Bertrand Blanc (born 29 October 1973) 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 equipment ...

. Blanc is born in

Bourg-Saint-Maurice Bourg-Saint-Maurice (; Arpitan: ''Bôrg-Sant-Mori'' or simply ''Le Bôrg''), popularly known as Bourg, is a commune in the Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France. Located on the Italian border south of Cha ...

. He started ski mountaineering in 1992 and competed first at the

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 d ...

race in 1994. He has been member of the national team since 2000.

Selected results

* 2001: ** 4th,

European Championship A European Championship is the top level international sports competition between European athletes or sports teams representing their respective countries or professional sports clubs. In the plural, the European Championships also refers t ...

team race (together with Cyril Champange) * 2002: ** 4th,

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 Cyril Champange) ** 7th, World Championship combination ranking * 2003: ** 7th,

team race (together with Cyril Champange) * 2005: ** 4th,

team race (together with Vincent Meilleur) ** 4th, European Championship relay 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 ...

, Grégory Gachet and Tony Sbalbi) ** 8th, European Championship single race * 2007: ** 3rd,

relay race (together with Yannick Buffet, Tony Sbalbi and Fabien Anselmet) ** 7th, European Championship team race (together with Yannick Buffet)

Pierra Menta

* 1999: 10th, together with Cyril Champange * 2000: 9th, together with Cyril Champange * 2001: 6th, together with Cyril Champange * 2002: 5th, together with Cyril Champange * 2003: 4th, together with Cyril Champange * 2004: 7th, together with Cyril Champange * 2006: 5th, together with Vincent Meilleur * 2007: 3rd, together with Alexandre Pellicier

Trofeo Mezzalama

* 2003: 7th, 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 ...

and Cyril Champange

Patrouille des Glaciers

* 2008: 2nd, together with Florent Perrier and Grégory Gachet

External links

Bertrand Blanc
at ''skimountaineering.org'' {{DEFAULTSORT:Blanc, Bertrand 1973 births Living people French male ski mountaineers Skiers from Bourg-Saint-Maurice