Loïc Meillard (; born 29 October 1996) is a Swiss

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alpine ski racer and specializes in the technical events of slalom and

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. Born in

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, Meillard made his World Cup debut in January

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; his younger sister Mélanie is also a World Cup alpine racer.

Career

Meillard made his World Cup debut at age 18 in the

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giant slalom in January 2015. At the Junior World Championships that March at

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, he won a bronze medal in the super-G, silver in the giant slalom, and gold in the combined. In February

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, Meillard scored his first World Cup points at the

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giant slalom, finishing in 27th place, and his first top ten (eighth) came the following week at

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. His first podium was a runner-up in a giant slalom in December

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, On the same hill the next day, Meillard finished second in the slalom, runner-up to

Marcel Hirscher Marcel Hirscher (born 2 March 1989) is an Austrian-Dutch FIS Alpine Ski World Cup, World Cup Alpine skiing, alpine ski racer. Hirscher made his World Cup debut in March 2007. He competed primarily in slalom and giant slalom, as well as combined ...

. At his third

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, Meillard won two bronze medals, in parallel giant slalom and combined, and was fifth in the

. Meillard won the gold medal in the slalom at the 2025 World Championships in

, becoming the first Swiss man to take the title for 75 years.

World Cup results

Season titles

* 1 title – (1 PAR)

Season standings

Race podiums

* 7 wins – (4 GS, 2 SL, 1 PG) * 29 podiums – (13 GS, 11 SL, 3 SG, 1 AC, 1 PG); 100 top tens

World Championship results

Olympic results

References

External links

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Meillard, Loic 1996 births Sportspeople from Neuchâtel Swiss male alpine skiers Living people Alpine skiers at the 2018 Winter Olympics Alpine skiers at the 2022 Winter Olympics Olympic alpine skiers for Switzerland 21st-century Swiss sportsmen