Loïc Meillard

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Loïc Meillard
Alpine skier
FIS Alpine Skiing World Cup in Stockholm 2019 Loic Meillard 2.jpg
Meillard in 2019
DisciplinesGiant slalom, Slalom,
Combined, Super-G
ClubHeremencia
Born (1996-10-29) 29 October 1996 (age 25)
Neuchâtel, Switzerland[1]
Height1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
World Cup debut10 January 2015 (age 18)
Websiteloicmeillard.ch
Olympics
Teams1 – (2018)
Medals0
World Championships
Teams3 – (2017, 2019, 2021)
Medals2 (0 gold)
World Cup
Seasons7 – (2015–2021)
Wins1 – (1 PG)
Podiums7 – (4 GS, 1 SL, 1 AC,
       1 PG)
Overall titles0 – (10th in 2020)
Discipline titles1 – (1 in PAR, 2020)
Medal record
Men's alpine skiing
Representing   Switzerland
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Cortina d'Ampezzo Combined
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Cortina d'Ampezzo Parallel
Junior World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2015 Hafjell Combined
Gold medal – first place 2017 Åre Combined
Silver medal – second place 2015 Hafjell Giant Slalom
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Hafjell Super-G

Loïc Meillard (born 29 October 1996) is a Swiss World Cup alpine ski racer and specializes in the technical events of slalom and giant slalom.

Born in Neuchâtel, Meillard made his World Cup debut in January 2015; his younger sister Mélanie is also a World Cup alpine racer.

Career[]

Meillard made his World Cup debut at age 18 in the Adelboden giant slalom in January 2015. At the Junior World Championships that March at Hafjell, Norway, he won a bronze medal in the super-G, silver in the giant slalom, and gold in the combined.

In February 2016, Meillard scored his first World Cup points at the Hinterstoder giant slalom, finishing in 27th place, and his first top ten (eighth) came the following week at Kranjska Gora. His first podium was a runner-up in a giant slalom in December 2018 at Saalbach-Hinterglemm, Austria.[2] On the same hill the next day, Meillard finished second in the slalom, runner-up to Marcel Hirscher.

At his third World Championships in 2021, Meillard won two bronze medals, in parallel giant slalom and combined, and was fifth in the giant slalom.

World Cup results[]

Season titles[]

  • 1 title – (1 PAR)
Season
Discipline
2020 Parallel

Season standings[]

Season
Age Overall Slalom Giant
Slalom 		Super-G Downhill Combined Parallel
2016 19 104 — 38 — — — awarded with SL and GS
2017 20 79 42 30 — — —
2018 21 27 22 9 — — —
2019 22 15 16 5 — — 18
2020 23 10 14 11 — — 5 1
2021 24 4 9 4 20 — — —


Race podiums[]

  • 1 win – (1 PG)
  • 7 podiums – (4 GS, 1 SL, 1 AC, 1 PG); 39 top tens
Season
Date Location Discipline Place
2019 19 Dec 2018 Austria Saalbach-Hinterglemm, Austria Giant slalom 2nd
20 Dec 2018 Slalom 2nd
2020 29 Dec 2019 Italy Bormio, Italy Combined 3rd
2 Feb 2020 Germany Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany Giant slalom 2nd
9 Feb 2020 France Chamonix, France Parallel-G 1st
2021 9 Jan 2021  Switzerland  Adelboden, Switzerland Giant slalom 3rd
13 Mar 2021 Slovenia Kranjska Gora, Slovenia Giant slalom 2nd

World Championship results[]

Year
Age Slalom Giant
Slalom 		Super-G Downhill Combined Parallel
2017 20 — 21 — — — N/A
2019 22 14 4 — — —
2021 24 DNF1 5 DNF — 3 3

Olympic results[]

Year
Age Slalom Giant
Slalom 		Super-G Downhill Combined
2018 21 14 9 — — —

References[]

  1. ^ "LOÏC MEILLARD". gps-performance.com. Retrieved 20 December 2018.
  2. ^ "Zan Kranjec gives Slovenian men 1st World Cup win in GS". ESPN. Associated Press. 19 December 2018.

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