David Poisson (alpine skier)

David Poisson ( born March 31, 1982 in Annecy ) is a French alpine skier. He starts mainly in the disciplines of downhill and Super -G.

Biography

FIS races went from Poisson December 1997, the first launch in the European Cup he had in January 2001. He has been able to achieve two podium finishes in the European Cup and was in the 2006/07 season third in the downhill standings. In the World Cup Poisson debuted on February 14, 2004 in the departure of St. Anton am Arlberg, in which he also won the first World Cup points than 29. For attention he made at the 2005 World Championships in Bormio, when he reached in both the downhill and super-G as each best Frenchman ninth place. In a World Cup 25th place was his best result before.

Until Poisson in the World Cup reached a top 10 finish, it took until 29 February 2008 when he finished tenth in the departure of Kvitfjell. In his second World Championships in Val d'Isere in 2009 it reached only the 34th in the Super G, the departure he could not finish. Other top -10 results in World Cup downhill followed on January 24, 2009 in Kitzbuehel and on December 5, 2009 in Beaver Creek. His best result so far in the World Cup is the fourth rank in the downhill in Bormio on December 29, 2009. Thereafter, he scored in the World Cup long -time front places more and went rarely into the top 20 reached at the Olympic Winter Games 2010 in Vancouver he still finished seventh in the downhill.

On March 3, 2012 Poisson took sixth place in the departure of Kvitfjell first time in over two years in a World Cup race at the fastest ten. On the Streif in Kitzbühel he equalized on 26 January 2013 as the fourth in the Hahnenkamm downhill his best World Cup result. Two weeks later, he won the downhill somewhat surprising bronze medal at the World Cup 2013.

Achievements

Olympic games

  • Vancouver 2010: 7 Departure
  • Sochi 2014: 16 Downhill, 17 Super -G

World Championships

  • Bormio 2005: 9 Super -G, downhill 9
  • Val d'Isere 2009: 34 Super -G
  • Schladming 2013: 3rd exit

World Cup

  • 7 placings in the top ten

European Cup

  • Season 2006/ 07: 3rd exit summary
  • 2 podiums

Junior World Championships

  • Verbier 2001: 10 Super -G, downhill 11
  • Tarvisio 2002: 7 Super -G, 15 combination, 16 downhill, slalom 36

Other successes

  • French champion in the super -G in 2005 and 2008
  • French junior champion in downhill in 2002
  • 2 victories in the South American Cup
  • 3 wins in FIS races
France FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2013 2013 Alpine Skiing World Cup 2007 Alpine Skiing World Cup FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2005 FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2009 Beaver Creek Resort Alpine skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics Alpine skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics
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