Jean-Baptiste Grange Explained

Jean-Baptiste Grange
Disciplines:Slalom
Club:EMHM – SC Valloire
Birth Date:10 October 1984
Birth Place:Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, Savoie, France
Height:181 cm
Wcdebut:11 January 2004 – (age 19)
Retired:21 March 2021
Website:jbgrange.com
Olympicteams:2 – (2006, 2014)
Olympicmedals:0
Worldsteams:5 – (200715)
Worldsmedals:3
Worldsgolds:2
Wcseasons:15 – (20042018)
Wcwins:9 – (8 SL, 1 SC)
Wcpodiums:18 – (15 SL, 3 SC)
Wcoveralls:0 – (5th – 2009)
Wctitles:1 – (SL2009)
Show-Medals:yes

Jean-Baptiste Grange (born 10 October 1984) is a French retired World Cup alpine ski racer.[1] He competed primarily in slalom and earlier also in giant slalom and combined.

Born in Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, Savoie, Grange grew up in Valloire, Galibier, and made his World Cup debut at age 19 in January 2004. In February 2007, he won the bronze medal in the slalom at the 2007 World Championships in Åre, Sweden. He won his first World Cup race on 17 December 2007, and won the 2009 season title in the slalom. Injured in early December 2009 in a giant slalom at Beaver Creek, he opted for surgery and missed the remainder of the 2010 season, which included the 2010 Winter Olympics.[2] He returned to competition for the 2011 season and won the world championship in the slalom.[3] He won his second slalom world title in Beaver Creek on 15 February 2015.

His older brother is François-Cyrille Grange, also an alpine ski racer.

World Cup results

Season standings

Season Age Overall Slalom Giant
slalom
Super-G Downhill Combined
21 76 40  — — —22
22 29 10  — — —17
23 8 2 26  — —4
24 5 1 11  — —6
25 56 29 31  — —22
26 16 2 42  — — —
27 34 22 17  — — —
28 69 23  — — — —
29 32 8  — — — —
30 42 13  — — — —
31 61 19  — — — —
32 60 20  — — — —
33 53 21  — — — —
34 63 22  — — — —
35 73 17  — — — —
36 59 19  — — — —

Race podiums

SeasonDateLocationDisciplinePlace
200829 Nov 2007 Beaver Creek, USA 2nd
align=right bgcolor="#BOEOE6"17 Dec 2007 Alta Badia, Italy Slalom1st
align=right bgcolor="#BOEOE6"11 Jan 2008    Wengen, Switzerland Super combined 1st
align=right bgcolor="#BOEOE6"12 Jan 2008 Slalom1st
align=right bgcolor="#BOEOE6"20 Jan 2008 Kitzbühel, Austria Slalom1st
22 Jan 2008 Schladming, Austria Slalom 2nd
2009align=right bgcolor="#BOEOE6"16 Nov 2008 Levi, Finland Slalom1st
12 Dec 2008 Val-d'Isère, France Super combined2nd
align=right 22 Dec 2008 Alta Badia, Italy Slalom2nd
align=right bgcolor="#BOEOE6"6 Jan 2009 Zagreb, Croatia Slalom1st
25 Jan 2009 Kitzbühel, Austria Slalom2nd
14 Mar 2009 Åre, Sweden Slalom3rd
2010align=right 15 Nov 2009 Levi, Finland Slalom 3rd
2011align=right bgcolor="#BOEOE6"14 Nov 2010 Slalom1st
16 Jan 2011    Wengen, Switzerland Slalom 3rd
align=right bgcolor="#BOEOE6"23 Jan 2011 Kitzbühel, Austria Slalom1st
align=right bgcolor="#BOEOE6"25 Jan 2011 Schladming, Austria Slalom1st
27 Feb 2011 Bansko, Bulgaria Slalom 3rd

World Championship results

  Year    Age   Slalom   Giant 
 slalom 
Super-G Downhill Combined
22
24 DNF2
26
28
30
32

Olympic results

  Year    Age   Slalom   Giant 
 slalom 
Super-G Downhill Combined
21 13
25 injured: did not compete
29
33

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Former world slalom champion Jean-Baptiste Grange to retire. 5 March 2021.
  2. http://www.skiracing.com/?q=node/635 Ski Racing.com
  3. http://www.skiracing.com/?q=node/9400 Ski Racing.com