77 Notable alumni of
University of Savoy Mont Blanc
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The University of Savoy Mont Blanc is 1030th in the world, 358th in Europe, and 32nd in France by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 77 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 presenterjournalisttelevision producer
- Biography
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Yann Romain Barthès is a French journalist, TV presenter and producer, best known for hosting the television programme Le Petit Journal and Quotidien.
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Christophe Lemaitre
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- sprinterathletics competitor
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Christophe Lemaitre is a French sprinter who specialises 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 100m 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
- authorbloggerfood critictelevision presenter
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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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Pauline Ferrand-Prévot
- Occupations
- sport cyclist
- Biography
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Pauline Ferrand-Prévot is a French multi-discipline bicycle racer, who rides for UCI Mountain Bike team Ineos Grenadiers in cross-country cycling. Ferrand-Prévot has also competed in road bicycle racing and cyclo-cross during her career, winning the world title in each discipline. During the 2015 season, aged just 23, she became the first person ever – in the history of cycling – to simultaneously hold the World road title, World cyclo-cross title and World cross-country mountain bike title.
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Yang Lan
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- media proprietorentrepreneurbusinesspersoninternational forum participantpresenter
- 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 and the 2017 Dual Moguls world champion and moguls silver medalist. She won the gold medal at the 2018 Winter Olympic Games in the moguls event, and was back-to-back overall winner of the FIS Freestyle Ski World Cup in the 2018–19 and 2019–20 seasons.
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Emilien Jacquelin
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- biathlete
- Biography
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Émilien Jacquelin is a French biathlete. He competed in the 2018 Winter Olympics and the 2022 Winter Olympics.
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Clément Noël
- Occupations
- alpine skier
- Biography
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Clément Noël is a French World Cup alpine ski racer and specialises 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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Bruno Wu
- Occupations
- media proprietorentrepreneurbusinessperson
- Biography
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Bruno Wu Zheng is a Chinese entrepreneur.
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Alexis Bœuf
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- cross-country skierbiathlete
- 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
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- cross-country skierbiathlete
- 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
- military personnelsportspersonsports commentatorbiathlete
- 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
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Victor Muffat-Jeandet is a French World Cup alpine ski racer.
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Jérôme Coppel
- Occupations
- sport cyclist
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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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Jean-Guillaume Béatrix
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- cross-country skierbiathlete
- 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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Chloé Trespeuch
- Occupations
- snowboarder
- Biography
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Chloé Trespeuch is a French snowboarder competing in snowboard cross.
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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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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 two World Championships and two Winter Olympics.
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Typhanie Degois
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Typhanie Degois is a French politician who represented the 1st constituency of the Savoie department in the National Assembly from 2017 until 2022. She is a member of La République En Marche! (LREM).
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Jordan Sarrou
- Occupations
- sport cyclist
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Jordan Sarrou is a French mountain biking competitor, who currently rides for UCI Mountain Bike team Absolute–Absalon–BMC. 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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Corinne Niogret
- Occupations
- cross-country skierbiathlete
- 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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Sylvie Becaert
- Occupations
- biathletecross-country skiercustoms officer
- 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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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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Benjamin Cavet
- Occupations
- freestyle skier
- Biography
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Benjamin Cavet is a freestyle skier specialising in mogul skiing.
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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.
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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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David Smétanine
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- swimmer
- Biography
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David Smétanine is a French Paralympic swimmer.
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Mathilde-Amivi Petitjean
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- cross-country skiersportsperson
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Mathilde-Amivi Petitjean is a French-Togolese cross-country skier. She competed for Togo at the 2014 Winter Olympics in the 10 km classical race. Petitjean finished in 68th place in her only race out of 75 competitors, nearly ten minutes behind the winner Justyna Kowalczyk of Poland. Petitjean hopes that her appearance will help to inspire the youth of Africa to participate in winter sports.
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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 events of Downhill and Super-G, and also competes in the Combined event.
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Léa Lemare
- Enrolled in the University of Savoy Mont Blanc
- Studied in 2020-2021
- Occupations
- ski jumpersportsperson
- Biography
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Léa Lemare, is a French ski jumper and the 2013 National Champion.
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Thomas Mermillod Blondin
- Occupations
- alpine skier
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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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Sandrine Aubert
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- 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
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- 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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François Braud
- Occupations
- cross-country skierski jumpersoldierNordic combined skier
- Biography
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François Braud is a retired French nordic combined skier and non-commissioned officer.
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Alizée Baron
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- freestyle skieralpine skier
- Biography
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Alizée Baron is a French freestyle skier, specializing in ski cross, and alpine skier.
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Laura Gauché
- Occupations
- alpine skier
- Biography
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Laura Gauché is a French World Cup alpine ski racer and specializes in the speed events of downhill and super-G. She made her World Cup debut in January 2014 and has competed in two Winter Olympics and two World Championships.
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Marine Bolliet
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- 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
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- 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 x 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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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.
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Jonathan Midol
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- freestyle skieralpine skier
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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
- cross-country skierski jumperNordic combined 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
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Titouan Carod is a French cyclist, who specializes in cross-country mountain biking.
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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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Coline Varcin
- Occupations
- cross-country skierbiathlete
- 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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Roddy Darragon
- Occupations
- cross-country skier
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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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Tiffany Gauthier
- Occupations
- alpine skier
- Biography
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Tiffany Gauthier is a French former alpine ski racer.
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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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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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Sébastien Lacroix
- Occupations
- ski jumperNordic combined skier
- 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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Fannette Charvier
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Fannette Charvier is a French politician of La République En Marche! (LREM) who served as member of the French National Assembly from 2017 to 2022, representing the department of Doubs.
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Xavier Roseren
- Occupations
- politician
- 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 since 2017. He is affiliated with La République En Marche (LREM).
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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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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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Antoine Gérard
- Occupations
- ski jumperNordic combined skier
- Biography
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Antoine Gérard is a French Nordic combined skier who competes internationally.
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Tony Ramoin
- Occupations
- snowboarder
- Biography
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Tony Ramoin is a French snowboarder and Olympic athlete who won a bronze medal in snowboard cross at the 2010 Winter Olympics.
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Léo Trespeuch
- Occupations
- snowboarder
- 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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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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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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Camille Cabrol
- Occupations
- freestyle skier
- Biography
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Camille Cabrol is a French freestyle skier. She competed in the 2018 Winter Olympics and 2022 Winter Olympics.
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Sacha Theocharis
- Occupations
- freestyle skiersportsperson
- Biography
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Sacha Theocharis is a French freestyle skier. He competed in the 2018 Winter Olympics.
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Léa Palermo
- Occupations
- badminton player
- Biography
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Léa Palermo is a French badminton player. She started playing badminton at aged 8, then joined the France national badminton team in 2006. In 2009, she won the bronze medal at the European U17 Badminton Championships in the mixed doubles event. In 2010, she competed at the Summer Youth Olympic Games in Singapore. In 2015, she won the Slovenia International tournament in the mixed doubles event partnered with Bastian Kersaudy. In 2016, she won French National Badminton Championships in women's doubles event. She also the runner-up at the Orleans International in the women's doubles event and at the Estonian International in the mixed doubles event. In 2017, she became the runner-up at the Estonian International partnered with Delphine Delrue. She competed at the 2018 Mediterranean Games, clinched the women's doubles gold with Delrue.
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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 33)
- 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.
