Pierre Vaultier
{{Short description|French snowboarder (born 1987)}}
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1987|6|24|df=y}}
| birth_place = Briançon, France
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| height = 1.86 m
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| wins = 2014 Sochi Gold And 2017 World championship
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| updated = 16 February 2014
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{{MedalSport|Men's snowboarding}}
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{{MedalGold|2014 Sochi|Snowboard cross}}
{{MedalGold|2018 Pyeongchang|Snowboard cross}}
{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}
{{MedalGold|2017 Sierra Nevada|Snowboard cross}}
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Pierre Vaultier (born 24 June 1987) is a French two-time Olympic Gold Champion, and one-time World Gold Champion snowboarder,[https://archive.today/20120728104820/http://www.efms.fr/spip.php?page=Fiche&id_donnee=108 Vaultier, Pierre], Équipe de France Militaire de Ski 2011. specializing in snowboard cross.{{in lang|en}} Fiche de carrière sur [http://www.fis-ski.com/uk/604/613.html?sector=SB&listid=&competitorid=63772&type=result www.fis-ski.com]
Career
Vaultier started snowboarding at the age of six at Serre Chevalier,{{in lang|fr}} Fiche de carrière sur [http://www.pierrevaultier.com/pages/accueil.html www.pierrevaultier.com] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100224000129/http://www.pierrevaultier.com/pages/accueil.html |date=2010-02-24 }} one of the major French ski resorts located in the southern part of the Alps. He debuted competition in 1997. He joined the young French team in 2004 and then the older team one year later. He operated in the "Ecrins Snowboard" club of Puy-Saint-Vincent in 2005. He participated in the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turino and at the X Games in 2007. On 13 March 2008 he won the crystal globe in snowboarding by finishing second in the final round of the 2007–08 FIS Snowboard World CupWorld Cup at Chiesa in Valmalenco.{{in lang|fr}} Fiche de carrière sur [http://www.les-sports.info/snowboard-vaultier-pierre-resultats-identite-detail-saison-2007-2008-s12-c2-b4-o1-w12634-u217.html www.les-sports.info] On 13 December 2008 he slipped during training at Serre Chevalier and suffered a lumbar fracture.{{in lang|fr}} Saison compromise pour Pierre Vaultier sur [http://www.briancon-web.com/snowboard/saison-compromise-pour-pierre-vaultier www.briancon-web.com] After undergoing surgery in Grenoble, he missed the majority of the season but was the leader in following World Cup in Chapelco, Argentina.
=2010: return and climb=
After the 2009 season marked by his injury, Vaultier began the World Cup 2010 at Chapelco with a victory before Seth Wescott. Since then he added three more victories to this winter at Telluride, Veysonnaz and in Quebec at Stoneham, as well as a second place at Bad Gastein. He was a designated favorite at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.{{in lang|fr}} [https://www.lequipe.fr/Ski/breves2010/20100121_235355_vaultier.html Vaultier au sommet] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100428075404/http://www.lequipe.fr/Ski/breves2010/20100121_235355_vaultier.html# |date=2010-04-28 }}, lequipe.fr, 22 janvier2010, consulté le 22 janvier 2010.
=2014: Sochi=
Two months after tearing his anterior cruciate ligament (ACL), Vaultier won the gold medal in the snowboard cross at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi.
=2018: Pyeongchang=
After surviving a crash in the semifinals of the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang to finish in the third and final qualifying place, Vaultier surged ahead of the pack in the final to win gold. This was his second gold medal in the Olympic snowboard cross.
References
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External links
- {{FIS snowboarder}}
- {{X Games profile|old_id=3014978}}
- {{Olympedia}}
- {{Olympics.com profile}}
- {{Team France|pierre-vaultier}}
- {{CNOSF|5/vaultier-29425|archive=}}
- {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220323105609/http://pierrevaultier.com/index.php |date=dmy |title=Official website}} {{in lang|fr}}
{{Footer Olympic Champions in Snowboarding Men}}
{{Footer World Champions SB Snowboard Cross Men}}
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Category:Sportspeople from Briançon
Category:Snowboarders at the 2006 Winter Olympics
Category:Snowboarders at the 2010 Winter Olympics
Category:Snowboarders at the 2014 Winter Olympics
Category:Snowboarders at the 2018 Winter Olympics
Category:Olympic snowboarders for France
Category:French male snowboarders
Category:Olympic gold medalists for France
Category:Olympic medalists in snowboarding
Category:Medalists at the 2014 Winter Olympics
Category:Medalists at the 2018 Winter Olympics