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World Cup Ranking
General
1997/67th, 1998/42nd, 1999/18th, 2000/-. 2001/20th, 2002/50th, 2003/40th,
2004/30th, 2005/51st, 2006/41st, 2007/51st,
Special
1999 SL/4th, 2001 SL/4th, 2002 SL/16th, 2003 SL/9th, 2004 SL/15th.
2005 SL/21st. 2006 SL/18th. 2007 SL/36th, SC/10th.
World Championships
1999 Vail SL/DNF
2001 St.Anton SL/9th.
2003 St.Moritz SL/17th, K/4th.
2005 Bormio. K/8th, SL/DNF.
2007 Are. SL/DNF, SC/DNF.
Olympic Games
1998 Nagano SL/10th.
2002 Salt Lake City SL/DNF.
2006 Torino. K/8th,
World Cup - 3 w. (3 SL)
| 1. |
SL: |
Park City 99, Shigakogen 01-I+II, |
| 2. |
SL: |
Kranjska Gora 98, Schladming 99, Park City 03, Chamonix 04, |
| 3. |
SL: |
Sestriere 01, |
| SC: |
Reiteralm 07, |
| 4. |
SL: |
Sestriere 99, YongPyong 03, |
| K: |
Chamonix 04, |
| 5. |
SL: |
Kranjska Gora 02, Are 06, |
| 6. |
K: |
Kitzbuhel 05, |
| 7. |
SL: |
Madonna di Campiglio 01, Kitzbuhel 05, |
| SC: |
Chamonix 06,, |
| 8. |
SL: |
Kitzbuhel 98-II, 99, Are 01, Park City 04, |
| SC: |
Wengen 06, Kvitfjell 07, |
| 9. |
SL: |
KranjskanGora 97, Ofterschwang 99, Park City 04, |
| 10. |
SL: |
Aspen 99, Schladming 02, Shiga Kogen 03, |
| 11. |
SL: |
Kitzbuhel 98-I, Wengen 99, Aspen 02-II, Lillehammer 03, |
| 12. |
SL: |
Shigakogen 97, Kranjska Gora 99, Wengen 01, Madonna 02,
Schladming 05, |
| 13. |
SL: |
Sestriere 98, Veysonnaz 98, |
| 14. |
SL: |
Schladming 97, Kitzbuhel 01, 03, Schladming 03, Flachau 04, Adelboden 06,
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| 15. |
SL: |
Schladming 06, Shigakogen 06-II, |
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Pierrick Bourgeat is being called the best
French slalom skier since Sebastien Amiez.
A 2nd place finish at the 1997 FIS World
Championships in Sierra Nevada, The Grenoble
native, has competed on the World Cup tour
since 1986. Bourgeat was also the only skier
from France to celebrate a major success
during the 1998/99 season, winning the opening
slalom in Park City last November. The 23
year old Bourgeat, overcame the deteriorating
course conditions late in the second run
to jump form 14th to the top of the podium.
In January 1998, Pierrick made another a
great comeback when he finished 2nd in Kranjska
Gora after being 22nd in the first run. He
proved his success was not a fluke at Schladming,
taking 2nd at 12/100 seconds behind winner
Benjamin Raich of Austria. Bourgeat was in
the fight for the Slalom World Cup title
against Austrian Thomas Stangassinger and
Jure Kosir of Slovenia until the last few
races of the season. At the 1999' Vail World
Championships, Bourgeat came up with a 'goose
egg' skiing out in the slalom, his only event.
Pierrick learned to ski when he was 2 years
old at Chamrousse with his mother Arlette,
a ski instructor. Yet his grandfather was
his biggest fan, despite being in wheelchair.
(In fact, Pierrick dedicated his first victory
in Park City to his "grand pere"
after defeating 1998 Olympic champion Hans
Petter Buraas of Norway.) A series of injuries
slowed down his career as a junior. At 15,
he had knee surgery and later on he broke
a bone at his left shoulder. He used to play
rugby when he was at school. His father works
as a mechanic, and runs a restaurant in the
nearby town of Revel. |
