Clément Noël (born 3 May 1997) is a French World Cup alpine ski racer and specialises in the slalom discipline. He competed in the 2018 Winter Olympics, placing fourth in the slalom, then became the gold medalist in slalom at the 2022 Winter Olympics.

Clément Noël
March 2019
Personal information
Born (1997-05-03) 3 May 1997 (age 27)
Remiremont, Vosges, France[1]
OccupationAlpine skier 
Height1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Skiing career
DisciplinesSlalom
ClubCS Val-d'Isère
World Cup debut13 November 2016 (age 19)
Olympics
Teams2 – (2018, 2022)
Medals1 (1 gold)
World Championships
Teams3 – (2019, 2021, 2023)
Medals0
World Cup
Seasons7 – (20172023)
Wins10 – (10 SL)
Podiums24 – (24 SL)
Overall titles0 – (11th in 2019)
Discipline titles0 – (2nd in SL, 2019, 2020, 2021)
Medal record
Men's alpine skiing
Representing  France
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2022 Beijing Slalom
Junior World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2018 Davos Slalom

Biography

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Noël is from the Remiremont commune in Vosges, in northeastern France.

In 2015, he joined the France B team and made his first World Cup debut in November 2016 at Levi, Finland. He became Champion of France of Slalom Elite with Lélex on March 26, 2017, and scored his first points in the World Cup by taking 20th place in the slalom at Val-d'Isère on December 10, 2017. He gained his first top ten by placing eighth in the slalom at Kitzbühel on 21 January 2018. A few weeks later, on 7 February, he won the slalom at the Junior World Championships at Davos, Switzerland.

Noël competed in his first Olympic Games at Pyeongchang in 2018 and just missed a medal, coming in fourth in the slalom. He gained his first World Cup podium eleven months later with a runner-up finish in the slalom at Adelboden on 13 January 2019.[2] A week later he won his first race, a slalom in Wengen. At his first World Championships in February, he was seventh in the slalom.

Noël is a student at the University of Savoy.

World Cup results

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Season standings

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Season
Age Overall Slalom Giant
Slalom
Super G Downhill Combined
2018 20 44 18
2019 21 11 2
2020 22 12 2
2021 23 12 2 60
2022 24 31 9
2023 25 28 8
2024 26 16 5

Race podiums

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Total Slalom
Wins 10 10
Podiums 24 24
Season
Date Location Discipline Place
2019 13 Jan 2019     Adelboden, Switzerland Slalom 2nd
20 Jan 2019     Wengen, Switzerland Slalom 1st
26 Jan 2019   Kitzbühel, Austria Slalom 1st
16 Mar 2019   Soldeu, Andorra Slalom 1st
2020 24 Nov 2019   Levi, Finland Slalom 2nd
5 Jan 2020   Zagreb, Croatia Slalom 1st
8 Jan 2020   Madonna di Campiglio, Italy Slalom 3rd
19 Jan 2020     Wengen, Switzerland Slalom 1st
26 Jan 2020   Kitzbühel, Austria Slalom 3rd
8 Feb 2020   Chamonix, France Slalom 1st
2021 16 Jan 2021   Flachau, Austria Slalom 2nd
26 Jan 2021   Schladming, Austria Slalom 2nd
30 Jan 2021   Chamonix, France Slalom 1st
14 Mar 2021   Kranjska Gora, Slovenia Slalom 1st
21 Mar 2021    Lenzerheide, Switzerland Slalom 2nd
2022 12 Dec 2021   Val d'Isère, France Slalom 1st
9 Mar 2022   Flachau, Austria Slalom 2nd
2023 4 Jan 2023   Garmish-Partenkirchen, Germany Slalom 3rd
24 Jan 2023   Schladming, Austria Slalom 1st
26 Feb 2023   Palisades Tahoe, USA Slalom 3rd
2024 22 Dec 2023   Madonna di Campiglio, Italy Slalom 2nd
24 Jan 2024   Schladming, Austria Slalom 3rd
4 Feb 2024   Chamonix, France Slalom 3rd
25 Feb 2024   Palisades Tahoe, USA Slalom 2nd

World Championship results

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Year
Age Slalom Giant
Slalom
Super G Downhill Combined Team event
2019 21 7 5
2021 23 21
2023 25 4

Olympic results

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Year
Age Slalom Giant
Slalom
Super G Downhill Combined Team event
2018 20 4 4
2022 24 1

References

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  1. ^ Profile at the French Olympic Committee official website
  2. ^ "Marcel Hirscher wins slalom for WCup record 9th win at same venue". ESPN. Associated Press. 13 January 2019.
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