Clément Noël (born 3 May 1997) is a French

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alpine ski racer Alpine skiing, or downhill skiing, is the pastime of sliding down snow-covered slopes on skis with fixed-heel bindings, unlike other types of skiing (cross-country, Telemark, or ski jumping), which use skis with free-heel bindings. Whether for ...

and specialises in the slalom discipline. He competed in the

2018 Winter Olympics The 2018 Winter Olympics ( ko, 2018년 동계 올림픽, Icheon sip-pal nyeon Donggye Ollimpik), officially the XXIII Olympic Winter Games (french: Les XXIIIes Jeux olympiques d'hiver; ko, 제23회 동계 올림픽, Jeisipsamhoe Donggye Ollimpi ...

, placing fourth in the slalom, then became the gold medalist in slalom at the

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Biography

Noël is from the

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commune in

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, in northeastern

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. In 2015, he joined the France B team and made his first

debut in November 2016 at

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. He became Champion of France of Slalom Elite with Lélex on March 26, 2017, and scored his first points in the World Cup by taking 20th place in the slalom at

Val-d'Isère Val-d'Isère (, literally ''Valley of Isère'') is a commune of the Tarentaise Valley, in the Savoie department ( Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region) in southeastern France. It lies from the border with Italy. It is on the border of the Vanoise Na ...

on December 10, 2017. He gained his first top ten by placing eighth in the slalom at Kitzbühel on 21 January 2018. A few weeks later, on 7 February, he won the slalom at the Junior World Championships at Davos, Switzerland. Noël competed in his first

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at Pyeongchang in

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and just missed a medal, coming in fourth in the slalom. He gained his first World Cup podium eleven months later with a runner-up finish in the slalom at

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A week later he won his first race, a slalom in

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. At his first

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in February, he was seventh in the slalom. Noël is a student at the

University of Savoy Savoy Mont Blanc University (french: Université Savoie Mont Blanc, a.k.a. Chambéry University) is a public university in the region of Savoy, with one campus in Annecy and two around Chambéry. Campuses The university was officially founded ...

World Cup results

Season standings

Race podiums

World Championship results

Olympic results

References

External links

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2023 men's A team at French Ski Team

Clement Noel at Dynastar Skis
{{DEFAULTSORT:Noel, Clement 1997 births French male alpine skiers Living people Alpine skiers at the 2018 Winter Olympics Alpine skiers at the 2022 Winter Olympics Olympic alpine skiers of France Medalists at the 2022 Winter Olympics Olympic medalists in alpine skiing Olympic gold medalists for France Université Savoie-Mont Blanc alumni Sportspeople from Vosges (department)