Mathieu Faivre

Mathieu Faivre (born 18 January 1992) is a French World Cup alpine ski racer,[1][2] and specializes in giant slalom.

Mathieu Faivre
Alpine skier
DisciplinesGiant slalom
ClubDouanes / C.S. Isola
Born (1992-01-18) 18 January 1992
Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, France
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
World Cup debut12 March 2010 (age 18)
Olympics
Teams2 – (2014, 2018)
Medals0
World Championships
Teams4 – (2013–2019)
Medals1 (1 gold)
World Cup
Seasons8 – (2013–2020)
Wins1 – (1 GS)
Podiums7 – (7 GS)
Overall titles0 – (14th in 2017)
Discipline titles0 – (2nd in GS, 2017)
Medal record
World Championships
2017 St. MoritzTeam event
Junior World Championships
2010 Les HouchesGiant slalom
2011 Crans MontanaGiant slalom

Career

Born in Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, Faivre and made his World Cup debut at age 18 in March 2010, and has competed for France at two Winter Olympics and three World Championships. He gained his first World Cup podium in February 2016 in a giant slalom at Naeba, Japan.[3] Faivre's second podium came a month later at the World Cup finals in St. Moritz, Switzerland, part of an all-French podium, having led after the first run for the first time in his career.[4] He ended the season at a career-high position of fourth in the final giant slalom standings.[5] Faivre's sole World Cup victory came on home country snow in December 2016 at Val-d'Isère.

He was in a relationship with two-time American Olympic alpine champion Mikaela Shiffrin beginning in the summer of 2017.[6] The relationship ended in 2019.[7]

World Cup results

Season standings
Season Age  Overall  Slalom Giant
 slalom 		Super-GDownhillCombined
201018117—36———
201119135————35
201220126—44———
20132178—25———
20142244—11———
20152361—16———
20162421—4———
20172514—2———
20182648—12———
20192718—8———
2020282—2———
Standings through 27 October 2019

Race podiums
  • 1 win – (1 GS)
  • 7 podiums – (7 GS)
Season Date Location Discipline Place
201613 Feb 2016 Naeba, JapanGiant slalom2nd
19 Mar 2016   St. Moritz, SwitzerlandGiant slalom3rd
20174 Dec 2016 Val-d'Isère, FranceGiant slalom1st
18 Dec 2016 Alta Badia, ItalyGiant slalom2nd
18 Mar 2017 Aspen, USAGiant slalom3rd
201919 Dec 2018 Saalbach, AustriaGiant slalom3rd
202027 Oct 2019 Sölden, AustriaGiant slalom2nd

World Championships results
  Year   Age  Slalom Giant
 slalom 		Super-GDownhillCombined
201321—21———
201523—DNF1———
201725—9———
201927—17———

Olympic results
  Year   Age  Slalom Giant
 slalom 		Super-GDownhillCombined
201422—24———
201826—7———
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References
  1. FIS Biography
  2. Sochi 2014 profile
  3. Higgins, Sean (13 Feb 2016). "Pinturault prevails in tough Yuzawa Naeba GS". Ski Racing. Retrieved 14 Feb 2016.
  4. "Fanara tops all-French podium in giant slalom at WCup finals". Yahoo News. Retrieved 2016-03-19.
  5. "Alpine Skiing: Leader Boards - FIS-SKI". FIS-SKI. Archived from the original on 2018-01-28. Retrieved 2016-03-19.
  6. Paumgarten, Nick (November 27, 2017). "Mikaela Shiffrin, the best slalom skier in the world". The New Yorker.
  7. "The best ski racer in the world is single again". TheC5.com. October 14, 2019.


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