Johan Clarey (born 8 January 1981) is a French World Cup alpine ski racer. He specializes in the speed events of downhill and super-G.[1]

Johan Clarey
Clarey in 2019
Personal information
Born (1981-01-08) 8 January 1981 (age 43)
Annecy, Haute-Savoie, France
OccupationAlpine skier
Height1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Skiing career
DisciplinesDownhill, super-G
ClubDouanes – C.S. Tignes
World Cup debut29 November 2003 (age 22)
Websitejohanclarey.com
Olympics
Teams4 – (20102022)
Medals1 (0 gold)
World Championships
Teams6 – (2011, 20152023)
Medals1 (0 gold)
World Cup
Seasons18 – (2004, 20072023)
Wins0
Podiums11 – (10 DH, 1 SG)
Overall titles0 – (19th in 20192022)
Discipline titles0 – (4th in DH, 2021)
Medal record
Men's alpine skiing
Representing  France
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2022 Beijing Downhill
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2019 Åre Super-G

Born in Annecy, Haute-Savoie, Clarey made his World Cup debut in November 2003 and has ten World Cup podiums through December 2023.[2] He set a World Cup speed record in 2013 at the classic downhill race in Wengen, Switzerland, with a maximum speed of 161.9 km/h (100.6 mph) at the Haneggschuss, the fastest section of the Lauberhorn slope.[3][4] Clarey finished fifth and was injured the following week at Kitzbühel and missed the remainder of the 2013 season, including the world championships.

In the winter of 2014–15, Clarey was in the top 10 three times in World Cup races and twice in the winter of 2015–16. He was again on the podium in January 2017 in Kitzbühel.[5] At age forty in January 2021, Clarey finished second in the downhill at Kitzbühel to become the oldest ever to make a World Cup podium, his eighth.[6] One year later he again finished second in a Kitzbühel downhill race, thus beating his own age record.[7]

At the 2022 Winter Olympics in China, 41-year-old Clarey was the silver medalist in the downhill, one-tenth of a second back.

World Cup results

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Season standings

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Season Age Overall  Slalom  Giant
 Slalom 
Super-G Downhill Combined
2004 23 140 54
2005 24
2006 25
2007 26 86 33 38
2008 27 78 30 41
2009 28 92 31
2010 29 61 19 47
2011 30 56 48 19
2012 31 29 31 10
2013 32 23 12 12
2014 33 25 25 7
2015 34 32 23 16
2016 35 37 41 15
2016 35 37 41 15
2017 36 52 50 17
2018 37 54 18
2019 38 19 8 8
2020 39 19 15 7
2021 40 19 26 4
2022 41 19 31 9
2023 42 19 40 4

Race podiums

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  • 0 wins
  • 11 podiums (10 DH, 1 SG); 64 top tens
Season Date Location Discipline Place
2010 19 December 2009   Val Gardena, Italy Downhill 3rd
2014 21 December 2013 Downhill 3rd
1 March 2014  Kvitfjell, Norway Downhill 2nd
2017 21 January 2017   Kitzbühel, Austria Downhill 3rd
2019 27 January 2019 Super-G 2nd
2020 8 December 2019   Beaver Creek, USA Downhill 2nd
1 February 2020   Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany Downhill 3rd
2021 24 January 2021   Kitzbühel, Austria Downhill 2nd
2022 21 January 2022 Downhill 2nd
2023 17 December 2022   Val Gardena, Italy Downhill 2nd
21 January 2023   Kitzbühel, Austria Downhill 2nd

World Championship results

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  Year    Age   Slalom   Giant 
 Slalom 
Super-G Downhill Combined
2011 30 8
2013 32 injured, did not compete
2015 34 30 16
2017 36 DNF
2019 38 2 17
2021 40 DNF 16
2023 42 23

Olympic results

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  Year    Age   Slalom   Giant 
 Slalom 
Super-G Downhill Combined
2010 29 27 DNF1
2014 33 19 DNF
2018 37 18
2022 41 2

Video

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  • You Tube – Johan Clarey sets alpine ski record – Universal Sports – 19 January 2013

References

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  1. ^ "FIS-Ski - biographie". Archived from the original on 6 March 2012. Retrieved 10 January 2010.
  2. ^ "Johan Clarey - Athlete Information – World Cup Podiums". fis-ski.com. Retrieved 17 December 2022.
  3. ^ "Innerhofer Wins Wengen Downhill: Clarey Sets Speed Record". tsn.ca. 19 January 2013.
  4. ^ McKee, Hank (19 January 2013). "Innerhofer aces Wengen for Lauberhorn DH win". Ski Racing. Retrieved 31 March 2014.
  5. ^ Habison, Gerald (21 January 2017), Hahnenkamm-Abfahrt 2017: Dominik Paris rockt die Streif (German), retrieved 23 January 2020
  6. ^ OlympicTalk (24 January 2021), In Kitzbuehel, 40-year-old becomes oldest Alpine skier to make World Cup podium, retrieved 27 January 2021
  7. ^ Streif-Abfahrt: Außenseiter stößt Mayer von Podest (German), 21 January 2022, retrieved 21 January 2022
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