Didier Mollard
Didier Mollard ( born December 4, 1969 in Chambéry ) is a French former ski jumper.
On December 22, 1985 Mollard made his debut in the World Cup Ski Jumping. He has already won his first World Cup points on the normal hill in his home with 11th place also. On January 19, 1986, he jumped into Oberwiesenthal first time in the top ten and finished fourth. In the Nordic World Ski Championships 1987 in Oberstdorf, he jumped on the 51st place of the 46 normal and on the place of the large hill. In the first event after the World Cup on March 4, 1987 in Örnsköldsvik he could jump with space 3 for the first time in his career on the podium. In the following years he was able to achieve this placement three more times.
Mollard was part of the squad for the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Canada. He was able to achieve on the normal hill on points with Poland Jan Kowal 34th place. From the large hill he was at the end points with the German Peter Rohwein on the 25th place. In the Ski Flying World Championships 1990 in Vikersund Mollard flew on the 34th place.
Despite rather varying performance in the World Cup, Mollard was at the Olympic Winter Games in 1992 again to the French squad. From the normal hill Mollard it jumped on the 8th and on the large hill on the 40th place. In the team competition, he reached the 10th place jointly with Jerome Gay, Nicolas Jean- Prost and Steve Delaup. On 31 January 1993 he was able to reach the second place, the highest individual finish of his career and also was the only time in a ski flying on the podium in ski flying at Kulm. At the end of the season, he finished by this performance in the 2nd place in the ski flying World Cup overall standings. Shortly afterwards, he could jump at the Nordic World Ski Championships 1993 in Falun from the normal and large hill on the 21th Place and was with the team finished fourth. On March 14, 1993, he could then reach the second place and thus its best placement in Oslo in a World Cup competition on the large hill.
In February 1994, Mollard was the third time in a row in the squad for the Olympic Winter Games. In Lillehammer, he jumped on the normal hill on the 17th and on the large hill on the 10th Place. In the team competition, he reached the 6th place with the team. In the following years he was in the World Cup, although regularly finished in the top ten, but could not create stability. After the 1996/97 season, he finished his World Cup career, before he ended his active career in ski jumping Continental Cup for another year.
Mollard counts with three Olympic appearances and a total of six podium finishes one of the most successful French ski jumper.