Alexandre Pellicier (born 9 December 1981) is a French

ski mountaineer Ski mountaineering (abbreviated to skimo) is a skiing discipline that involves climbing mountains either on skis or carrying them, depending on the steepness of the ascent, and then descending on skis. There are two major categories of equipmen ...

. Pellicier is born in the

Tarentaise Valley The Tarentaise Valley (french: Vallée de la Tarentaise, ; frp, Tarentèsa) is a valley of the Isère River in the heart of the French Alps, located in the Savoy region of France. The valley is named for the ancient town of ''Darantasia'', the ...

and lives in

Albertville Albertville (; Arpitan: ''Arbèrtvile'') is a Subprefectures in France, subprefecture of the Savoie Departments of France, department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Regions of France, region in Southeastern France. It is best known for hosting t ...

. He started ski mountaineering in 1998 and competed first at

Pierra Menta The Pierra Menta has been an annual competition of ski mountaineering at Arêches-Beaufort in the region of Beaufort, Savoie south-eastern France since 1986. The Pierra Menta is one of the three best known races of the Alps (''les grandes trois de ...

"juniors" race in the same year. He is a member of the ''Etoile Sportive du Cormet '' and has been member of the French national team since 2005.

Selected results

* 2002: ** 1st, French Championship "espoirs" single * 2005: ** 6th, European Championship team race (together with Cyril Champange) * 2006: ** 8th,

World Championship A world championship is generally an international competition open to elite competitors from around the world, representing their nations, and winning such an event will be considered the highest or near highest achievement in the sport, game, ...

team race (together with Pierre Gignoux) * 2007: ** 2nd, European Championship team race (together with

William Bon Mardion William Bon Mardion (born 4 October 1983) is a French ski mountaineer. Bon Mardion was born and lives in Arêches where he is member of the ''Club Multisports Arêches-Beaufort''. He started ski mountaineering in 1998. He competed first as a mem ...

) ** 6th, European Championship combination ranking ** 7th, European Championship single race * 2008: ** 1st,

team race (together with

Florent Perrier Florent Perrier (born 26 June 1973) is a French ski mountaineer. Perrier was born in Arêches, where he is member of the ''Club Multisports Arêches-Beaufort''. In 2004, he joined the French national selection. In 2008, he was president of the ...

) ** 4th, World Championship combination ranking ** 6th (and 5th in the "international men" ranking),

Patrouille des Glaciers The Patrouille des Glaciers (PDG) is a ski mountaineering race organised every two years by the Swiss Armed Forces, in which military and civilian teams compete. It takes place once every two years at the end of April, in the south part of the can ...

(together with

Tony Sbalbi Tony Sbalbi AKA "Tony the tiger" (born 4 September 1969) is a French ski mountaineer and non-commissioned officer of the ''chasseurs alpins'' corps. Sbalbi was born in Aix-en-Provence. He attended the ''Lycée Jean Raynouard'' in Brignoles. At th ...

and

Didier Blanc Didier Blanc (born 7 June 1984) is a French ski mountaineer. Selected results * 2006: ** 7th, World Championship team race (together with Martial Premat) * 2008: ** 6th, World Championship team race (together with Patrick Blanc) ** 6th (and 5th ...

) ** 10th, World Championship single race * 2010: ** 4th,

team race (together with William Bon Mardion)Provisional results men teams
, www.canillo2010.org * 2011: ** 5th,

sprint ** 5th, World Championship team race (together with

Valentin Favre Valentin Favre (born 14 September 1987) from Châtel, Haute-Savoie, is a French ski mountaineer. Selected results * 2011: ** 5th, World Championship, team, together with Alexandre Pellicier * 2012: ** 2nd, European Championship relay, togeth ...

)

Pierra Menta

* 2006: 6th, together with Cyril Champange * 2007: 3rd, together with

Bertrand Blanc Bertrand Blanc (born 29 October 1973) is a French ski mountaineer. Blanc is born in Bourg-Saint-Maurice. He started ski mountaineering in 1992 and competed first at the Pierra Menta race in 1994. He has been member of the national team since 200 ...

* 2008: 5th, together with Ola Berger * 2009: 6th, together with

Grégory Gachet Grégory Gachet (born 9 December 1976) is a French ski mountaineer. Gachet was born in Beaufort, Savoie. He is member of the ''Club Multisports Arêches-Beaufort'' and has been member of the national selection since 2002. In 2011, he married Ga ...

* 2010: 7th, together with Didier Blanc * 2011: 7th, together with Florent Perrier

External links

Alexandre Pellicier
at ''skimountaineering.org''

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Pellicier, Alexandre 1981 births Living people French male ski mountaineers World ski mountaineering champions Sportspeople from Savoie 21st-century French people 20th-century French people