Loïc Meillard

Loïc Meillard (born 29 October 1996) is a Swiss World Cup alpine ski racer and specializes in the technical events of slalom and giant slalom.

Loïc Meillard
Alpine skier
DisciplinesGiant slalom, Slalom,
Combined
ClubHeremencia
Born (1996-10-29) 29 October 1996
Neuchâtel, Switzerland[1]
Height1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
World Cup debut
10 January 2015 (age 18)
Websiteloicmeillard.ch
Olympics
Teams1 – (2018)
Medals0
World Championships
Teams2 – (2017, 2019)
Medals0
World Cup
Seasons6 – (20162021)
Wins1 – (1 PG)
Podiums6 – (3 GS, 1 SL, 1 AC,
       1 PG)
Overall titles0 – (10th in 2020)
Discipline titles1 – (1 in PAR, 2020)

Born in Neuchâtel, Meillard made his World Cup debut in January 2015; his younger sister Mélanie is also a World Cup alpine racer.

Career

Meillard made his World Cup debut at age 18 in the Adelboden giant slalom in January 2015. At the Junior World Championships that March at Hafjell, Norway, he won a bronze medal in the Super-G, silver in the giant slalom, and gold in the combined.

In February 2016, Meillard scored his first World Cup points at the Hinterstoder giant slalom, finishing in 27th place, and his first top ten (eighth) came the following week at Kranjska Gora. His first podium was a runner-up in a giant slalom in December 2018 at Saalbach-Hinterglemm, Austria.[2] On the same hill the next day, Meillard finished second in the slalom, runner-up to Marcel Hirscher.

World Cup results

Season titles

  • 1 title – (1 PAR)
Season
Discipline
2020 Parallel

Season standings

Season
Age Overall Slalom Giant
Slalom
Super G Downhill Combined Parallel
20161910438awarded with SL and GS
201720794230
20182127229
2019221516518
20202310141151
20212459417
Standings through 6 February 2021

Race podiums

  • 1 win - (1 PG)
  • 6 podiums – (3 GS, 1 SL, 1 AC, 1 PG)
Season
Date Location Discipline Place
201919 Dec 2018 Saalbach, AustriaGiant slalom2nd
20 Dec 2018Slalom2nd
202029 Dec 2019 Bormio, ItalyCombined3rd
2 Feb 2020 Garmisch, GermanyGiant slalom2nd
9 Feb 2020 Chamonix, FranceParallel-G1st
20219 Jan 2021   Adelboden, SwitzerlandGiant slalom3rd

World Championships results

Year
Age Slalom Giant
Slalom
Super G Downhill Combined
20172021
201922144

Olympic results

Year
Age Slalom Giant
Slalom
Super G Downhill Combined
2018 21 14 9

References

  1. "LOÏC MEILLARD". gps-performance.com. Retrieved 20 December 2018.
  2. "Zan Kranjec gives Slovenian men 1st World Cup win in GS". ESPN. Associated Press. 19 December 2018.


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