Jean-Baptiste Grange

Jean-Baptiste Grange
Grange in January 2008
Personal information
Born (1984-10-10) 10 October 1984 (age 40)
Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, Savoie, France
OccupationAlpine skier
Height181 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Skiing career
DisciplinesSlalom
ClubEMHM – SC Valloire
World Cup debut11 January 2004 – (age 19)
Retired21 March 2021
Websitejbgrange.com
Olympics
Teams2 – (2006, 2014)
Medals0
World Championships
Teams5 – (2007–15)
Medals3 (2 gold)
World Cup
Seasons15 – (2004–2018)
Wins9 – (8 SL, 1 SC)
Podiums18 – (15 SL, 3 SC)
Overall titles0 – (5th – 2009)
Discipline titles1 – (SL – 2009)
Medal record
Men's alpine skiing
Representing  France
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2011 Garmisch Slalom
Gold medal – first place 2015 Beaver Creek Slalom
Bronze medal – third place 2007 Åre Slalom

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
2006 21 76 40  —  —  — 22
2007 22 29 10  —  —  — 17
2008 23 8 2 26  —  — 4
2009 24 5 1 11  —  — 6
2010 25 56 29 31  —  — 22
2011 26 16 2 42  —  —  —
2012 27 34 22 17  —  —  —
2013 28 69 23  —  —  —  —
2014 29 32 8  —  —  —  —
2015 30 42 13  —  —  —  —
2016 31 61 19  —  —  —  —
2017 32 60 20  —  —  —  —
2018 33 53 21  —  —  —  —
2019 34 63 22  —  —  —  —
2020 35 73 17  —  —  —  —
2021 36 59 19  —  —  —  —
  • Standings through 21 March 2021

Season titles

Season Discipline
2009 Slalom

Race podiums

  • 9 wins – (8 SL, 1 AC)
  • 18 podiums – (15 SL, 3 AC)
Season Date Location Discipline Place
2008 29 Nov 2007 United States Beaver Creek, USA Super combined 2nd
17 Dec 2007 Italy Alta Badia, Italy Slalom 1st
11 Jan 2008  Switzerland  Wengen, Switzerland Super combined 1st
12 Jan 2008 Slalom 1st
20 Jan 2008 Austria Kitzbühel, Austria Slalom 1st
22 Jan 2008 Austria Schladming, Austria Slalom 2nd
2009 16 Nov 2008 Finland Levi, Finland Slalom 1st
12 Dec 2008 France Val-d'Isère, France Super combined 2nd
22 Dec 2008 Italy Alta Badia, Italy Slalom 2nd
6 Jan 2009 Croatia Zagreb, Croatia Slalom 1st
25 Jan 2009 Austria Kitzbühel, Austria Slalom 2nd
14 Mar 2009 Sweden Åre, Sweden Slalom 3rd
2010 15 Nov 2009 Finland Levi, Finland Slalom 3rd
2011 14 Nov 2010 Slalom 1st
16 Jan 2011  Switzerland  Wengen, Switzerland Slalom 3rd
23 Jan 2011 Austria Kitzbühel, Austria Slalom 1st
25 Jan 2011 Austria Schladming, Austria Slalom 1st
27 Feb 2011 Bulgaria Bansko, Bulgaria Slalom 3rd

World Championship results

  Year    Age   Slalom   Giant 
 slalom 		 Super-G Downhill Combined
2007 22 3 14 — — —
2009 24 DNF2 7 — — DNF2
2011 26 1 — — — —
2013 28 12 — — — —
2015 30 1 — — — —
2017 32 23 — — — —

Olympic results

  Year    Age   Slalom   Giant 
 slalom 		 Super-G Downhill Combined
2006 21 DNF2 — — — 13
2010 25 injured: did not compete
2014 29 DNF2 — — — —
2018 33 DNF1 — — — —

References

  1. ^ "Former world slalom champion Jean-Baptiste Grange to retire". 5 March 2021.
  2. ^ Ski Racing.com – Grange will miss Olympics – 10 December 2009.
  3. ^ Ski Racing.com – J-B Grange wins first French World slalom title in 26 years – 20 February 2011.