Mathieu Faivre (born 18 January 1992) is a French World Cup

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, and specializes in

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. He has competed for France in two Winter Olympics and six World Championships. In

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, he won two gold medals for world titles in

and parallel giant slalom.

Career

Born in Nice,

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, Faivre made his World Cup debut at age 18 in March

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and gained his first World Cup podium in February

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in a giant slalom at Naeba,

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. Faivre's second podium came a month later at the World Cup finals in

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, part of an all-French podium, having led after the first run for the first time in his career. He ended the season at a career-high position of fourth in the final giant slalom standings. Faivre's first World Cup victory came on home country snow in December

Despite not being a big favorite entering the 2021 World Championships in

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, Italy, Faivre won two gold medals. He took the inaugural parallel giant slalom, and the

three days later, where he was in fourth place after the first run, more than a half-second back. To date, these two world titles are his standout racing achievements. A week later, he gained his second World Cup win at Bansko, Bulgaria, after a runner-up finish the day before. Faivre represented France in the giant slalom at the

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. He finished his first run in third position and, despite falling behind

Žan Kranjec Žan Kranjec (born 15 November 1992) is a World Cup alpine ski racer from Slovenia. He is mainly competing in the technical events of giant slalom and slalom. At the 2022 Winter Olympics, Kranjec won a silver medal in giant slalom. Career Kranj ...

on his second run, maintained his position to take the bronze medal after a mistake from

Stefan Brennsteiner Stefan Brennsteiner (born 3 October 1991) is an Austrian World Cup alpine ski racer, and specializes in giant slalom. He has competed in two Winter Olympics and three World Championships. Brennsteiner made his World Cup debut at age 21 in ...

Personal life

Faivre was in a relationship with Olympic and World Cup champion Mikaela Shiffrin beginning in the summer of 2017, but it ended in 2019.

World Cup results

Season standings

Race podiums

* 2 wins – (2 GS) * 10 podiums – (10 GS); 43 top tens

World Championships results

Olympic results

References

External links

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French Ski Team – 2023 men's A team
' 1992 births Living people Olympic alpine skiers for France Alpine skiers at the 2014 Winter Olympics Alpine skiers at the 2018 Winter Olympics Alpine skiers at the 2022 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 2022 Winter Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for France Olympic medalists in alpine skiing French male alpine skiers Sportspeople from Nice 21st-century French people {{France-alpine-skiing-bio-stub