Anne-Sophie Barthet (born 23 February 1988) is a French

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alpine ski racer and soldier. She competed for France at four

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and five

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. Born in

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, Barthet made her World Cup debut at age 17 in October 2005. Her best Olympic result is fourteenth in the giant slalom in

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. She has eleven top tens on the World Cup (six in slalom, four in combined, and one in giant slalom), with her best result being a third place podium finish in combined at

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In the downhill at

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in December 2007, Barthet dislocated her knee in a heavy fall, and was out of competition for eleven months.

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, she was injured in a fall twenty minutes prior to the

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, and fractured her

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, which kept her out of competition for eight months. Barthet was selected for the 2019 World Championships, despite not obtaining a result from her two

starts in late January; she secured a start in the combined competition after a victory in a combined race on the Europa Cup circuit in early December. In an interview at the World Championships, she said that they would be her last, although she had not decided the exact date of her retirement.

World Cup results

Season standings

Race podiums

* 1 podium – (1 SC); 11 top tens

World Championship results

Olympic results

References

External links

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Anne-Sophie Barthet
World Cup standings at the International Ski Federation *
French Ski Team – 2019 women's A team

Anne Sophie Barthet
at Head Skis * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Barthet, Anne-Sophie 1988 births Living people French female alpine skiers Olympic alpine skiers for France Alpine skiers at the 2006 Winter Olympics Alpine skiers at the 2010 Winter Olympics Alpine skiers at the 2014 Winter Olympics Universiade medalists in alpine skiing Sportspeople from Toulouse Universiade silver medalists for France Medalists at the 2009 Winter Universiade