Pierre Gignoux (born 19 May 1967) 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 ...

. Gignoux was born in

Grenoble Grenoble ( ; ; or ; or ) is the Prefectures in France, prefecture and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, largest city of the Isère Departments of France, department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Regions of France, region ...

and competed first in the Trans Mont Blanc race in 1994. Since 1995 he has been member of the French national team. Together with

Stéphane Brosse Stéphane Brosse (20 October 197117 June 2012) was a French ski mountaineer. Biography Brosse was born in Le Pont-de-Beauvoisin, Savoie.''Stéphane Brosse'' i''Le ski-alpinisme''/ref> He started ski mountaineering in 1990 and competed the f ...

he has held the ski mountaineering record on the

Mont Blanc Mont Blanc (, ) is a mountain in the Alps, rising above sea level, located right at the Franco-Italian border. It is the highest mountain in Europe outside the Caucasus Mountains, the second-most prominent mountain in Europe (after Mount E ...

since 30 May 2003 with a total time of 5 hours 15 minutes 47 seconds.''Record à ski sur le parcours mythique de Chamonix-Mont Blanc-Chamonix''
(French), FFME, 2007. Amongst others, he won three times the European Cup and four times the French Championships. Gignoux enjoys also

mountaineering Mountaineering, mountain climbing, or alpinism is a set of outdoor activities that involves ascending mountains. Mountaineering-related activities include traditional outdoor climbing, skiing, and traversing via ferratas that have become mounta ...

cross-country skiing Cross-country skiing is a form of skiing whereby skiers traverse snow-covered terrain without use of ski lifts or other assistance. Cross-country skiing is widely practiced as a sport and recreational activity; however, some still use it as a m ...

paragliding Paragliding is the recreational and competitive adventure sport of flying paragliders: lightweight, free-flying, foot-launched glider aircraft with no rigid primary structure. The pilot sits in a harness or in a cocoon-like 'pod' suspended be ...

and street as well as mountain

bicycle racing Cycle sport is competitive physical activity using bicycles. There are several categories of bicycle racing including road bicycle racing, cyclo-cross, mountain bike racing, track cycling, BMX, and cycle speedway. Non-racing cycling spo ...

Selected results

* 1997: ** 2nd, French national ranking * 1998: ** 2nd, French national ranking * 1999: ** 1st,

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 Francis Bibollet) ** 1st, French national ranking * 2000: ** 1st, French national ranking ** 5th (and 3rd in "seniors I" class 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 ca ...

(together with Francis Bibollet and Stéphane Brosse) * 2001: ** 1st,

team race (together with Stéphane Brosse) ** 1st, French national ranking ** 1st,

Trophée des Gastlosen The Trophée des Gastlosen ("trophy of the Gastlosen") is a Swiss competition of ski mountaineering, which is carried out annually in the Gastlosen, near Jaun Jaun (; ; ) is a Municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the district of Gru ...

(European Cup, together with Stéphane Brosse) * 2002: ** 1st,

Tour du Rutor Tour or Tours may refer to: Travel * Tourism, travel for pleasure * Tour of duty, a period of time spent in military service * Campus tour, a journey through a college or university's campus * Guided tour, a journey through a location, directed ...

(together with Stéphane Brosse)''Tour du Rutor''
** 5th,

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 Stéphane Brosse) * 2003: ** 1st, Dolomiti Cup team (together with Stéphan Brosse)''Albo d'oro - Roll of Honour''
** 4th,

team race (together with Stéphane Brosse) * 2004: ** 1st, Transcavallo race (together with Stéphane Brosse) * 2008: ** 8th,

team race (together with

Alexandre Pellicier Alexandre Pellicier (born 9 December 1981) is a French ski mountaineer. Pellicier is born in the Tarentaise Valley and lives in Albertville. He started ski mountaineering in 1998 and competed first at Pierra Menta "juniors" race in the same yea ...

)

Pierra Menta

* 1995: 5th, together with Olivier Pasteur * 1996: 4th, together with Francis Bibollet * 1997: 2nd, together with Yvan Brondex * 1998: 2nd, together with Yvan Brondex * 1999: 2nd, together with Francis Bibollet * 2000: 2nd, together with Francis Bibollet * 2001: 1st, together with Stéphane Brosse * 2002: 2nd, together with Stéphane Brosse * 2003: 2nd, together with Stéphane Brosse

Trofeo Mezzalama

''Trofeo Mezzalama''
* 1999: 2nd, together with

Fabio Meraldi Fabio Meraldi (born 5 August 1965) is an Italian ski mountaineer, mountain guide and mountain runner. Meraldi was born in Valtellina. He passed the mountain guide training at the age of 20, and participated in various mountain tours, sky running ...

and

Enrico Pedrini Enrico Pedrini (15 January 1940 in Montesano di Filighera – 19 April 2012 in Genova) was an academic, theorist and collector of Conceptual Art. He also taught epistemology in Italy. Research and curation Pedrini placed particular emphasi ...

* 2003: 2nd, together with Stéphane Brosse and Jean Pellissier

References

External links

Pierre Gignoux' shop website

Pierre Gignoux
at SkiMountaineering.org {{DEFAULTSORT:Gignoux, Pierre 1967 births Living people French male ski mountaineers Skiers from Grenoble 21st-century French sportsmen 20th-century French sportsmen