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_(cropped).jpg) Direz in 2024 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 5 April 1995 Sallanches, France[1] |
| Height | 166 cm (5 ft 5 in) |
| Weight | 59 kg (130 lb) |
| Skiing career | |
| Country |  France |
| Sport | Alpine skiing |
| Disciplines | Giant slalom |
World Cup debut | 26 January 2013 (aged 17) |
| Olympics | |
| Teams | 2 – (2022, 2026) |
| Medals | 0 |
| World Championships | |
| Teams | 3 – (2019, 2023, 2025) |
| Medals | 0 |
| World Cup | |
| Seasons | 13 – (2013–2020, 2022–2026) |
| Wins | 1 – (1 PG) |
| Podiums | 1 – (1 PG) |
Overall titles | 0 – (36th in 2020) |
Discipline titles | 0 – (2nd in PAR, 2020) |
Clara Direz (born 5 April 1995) is a French World Cup alpine ski racer, a giant slalom specialist.[2]
Career
[edit]In January 2013, Direz made her World Cup debut in the giant slalom at Maribor, Slovenia. In January 2020, she scored her first World Cup win and achieved her first podium in the Parallel giant slalom in Sestriere, Italy.
World Cup results
[edit]Season standings
[edit]| Season | ||||||||
| Age | Overall | Slalom | Giant slalom |
Super-G | Downhill | Combined | Parallel | |
| 2016 | 20 | 102 | — | 42 | — | — | — | N/a |
| 2017 | 21 | no World Cup points earned | ||||||
| 2018 | 22 | 128 | — | 54 | — | — | — | |
| 2019 | 23 | 101 | — | 39 | — | — | — | |
| 2020 | 24 | 36 | — | 18 | — | — | — |  |
| 2021 | 25 | injured – did not compete | ||||||
| 2022 | 26 | 91 | — | 40 | — | — | N/a | — |
| 2023 | 27 | 96 | — | 41 | — | — | N/a | |
| 2024 | 28 | 46 | — | 16 | — | — | ||
| 2025 | 29 | 95 | — | 38 | — | — | ||
| 2026 | 30 | 70 | — | 26 | — | — | ||
Top-ten results
[edit]- 1 win (1 PG)
- 1 podium (1 PG), 7 top tens
| Season | ||||
| Date | Location | Discipline | Place | |
| 2020 | 28 December 2019 |  Lienz, Austria |
Giant slalom | 7th |
| 19 January 2020 |  Sestriere, Italy |
Parallel-G | 1st | |
| 2024 | 2 December 2023 |  Tremblant, Canada |
Giant slalom | 4th |
| 9 March 2024 |  Åre, Sweden |
Giant slalom | 7th | |
| 17 March 2024 | Saalbach, Austria |
Giant slalom | 9th | |
| 2026 | 6 December 2025 | Tremblant, Canada |
Giant slalom | 5th |
World Championships results
[edit]| Year | |||||||||
| Age | Slalom | Giant slalom |
Super-G | Downhill | Combined | Team combined |
Parallel | Team event | |
| 2019 | 23 | — | 8 | — | — | — | N/a | N/a | — |
| 2023 | 27 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7 | |
| 2025 | 29 | — | — | — | — | N/a | — | N/a | 8 |
Olympic results
[edit]| Year | |||||||
| Age | Slalom | Giant slalom |
Super-G | Downhill | Combined | Team combined | |
| 2022 | 26 | — | 19 | — | — | — | N/a |
| 2026 | 30 | — | DNF1 | — | — | N/a | — |
References
[edit]- ↑ "Clara DIREZ". Beijing 2022 Olympics. Archived from the original on 3 February 2022. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
- ↑ "Clara DIREZ". FIS-ski.com. International Ski and Snowboard Federation.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Clara Direz.
- Clara Direz at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation
- Clara Direz at Milano Cortina 2026
- Clara Direz at Olympics.com
- Clara Direz at Olympedia
- Clara Direz at InterSportStats
- Clara Direz at Équipe de France (in French)
- Clara Direz on Instagram
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