Mathieu FAIVRE

Historical Results

Math. (Athlete, 6 Sep 2021)

Tennis, wake surfing, golf, mountain biking, road cycling, hanging out with friends. (Athlete, 6 Sep 2021)

Athlete

Father, Jean-Marc. Mother, Nathalie.

French, English

Douanes Isola 2000

National: Fred Perrin (FRA)

2007 FIS event in Val Thorens (Giant slalom - 41st)
2010 World Cup in Garmisch-Partenkirchen (Giant slalom - 15th)

2008

Grew up skiing at the Isola 2000 ski resort in the southern French Alps. When I was 15, I had to leave Isola 2000 to settle down in Savoie to benefit from the best possible training conditions. This is when I joined the sports club La Plagne for my first year of FIS racing. Good results in this first season allowed me to directly integrate the French national team and become a professional skier." (Info 2018)

His father was a ski instructor. "Like most ski resort kids, I started sliding as soon as I was able to walk, with my dad and my granddad. (Info 2018, Athlete, 6 Sep 2021)

"I wanna become the best skier I can be and learn all what I can from the journey. (Athlete, 6 Sep 2021)

At the 2021 World Championships in Cortina d'Ampezzo, he won gold in the debut parallel giant slalom event and later in the giant slalom.

Alpine skier Bode Miller (USA), six-time Olympic and five-time World Championships medallist. "I loved how he was skiing and how he behaved on the circuit." (Athlete, 6 Sep 2021)

"I've never needed anyone to motivate me." (Athlete, 6 Sep 2021)

"I used to have a lot of superstitions, but I don't anymore as I try to be as pragmatic as possible." (Athlete, 6 Sep 2021)

"If you don't give up, your failures from today are your victories of tomorrow." (Athlete, 6 Sep 2021)