World Championships. In 1999/2000 she finished 3rd in the overall World Cup, and she has a total of 8 victories in World Cup races.
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Myriam Nicole
- Occupations
- sport cyclistmountain biker
- Biography
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Myriam Nicole is a French downhill mountain bike racer and is a two-time UCI World Champion.
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Sylvie Becaert
- Occupations
- biathletecustoms officercross-country skier
- Biography
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Sylvie Becaert is a French biathlete. Becaert's best year so far was 2003 when she came third in the overall world cup standings and won gold in the sprint event at the World Championships 2003 in Khanty-Mansiysk. At the 2006 Olympics in Turin, she won a bronze medal with the French relay team behind Russia and Germany. In 2009 at the World Championships in Pyeongchang, Becaert was part of the victorious mixed relay team
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Kevin Geniets
- Occupations
- sport cyclist
- Biography
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Kevin Geniets is a Luxembourgish cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Groupama–FDJ United.
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Paul-Henri de Le Rue
- Occupations
- snowboarder
- Biography
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Paul-Henri de Le Rue is a French snowboarder who competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. de le Rue won bronze in the men's snowboard cross event and is currently competing at the Freeride World Tour.
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Jean-Marc Gaillard
- Occupations
- cross-country skier
- Biography
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Jean-Marc Gaillard is a French cross-country skier who has been competing since 2000. His best finish at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships was seventh in the 50 km event at Sapporo in 2007. At the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Gaillard had his best finish of fourth in the 4 × 10 km relay as well.
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Blaise Giezendanner
- Occupations
- alpine skier
- Biography
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Blaise Giezendanner is a French alpine ski racer. Giezendanner specializes in the speed events of Downhill and Super-G. At the 2013 Winter Universiade, he won a Silver medal in the downhill, Combined, and a Gold medal in the Super-G.
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David Smétanine
- Occupations
- swimmerathlete
- Biography
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David Smétanine is a French Paralympic swimmer.
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Benjamin Cavet
- Occupations
- freestyle skier
- Biography
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Benjamin Cavet is a freestyle skier specialising in mogul skiing.
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Maxime Marotte
- Occupations
- sport cyclist
- Biography
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Maxime Marotte is a French mountain bike racer. He rode at the cross-country event at the 2016 Summer Olympics.
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Clément Chevrier
- Occupations
- sport cyclist
- Biography
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Clément Chevrier is a French former professional cyclist, who rode professionally between 2014 and 2020, for the Bissell Development Team, IAM Cycling and AG2R La Mondiale teams. Upon retiring, Chevrier announced his intention to become a sommelier.
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Laura Gauché
- Occupations
- alpine skier
- Biography
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Laura Gauché is a French World Cup alpine ski racer who specializes in the speed events of downhill and super-G. She made her World Cup debut in January 2014 and has competed in three Winter Olympics and three World Championships.
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Maxence Muzaton
- Occupations
- alpine skier
- Biography
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Maxence Muzaton is a French World Cup alpine ski racer. He specializes in the speed event of downhill, and also competes in the super-G and combined events.
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Rémy Rochas
- Occupations
- sport cyclist
- Biography
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Rémy Rochas is a French professional road cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Groupama–FDJ United.
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Léa Lemare
- Enrolled in the University of Savoy Mont Blanc
- Studied in 2020-2021
- Occupations
- ski jumper
- Biography
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Léa Lemare, is a French ski jumper and the 2013 National Champion.
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Sandrine Aubert
- Occupations
- alpine skier
- Biography
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Sandrine Aubert is a retired French alpine skier and a slalom specialist. After she was not selected for the French squad for the 2014 Winter Olympics, she announced her retirement from competition in February 2014.
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Déborah Anthonioz
- Occupations
- snowboarder
- Biography
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Déborah Anthonioz is a French snowboarder and Olympic athlete who won a silver medal in women's snowboard cross at the 2010 Winter Olympics.
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Thomas Mermillod-Blondin
- Occupations
- alpine skier
- Biography
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Thomas Mermillod-Blondin is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from France. Born in Annecy, Haute-Savoie, he primarily competed in super-G, but his best results were in the super combined event: he took five of his six World Cup podiums in combined, with the other coming in super-G. Mermillod-Blondin made his World Cup debut in 2007 and represented France at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver and the 2011 World Championships. He made a total of 179 World Cup starts in his career. In February 2019 Mermillod-Blondin announced that he would retire from competition following a combined race in Bansko, Bulgaria that month.
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Alizée Baron
- Occupations
- alpine skierfreestyle skier
- Biography
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Alizée Baron is a French freestyle skier, specializing in ski cross, and alpine skier.
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François Braud
- Occupations
- cross-country skierNordic combined skiersoldierski jumper
- Biography
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François Braud is a retired French nordic combined skier and non-commissioned officer.
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Xavier Roseren
- Occupations
- politiciancommerçants et assimilés
- Biography
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Xavier Roseren is a French politician and shopkeeper who has served as a member of the French National Assembly for Haute-Savoie's 6th constituency from 2017 to 2024. He is affiliated with La République En Marche (LREM).
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Marine Bolliet
- Occupations
- biathlete
- Biography
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Marine Bolliet is a former French biathlete. She competed at the Biathlon World Cup in 2010-11, 2011-12, 2012-13, 2013-14, and at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi.
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Pierre-Alexis Pessonneaux
- Occupations
- athletics competitor
- Biography
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Pierre-Alexis Pessonneaux is a French sprinter who specialises in the 200 metres. He helped the French men's 4 × 100 metres relay team to the gold medal at the 2010 European Athletics Championships. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, Pessonneaux was part of France's 4 × 100 m relay team that claimed the bronze medal.
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Jonathan Midol
- Occupations
- alpine skierfreestyle skier
- Biography
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Jonathan Midol is a French freestyle skier and Olympic medalist. He was born in Annecy. He competed in ski cross at the World Ski Championships 2013, and at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, where he earned a bronze medal in ski-cross. His brother is also a medallist skier, Bastien Midol.
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Baptiste Gros
- Occupations
- cross-country skier
- Biography
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Baptiste Gros is a French cross-country skier.
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Maxime Laheurte
- Occupations
- Nordic combined skierski jumpercross-country skier
- Biography
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Maxime Laheurte is a retired French nordic combined athlete who has competed since 2002, including 4 Winter Olympic Games. At the 2010 Winter Olympics, he finished fourth in the 4 x 5 km team and 38th in the 10 km individual large hill event.
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Titouan Carod
- Occupations
- sport cyclist
- Biography
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Titouan Carod is a French cyclist, who specializes in cross-country mountain biking.
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Coline Varcin
- Occupations
- biathletecross-country skier
- Biography
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Coline Varcin is a retired French biathlete. She competed in the 2014/15 World Cup season, and represented France at the Biathlon World Championships 2015 in Kontiolahti.
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Clémence Grimal
- Occupations
- snowboarder
- Biography
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Clémence Grimal is a French snowboarder, specializing in halfpipe.
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Tiffany Gauthier
- Occupations
- alpine skier
- Biography
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Tiffany Gauthier is a French former alpine ski racer.
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Roddy Darragon
- Occupations
- cross-country skier
- Biography
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Roddy Darragon is a French cross-country skier and non-commissioned officer who has competed since 2002. Competing in three Winter Olympics, he earned France's first ever Winter Olympic cross-country skiing medal with a silver in the individual sprint event at Turin in 2006.
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Renaud Jay
- Occupations
- cross-country skier
- Biography
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Renaud Jay is a French cross-country skier.
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Xavier Bertoni
- Occupations
- freestyle skier
- Biography
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Xavier Bertoni is a French Freestyle skier. He began skiing when he was two years old, and has been with Rossignol since 2004.
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Anaïs Caradeux
- Occupations
- freestyle skier
- Biography
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Anaïs Caradeux is a French freestyle skier. She won a silver medal at the 2013 FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships.
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Fannette Charvier
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Fannette Charvier is a French politician of Renaissance (RE) who served as member of the French National Assembly from 2017 to 2022, representing the department of Doubs.
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Sébastien Lacroix
- Occupations
- Nordic combined skierski jumper
- Biography
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Sébastien Lacroix is a French Nordic combined skier who has competed between 2001 and 2015. At the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, he finished fourth in the 4 x 5 km team event and finished 19th in both the 10 km individual normal hill and the 10 km individual large hill events.
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Veronique Pierron
- Occupations
- short-track speed skater
- Biography
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Véronique Pierron is a French short-track speed-skater.
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Antoine Gérard
- Occupations
- Nordic combined skierski jumper
- Biography
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Antoine Gérard is a French former Nordic combined skier.
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Thierry Hupond
- Occupations
- sport cyclist
- Biography
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Thierry Hupond is a French former road bicycle racer, who competed professionally between 2008 and 2017 for the Team Giant–Alpecin and Delko–Marseille Provence KTM teams.
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Tony Ramoin
- Occupations
- snowboarder
- Biography
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Tony Ramoin is a French snowboarder, who won a bronze medal in snowboard cross at the 2010 Winter Olympics.
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Léo Trespeuch
- Occupations
- university teachersnowboarder
- Biography
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Léo Trespeuch, was born on 4 April 1987. He lives in Val Thorens. He has practiced snowboarding since 1997. On the 26 January 2007, he became the Boardercross University World Champion. He studied at University of Savoy and University of Grenoble. He researches into sports marketing, including Sponsoring, Crowdfunding and Participation.
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Camille Cabrol
- Occupations
- freestyle skier
- Biography
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Camille Cabrol is a French freestyle skier. Her nickname on social media is Cam. She competed in the 2018 Winter Olympics and 2022 Winter Olympics.
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Yohann Taberlet
- Occupations
- alpine skier
- Biography
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Yohann Taberlet is a French skier. He has a disability and uses a wheelchair. He skied at the 2011 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships. He was the second skier to finish in the men's sitting slalom race and was the third skier to finish in the sitting men's Super Combined race.
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Thomas Damuseau
- Occupations
- sport cyclist
- Biography
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Thomas Damuseau is a French former professional road racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 2011 and 2015 for the Giant–Shimano and Roubaix–Lille Métropole teams.
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Laure Barthélémy
- Occupations
- cross-country skier
- Biography
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Laure Barthélémy is a French cross-country skier and soldier who has competed since 2005.
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Cyril Miranda
- Occupations
- cross-country skier
- Biography
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Cyril Miranda is a retired French cross-country skier who made his World Cup debut in 2007. At the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, he finished seventh in the team sprint, 16th in the individual sprint, and 38th in the 50 km events.
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Jean-Lou Paiani
- Occupations
- sport cyclist
- Biography
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Jean-Lou Paiani is a French cyclist from Megève, Rhône-Alpes, France.
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Rémi Cusin
- Occupations
- sport cyclist
- Biography
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Rémi Cusin is a French former professional road racing cyclist, who competed as a professional between 2009 and 2013. Cusin joined Cofidis for the 2010 and 2011 seasons, and in 2011 he scored his first UCI ProTour victory in the Tour of Denmark, where he won Stage 2.
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Johann Baisamy
- Occupations
- snowboarder
- Biography
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Johann Baisamy is a French snowboarder. He has competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi.
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Francis Repellin
- Occupations
- Nordic combined skier
- Biography
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Francis Repellin is a French nordic combined skier who competed from 1987 to 1993. He won a silver medal in the 3 x 10 km team event at the 1991 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Val di Fiemme.
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Damien Piqueras
- Years
- 1991-.. (age 35)
- Occupations
- rower
- Biography
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Damien Piqueras is a French lightweight rower. He won a gold medal at the 2017 World Rowing Championships in Sarasota, Florida with the lightweight men's quadruple scull.
