Bertrand Blanc (born 29 October 1973) is a French

ski mountaineer Ski mountaineering (abbreviated to skimo) is a skiing discipline that involves climbing mountains either on skis or carrying them, depending on the steepness of the ascent, and then descending on skis. There are two major categories of equipmen ...

. Blanc is born in

Bourg-Saint-Maurice Bourg-Saint-Maurice (; Arpitan: ''Bôrg-Sant-Mori'' or simply ''Le Bôrg''), popularly known as Bourg, is a commune in the Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in Southeastern France. Located on the Italian border south of Cham ...

. He started ski mountaineering in 1992 and competed first at the

Pierra Menta The Pierra Menta has been an annual competition of ski mountaineering at Arêches-Beaufort in the region of Beaufort, Savoie south-eastern France since 1986. The Pierra Menta is one of the three best known races of the Alps (''les grandes trois de ...

race in 1994. He has been member of the national team since 2000.

Selected results

* 2001: ** 4th, European Championship team race (together with Cyril Champange) * 2002: ** 4th,

World Championship A world championship is generally an international competition open to elite competitors from around the world, representing their nations, and winning such an event will be considered the highest or near highest achievement in the sport, game, ...

team race (together with Cyril Champange) ** 7th, World Championship combination ranking * 2003: ** 7th, European Championship team race (together with Cyril Champange) * 2005: ** 4th, European Championship team race (together with

Vincent Meilleur Vincent Meilleur (born 6 May 1974) is a French ski mountaineer. He was born in Moûtier.''Vincent Meilleur'' i''Le ski-alpinisme'' Selected results * 1998: ** 2nd, European Cup ** 2nd, ''Grand Béal'' race ** 3rd, French Championship * 1999: ...

) ** 4th, European Championship relay race (together with

Florent Perrier Florent Perrier (born 26 June 1973) is a French ski mountaineer. Perrier was born in Arêches, where he is member of the ''Club Multisports Arêches-Beaufort''. In 2004, he joined the French national selection. In 2008, he was president of the ...

, Grégory Gachet and

Tony Sbalbi Tony Sbalbi AKA "Tony the tiger" (born 4 September 1969) is a French ski mountaineer and non-commissioned officer of the ''chasseurs alpins'' corps. Sbalbi was born in Aix-en-Provence. He attended the ''Lycée Jean Raynouard'' in Brignoles. At th ...

) ** 8th, European Championship single race * 2007: ** 3rd, European Championship relay race (together with

Yannick Buffet Yannick Buffet (born December 23, 1979) is a French ski mountaineer. Buffet was born in La Rivière-Enverse. He is member of the ''Praz Montagne'' and has been member of the French national selection since 2007. He lives in Praz sur Arly. Se ...

, Tony Sbalbi and

Fabien Anselmet Fabien Anselmet (born 12 November 1960) is a French ski mountaineer and skiing instructor. Selected results * 2007: ** 1st, ''Trace de Vaugel'' A course (together with Sébastien Baud) ** 3rd, European Championship relay race (together with Y ...

) ** 7th, European Championship team race (together with Yannick Buffet)

Pierra Menta

* 1999: 10th, together with Cyril Champange * 2000: 9th, together with Cyril Champange * 2001: 6th, together with Cyril Champange * 2002: 5th, together with Cyril Champange * 2003: 4th, together with Cyril Champange * 2004: 7th, together with Cyril Champange * 2006: 5th, together with Vincent Meilleur * 2007: 3rd, together with

Alexandre Pellicier Alexandre Pellicier (born 9 December 1981) is a French ski mountaineer. Pellicier is born in the Tarentaise Valley and lives in Albertville. He started ski mountaineering in 1998 and competed first at Pierra Menta "juniors" race in the same year ...

Trofeo Mezzalama

* 2003: 7th, together with

Grégory Gachet Grégory Gachet (born 9 December 1976) is a French ski mountaineer. Gachet was born in Beaufort, Savoie. He is member of the ''Club Multisports Arêches-Beaufort'' and has been member of the national selection since 2002. In 2011, he married Ga ...

and Cyril Champange

Patrouille des Glaciers

* 2008: 2nd, together with Florent Perrier and Grégory Gachet

External links

Bertrand Blanc
at ''skimountaineering.org'' {{DEFAULTSORT:Blanc, Bertrand 1973 births Living people French male ski mountaineers People from Bourg-Saint-Maurice Sportspeople from Savoie