Yves Dimier

Yves Dimier ( born July 25, 1969 in Saint -Jean -de- Maurienne ) is a French sports official and former alpine skier. He specializes in the slalom and giant slalom.

Biography

Dimier first appeared at the Junior World Championship 1987 in theaters internationally in appearance, but was unable to reach countable results in the following years. It was not until nearly six years later, on 9 January 1993, he became the 21st of the slalom in Garmisch -Partenkirchen first World Cup points. In the 1993/94 season he won the European Cup second place in the slalom standings and third place in the overall standings. His best result of the season in the World Cup was an eighth place.

In the 1994/95 season succeeded Dimier, twice to drive in a World Cup slalom to third place: on January 8 in Garmisch -Partenkirchen and on March 19 at the World Cup finals in Bormio. At the beginning of the 1995/96 season Dimier achieved the best result of his career when he was second in the slalom the 3- Tre race in Madonna di Campiglio on December 19. It was followed by three more top-10 results, which he finished in 8th place in the slalom standings. This level could no longer hold Dimier in the sequence. In the season 1996/97 he was no more than ninth place out in the 1997 season / 98 he could only boast a 16th place as best result. End of the season 1998/99 he announced his resignation.

From 2006 Dimier worked for the alpine skiing in the French Ski Federation as technical director. In July 2010, he left the organization after the new President Michel Vion had deleted this post. In October 2010, the Organising Committee of the Olympic Winter Games in Sochi in 2014 announced that it has Dimier committed as a manager for the Alpine disciplines. In this role he will take over the coordination between the Organising Committee, the Russian Ski Association and the organizers of the pre-Olympic race.

Achievements

Olympic games

  • Lillehammer 1994: 16 Slalom

World Championships

  • Sierra Nevada 1996: 10 combination
  • Sestriere 1997: 9 combination, 10th slalom
  • Vail / Beaver Creek 1999: 8 combination, 17th slalom

Junior World Championships

  • Halls 1987: 17 Slalom, Giant Slalom 53

World Cup

  • 1995/ 96: 8 slalom rating
  • 9 placings in the top ten, including 3 podiums

European Cup

  • Season 1993/94: 3rd overall, 2nd slalom rating

Others

  • 4 French league titles ( 1993 and 1995 slalom, combined 1994 and 1995 )
France Slalom skiing 1996 Alpine Skiing World Cup Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne World Junior Alpine Skiing Championships 1995 Alpine Skiing World Cup 1997 Alpine Skiing World Cup 1998 Alpine Skiing World Cup 1999 Alpine Skiing World Cup Alpine skiing at the 1994 Winter Olympics FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1997 FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1999
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