Ted Piccard (born November 30, 1978, in

Albertville Albertville (; Franco-Provençal, Arpitan: ''Arbèrtvile'') is a Subprefectures in France, subprefecture of the Savoie Departments of France, department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Regions of France, region in Southeastern France. It is best k ...

) is a French

freestyle skier Freestyle skiing is a skiing discipline comprising aerials, moguls, cross, half-pipe, slopestyle and big air as part of the Winter Olympics. It can consist of a skier performing aerial flips and spins and can include skiers sliding rails and ...

, specializing in

ski cross Ski cross is a skiing competition which incorporates terrain features traditionally found in freestyle skiing with courses which include big-air jumps and high-banked turns. In spite of the fact that it is a timed racing event, it is often con ...

and a former

alpine skier 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 ...

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for France. He placed 16th in the qualifying round in

, to advance to the knockout stages. In the first round, he failed to finish, and did not advance. As of March 2013, his best showing at the

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is 29th, in

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. Piccard made his

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debut in January 2005. As of March 2013, he has one World Cup podium finish, winning a bronze in 2009–10 at

Alpe d'Huez L'Alpe d'Huez () is a ski resort in Southeastern France at . It is a mountain pasture in the central French Western Alps, in the Communes of France, commune of Huez, which is part of the Isère Departments of France, department in the Auvergne-R ...

. His best World Cup overall finish in aerials is 7th, in 2011–12. He was named after US Senator

Ted Kennedy Edward Moore Kennedy (February 22, 1932 – August 25, 2009) was an American lawyer and politician from Massachusetts who served as a member of the United States Senate from 1962 to his death in 2009. A member of the Democratic Party and ...

. He is the brother of fellow skiers

Franck Piccard Franck Piccard (born 17 September 1964) is a French former Alpine skier. A native of Les Saisies, Piccard won a total of four Alpine Skiing World Cup races. At the 1988 Olympics in Calgary he won a gold medal in the Super-G competition (th ...

, Leila Piccard, Ian Piccard and Jeff Piccard.

World Cup Podiums

References

1988 births Living people Olympic freestyle skiers for France Freestyle skiers at the 2010 Winter Olympics Sportspeople from Albertville Skiers from Savoie French male freestyle skiers 21st-century French sportsmen {{France-freestyle-skiing-bio-stub