Johan CLAREY

France
Alpine Skiing
8 Jan 1981
41
Male
ANNECY
 
France
ANNECY
 
France

Events and Medals

Discipline Event Rank Medal
ALP Alpine Skiing Men's Downhill 2 Silver

Schedule

Start Time Location Event Status
Yanqing National Alpine Skiing Centre - Speed
Men's Downhill 1st Training
Finished
Yanqing National Alpine Skiing Centre - Speed
Men's Downhill 2nd Training
Finished
Yanqing National Alpine Skiing Centre - Speed
Men's Downhill 3rd Training
Cancelled
Yanqing National Alpine Skiing Centre - Speed
Men's Downhill
Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

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Historical Results

Olympic Games
RankEventYearLocationResult
18Men's Downhill2018PyeongChang, KOR00:01:42.390
19Super G2014Sochi, RUS00:01:19.750
27Downhill2010Vancouver, CAN00:01:56.290
DNFDownhill2014Sochi, RUS
DNFSuper Combined2010Vancouver, CAN
World Championship
RankEventYearLocationResult
2Super G Men2019Are, SWE1:24.29
8Downhill Men2011Garmisch-Partenkirchen, GER2:00.35
16Downhill Men2021Cortina d'Ampezzo, ITA1:39.29
16Downhill Men2015Vail / Beaver Creek, USA1:44.26
17Downhill Men2019Are, SWE1:21.35
30Super G Men2015Vail / Beaver Creek, USA1:18.34
World Cup Rankings
SeasonAllDownhillSuper GAlpine Combined
2021/202213928
2020/202119426
2019/202019715
2018/20191988
2017/20185418
2016/2017521750
2015/2016371541
2014/2015321623
2013/201425725
2012/2013231212
2011/2012291031
2010/2011561948
2009/2010611937
World Cup - Best Achievements
SeasonDownhillSuper G
2021/20221 x 2nd2 x 17th
2020/20211 x 2nd1 x 7th
2019/20201 x 2nd1 x 7th
2018/20192 x 5th1 x 2nd
2017/20181 x 8th1 x 31st
2016/20171 x 3rd1 x 28th
2015/20161 x 4th1 x 17th
2014/20151 x 5th1 x 8th
2013/20141 x 2nd1 x 5th
2012/20132 x 5th1 x 7th
2011/20121 x 4th1 x 10th
2010/20111 x 5th1 x 23rd
Ten Best World Cup Performances in Current Season
RankEventSeasonLocationResult
2Downhill2021/2022Kitzbuehel, AUT1:56.34
5Downhill2021/2022Kitzbuehel, AUT1:57.85
6Downhill2021/2022Val Gardena-Groeden, ITA2:02.90
11Downhill2021/2022Beaver Creek, USA
11Downhill2021/2022Bormio, ITA1:55.99
14Downhill2021/2022Wengen, SUI1:43.78
17Super G2021/2022Val Gardena-Groeden, ITA1:27.11
17Super G2021/2022Bormio, ITA1:29.63
18Super G2021/2022Wengen, SUI1:30.43
18Downhill2021/2022Wengen, SUI2:28.44
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Yo. (Athlete, 15 Sep 2021)

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Tennis, golf, football or any sport with a ball, movies, music, bitcoin. (Athlete, 15 Sep 2021)

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Athlete

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Attended Lycee Jean Moulin in Albertville. (Facebook)

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Father, Guy. Mother, Monique. Sisters, Jade and Flore.

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French, English

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Tignes

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National: Xavier Fournier (FRA)

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1996 FIS event in Val Thorens (Slalom - 32nd)
2003 World Cup in Lake Louise (Downhill - 50th)

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2013: Severe back pain [lower back sciatica] that required surgery and missed the World Championships. Full recovery took eight months. Returned to action in November 2013 in Lake Louise. (Info 2018)

October 2008: Fractured his right arm and was unable to ski for 30 days. Started training again in January 2009, and soon thereafter, he injured both knees during a training exercise in Val d'Isere. (Info 2018)

2004: Injured the anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee. (Info 2018)

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2003

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His father was a ski instructor and taught him at an early age in Tignes, France. (Athlete, 15 Sep 2021)

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"Skiing is freedom and speed." (Athlete, 15 Sep 2021)

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An Olympic medal and a win in the Hahnenkamm downhill at Kitzbuehel. (Athlete, 15 Sep 2021)

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His second place finish in January 2021, just 0.17 seconds behind winner Beat Feuz (SUI), in the Hahnenkamm downhill at Kitzbuehel becoming the oldest skier (40) to earn a top-three World Cup finish.

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Alpine skier Luc Alphand (FRA), three-time Olympian, 1996 World Championships downhill bronze medallist.
Alpine skier Alberto Tomba (ITA), three-time Olympic and two-time World champion. (Athlete, 15 Sep 2021)

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His parents. (Athlete, 15 Sep 2021)

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"Do your best and never give up." (Athlete, 15 Sep 2021)

General Interest

OLYMPIC HISTORY
Aged 41 years, 29 days, he became the oldest Olympic medallist in Alpine skiing, ahead of Bode Miller (USA) who won bronze in the men's super-G at Sochi 2014 at age 36. After a DNF in the downhill at Sochi 2014, he thought about giving up but continued his Olympic career. “My history is special. I’ve done a lot of things late in life: learning to walk, having my adult teeth come in (according to my mum), and getting married. So maybe, the [success in] my career has to come later too.” (olympics.com, 7 Feb 2022)

SPEED RECORD
Set World Cup speed record in 2013 at the downhill race in Wengen, with a maximum speed of 161.9 km/h (100.6 mph) at the Haneggschuss, the fastest section of the Lauberhorn slope. (skiracing.com, 19 Jan 2013)

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Milestones

Four-time Olympian (2010, 2014, 2018, 2022). Won silver in men's downhill at the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games (0.10 seconds behind Switzerland's Beat Feuz).

Five-time World Championships team member (2011-21).

In February 2019 he became the oldest skier (38 years, 29 days) to win a World Championship medal with his super-G silver at Are.

Having his best success in the latter portion of his career. In January 2021 he became the first skier, 40 or older, to finish in the top-three in a World Cup, taking second in the Kitzbuehel downhill, narrowly missing his first World Cup win. Record previously held by Swede Patrik Jarbyn, who was third in a 2008 super-G at age 39. (ski-db.com)

Finished inside the top-10 of the World Cup standings in downhill in 2019, 2020, and 2021. (olympics.nbcsports.com, 24 Jan 2021; head.com)

Has eight World Cup podiums dating back to 2009, seven of them in downhill, but has yet to win a race.
Legend
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Silver
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Gold Medal Event
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