Thomas Fanara
Alpine skier | ||||||||||||||
![]() Fanara, c. 2009 | ||||||||||||||
Disciplines | Giant slalom | |||||||||||||
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Club | Douanes – C.S. Praz-sur-Arly | |||||||||||||
Born | Annecy, Haute-Savoie, France | 24 April 1981|||||||||||||
Height | 170 cm (5 ft 7 in) | |||||||||||||
World Cup debut | 11 January 2005 (age 23) | |||||||||||||
Retired | 16 March 2019 (age 37) | |||||||||||||
Olympics | ||||||||||||||
Teams | 3 – (2006, 2014, 2018) | |||||||||||||
Medals | 0 | |||||||||||||
World Championships | ||||||||||||||
Teams | 6 – (2007–15, 2019) | |||||||||||||
Medals | 1 (1 gold) | |||||||||||||
World Cup | ||||||||||||||
Seasons | 15 – (2005–2019) | |||||||||||||
Wins | 1 – (1 GS) | |||||||||||||
Podiums | 14 – (14 GS) | |||||||||||||
Overall titles | 0 – (23rd in 2016) | |||||||||||||
Discipline titles | 0 – (4th in GS, 2014) | |||||||||||||
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Thomas Fanara (born 24 April 1981) is a former French World Cup alpine ski racer.
Born in Annecy, Haute-Savoie, Fanara specialised in giant slalom; his one and only win came in March 2016 at the giant slalom finals in St. Moritz, Switzerland. He is the oldest racer to reach a World Cup podium in giant slalom, and competed for France at three Winter Olympics and six World Championships. He retired from competition at the end of the 2018-19 season.[1]
World Cup[]
Fanara has started over 70 World cup races, mostly in giant slalom but also in slalom, and has been on the podium fourteen times.[2] For some time he held the record for most World Cup podium finishes without a win until his victory at the World Cup finals in St. Moritz in 2016.[1] In December 2007, he fell and hurt himself in the second run after winning the first run of a race in Bad Kleinkirchheim, but finished. Two years later in December 2009, Fanara incurred a season-ending injury to his left knee after a spectacular fall during a race in Beaver Creek,[3][4][5] two months before the 2010 Winter Olympics.
Following his World Cup win in St. Moritz, Fanara suffered an injury which kept him out of competition for the 2016-17 season. However, he subsequently made a successful return, taking a number of podium finished in his final season.[1]
Season standings[]
Season | Age | Overall | Slalom | Giant slalom |
Super-G | Downhill | Combined |
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2005 | 23 | 136 | — | 54 | — | — | — |
2006 | 24 | 59 | — | 18 | — | — | — |
2007 | 25 | 78 | — | 17 | — | — | — |
2008 | 26 | 83 | — | 25 | — | — | — |
2009 | 27 | 48 | — | 13 | — | — | — |
2010 | 28 | 138 | — | 50 | — | — | — |
2011 | 29 | 37 | — | 6 | — | — | — |
2012 | 30 | 48 | — | 12 | — | — | — |
2013 | 31 | 29 | — | 5 | — | — | — |
2014 | 32 | 29 | — | 4 | — | — | — |
2015 | 33 | 27 | — | 5 | — | — | — |
2016 | 34 | 23 | — | 6 | — | — | — |
2017 | 35 | 73 | — | 23 | — | — | — |
2018 | 36 | 60 | — | 18 | — | — | — |
2019 | 37 | 30 | — | 7 | — | — | — |
- Standings through 24 February 2019
Race podiums[]
Season | Date | Location | Discipline | Place |
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2011 | 19 Dec 2010 | ![]() |
Giant slalom | 3rd |
8 Jan 2011 | ![]() |
Giant slalom | 3rd | |
2013 | 16 Dec 2012 | ![]() |
Giant slalom | 3rd |
2014 | 14 Dec 2013 | ![]() |
Giant slalom | 2nd |
12 Jan 2014 | ![]() |
Giant slalom | 2nd | |
2015 | 21 Dec 2014 | ![]() |
Giant slalom | 3rd |
14 Mar 2015 | ![]() |
Giant slalom | 3rd | |
21 Mar 2015 | ![]() |
Giant slalom | 3rd | |
2016 | 25 Oct 2015 | ![]() |
Giant slalom | 2nd |
26 Feb 2016 | ![]() |
Giant slalom | 3rd | |
19 Mar 2016 | ![]() |
Giant slalom | 1st | |
2019 | 16 Dec 2018 | ![]() |
Giant slalom | 2nd |
12 Jan 2019 | ![]() |
Giant slalom | 3rd | |
24 Feb 2019 | ![]() |
Giant slalom | 3rd |
World championships[]
Fanara has competed in four World Championships in the giant slalom discipline. In 2007 in Åre, Sweden, he finished 16th, but on home country snow in 2009 in Val-d'Isère, France, he did not finish the first run. At Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, he finished sixth in 2011 but failed to finish the first run in 2013 at Schladming, Austria.[6] Fanara participated in the team event in 2011 at Garmisch and earned a gold medal.
Year | Age | Slalom | Giant slalom |
Super-G | Downhill | Combined |
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2007 | 25 | — | 16 | — | — | — |
2009 | 27 | — | DNF1 | — | — | — |
2011 | 29 | — | 6 | — | — | — |
2013 | 31 | — | DNF1 | — | — | — |
2015 | 33 | — | DNF1 | — | — | — |
2017 | 35 | Injured: did not compete | ||||
2019 | 37 | — | DNF2 | — | — | — |
Olympics[]
At the Winter Olympics, Fanara did not finish the first run of the giant slalom in 2006 and was injured two months prior the 2010 Games and did not compete.
Year | Age | Slalom | Giant slalom |
Super-G | Downhill | Combined |
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2006 | 24 | — | DNF1 | — | — | — |
2010 | 28 | injured, did not compete | ||||
2014 | 32 | — | 9 | — | — | — |
2018 | 36 | — | 5 | — | — | — |
National championships[]
Fanara reached the podium of French national championships four times, all in giant slalom. In 2005 he was third; in 2006 he was second; and he won in 2007 and 2009.[2][7]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c "Vonn, Svindal and other athletes decide to retire after this season". International Ski Federation. 28 January 2019. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Thomas Fanara at the International Ski Federation
- ^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DgPOFmLLHIw Thomas Fanara Sturz Beaver Creek 06.12.2009
- ^ Assier, Andre (8 December 2009). "Alpine skiing – Injured Grange out of Winter Olympics". ESPN. Reuters. Retrieved 13 January 2014.
- ^ McKee, Hank (10 December 2009). "Grange will miss Olympics". Ski Racing. Retrieved 13 January 2014.
- ^ Race results at FIS-ski.com (World Championships
- ^ "JO Turin 2006 – Thomas Fanara" (in French).
Skier profile on France's 2006 Olympics page
External links[]
- Thomas Fanara at the International Ski Federation
- Thomas Fanara World Cup standings at the International Ski Federation
- Thomas Fanara at Ski-DB Alpine Ski Database
- Thomas Fanara at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- French Ski Team – 2019 men's A team – (in French)
- Fischer Skis – alpine racing – Thomas Fanara
- 1981 births
- French male alpine skiers
- Alpine skiers at the 2006 Winter Olympics
- Alpine skiers at the 2014 Winter Olympics
- Alpine skiers at the 2018 Winter Olympics
- Olympic alpine skiers of France
- Sportspeople from Annecy
- Living people
- Université Savoie-Mont Blanc alumni