Tanguy Nef (born 19 November 1996) is a

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. He is a member of Swiss Ski's A frame for the 2021-2022 season.

Early life and career

Tanguy Nef started skiing when he was 6 years old on the slopes of the

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central in French-speaking

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, following in the footsteps of his family members. Son of a Swiss ski teacher, he started competing in alpine ski racing in the cadet/mini category at age seven. In 2016, shortly after his first podiums in

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slalom, he competed in his first European Cup events then took part in his first Junior World Championships. He then moved to the United States to study computer science at

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where he completed a bachelor's degree and was a member of the

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fraternity. In 2017, he competed in the North American Cup (5 top10, including 3 top5) and participated in the FIS Alpine Junior World Ski Championships in

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. He had his first continental successes in North American Cup events during the winter of the 2017-2018 season (6 podiums including 2 victories). He was promoted to the World Cup for the 2018-2019 season and scored points in his first race at

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with an 11th place in slalom, followed by a 4th place in the European Cup slalom a few days later. In January 2019, he finished 13th in

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before making it to the top 30 twice in

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and

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. He was then selected for the 2019

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, where he finished 29th in slalom. At the end of the season, he won two giant slalom North American Cups at Burke Mountain. During the 2019-2020 season, he scored points at

and

once again before securing the top 10 twice in a World Cup race in January 2020, at

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and

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. He started the 2020-2021 season with the 26th position at

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, before succeeding in slalom, finishing 6th at

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and 18th at

. In January 2021, he finished 6th in the

slalom which marked his best result of the season. He then finished 10th in

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before ending the month with two additional top 30s in

and

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. In March, he finished 10th in the slalom of the World Cup finals in

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. He changed ski brand from

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during the summer. During the first slalom of the 2021-2022 season in

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, he finished 4th in the initial run before being eliminated at the first gate during the second run. Despite finishing 13th in

then 24th in

in January, he narrowly missed his selection for the

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. In February, he secured his first podium in the European Cup in Almåsa. A few days later, he led the first slalom in

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at the end of the first run before being eliminated in the second run. He finished 22nd for the last race of the World Cup season at

World Cup results

Season standings

Top five results

* 0 podiums, 3 top fives (3 SL), 12 top tens (12 SL)

World Championship results

References

External links

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