Jonathan Felisaz
Jonathan Félisaz (born 26 October 1985 in Chamonix ) is a former French skier who started mainly in the Nordic combined and ski jumping, but also in cross-country and alpine ski racer as.
Career
Félisaz lives in his birthplace of Chamonix and started to join the club Argentière Chamonix. In December 2002, he raced in Klingenthal internationally for the first time and denied ever two FIS competitions in the Nordic combined and ski jumping. In Gundersen single he reached rank 28 while jumping he just landed on the rear seats. In the Nordic Junior World Ski Championships 2003 in Sollefteå he started in spite of this success only in ski jumping. However, in the single he did not come as rank 61 out. Even with the team he was only ranked 12
In March 2003 Félisaz played with success minderem two junior competitions in Planica. On 21 December 2003 he played his first competition in Ruhpolding B World Cup. With a ranking of 53, it remained below expectations and was therefore continue in the junior section and started at unterklassigen FIS Nordic Combined competitions. In the Nordic Junior World Ski Championships 2004 in Stryn Félisaz could in Gundersen single rank 12 and thus achieve a significant increase compared to 2003. With the team he ended up in the team competition in the sixth. In the sprint, it was enough for him to rank only 30th in the ski jumping competitions he was not at the start.
In the Summer Grand Prix 2004 in Kandersteg Félisaz missed as 32 points just under its first placement in an A - class racing. Result, he was also the start of the 2004/05 season no fixed starting place in the A- or B- squad. In Karpacz In February 2005, he succeeded his first points placement in B- World Cup. In March, he twice the jump succeeded in Pragelato in FIS races on the podium. In the Nordic Junior World Ski Championships 2005 in Rovaniemi, he just took off in a sprint and reached the 28th place.
The following two years, the Frenchman started mainly in B- World Cup, where he repeatedly came under the top ten and in Val di Fiemme in early 2007 was third once. In February 2005, and in 2006 he launched the meantime, as part of the FIS Cup Special Springer, but could not prevail there. Although he reached in all three jumping the points within the top 20, but stayed out front seats.
On 30 November 2007 Félisaz launched in Kuusamo first time in the Nordic Combined World Cup and was 35th in the Gundersen race. A little later he won in Ramsau am Dachstein than 28 of a mass start for the first time points. Although he was in the points again in the second race, he remained on the elite team in the context of B- World Cup. It was not until the 2008/09 season he moved firmly into the A-National squad. In January 2009, he was also the first time a starting place in the French relay team at the World Cup and ended up with the team straight away on the fifth. On 31 January, he was able to achieve the best individual result so far in Chaux- Neuve be 13. In the second competition, he ended up as 14 on a good top 20 place. In the Nordic World Ski Championships 2009 in Liberec Félisaz came in the mass start at rank 32 before he landed in an individual on the normal hill on rank 40.
Along with Alexandre Mabboux, Braud and Vincent Descombes Sevoie Félisaz won at the French championships in ski jumping 2009 as a team of Mont Blanc I the title in the team competition, in the individual competition he finished seventh. Shortly after, he ended the most successful World Cup season of his career at No. 41 in the World Cup overall standings.
In the Summer Grand Prix 2009 Félisaz succeeded in Hinterzarten and in Val di Fiemme twice second in the podium. Also in Oberstdorf and Einsiedeln he could place well and finished the Grand Prix at the overall second place. The World Cup season 2009/10 it was not possible Félisaz to build on the strong performance from the summer. He often missed in the first half of the season, the World Cup points. Despite absence of anterior placements he was part of the squad for the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. There he succeeded in the individual competition of the 30th place. Three weeks before the Games was Félisaz together with the team at the World Cup team in second place for the first and only time in his career in a World Cup on the podium.
After the Olympics Félisaz moved back into the B World Cup, which was officially called off this season as the Continental. However, he managed to establish neither there nor in his numerous World Cup appearances themselves. Then he ended his active career in 2011.
Achievements
World Cup Stats
The table shows the achieved placings in detail.
- Place 1st-3rd. Number of podiums
- Top 10: Number of placings in the top ten
- Points ranking: number of placements within the points positions
- Start: Number overflowed race in the respective discipline