Mathieu Razanakolona (born 2 August 1986) is a Malagasy- Canadian alpine skier, born to a Quebecois mother and a father from Madagascar, currently residing in Canada. He competes in both

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and

giant slalom Giant slalom (GS) is an alpine skiing and alpine snowboarding discipline. It involves skiing between sets of poles ("gates") spaced at a greater distance from each other than in slalom but less than in Super-G. Giant slalom and slalom make up t ...

races. In January 2006 he made his debut in the Alpine skiing World Cup in Schladming, Austria, but he was disqualified from this competition. He was Madagascar's only representative at the

2006 Winter Olympics The 2006 Winter Olympics, officially the XX Olympic Winter Games ( it, XX Giochi olimpici invernali) and also known as Torino 2006, were a winter multi-sport event held from 10 to 26 February 2006 in Turin, Italy. This marked the second t ...

, and their first ever Winter Olympics representative. The

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gave him a wildcard entry into the 2006 Winter Olympics.

References

External links

rAzAlpin.org

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1986 births Living people Malagasy male alpine skiers Canadian male alpine skiers Skiers from Montreal Alpine skiers at the 2006 Winter Olympics Olympic alpine skiers for Madagascar Malagasy people of Canadian descent Canadian people of Malagasy descent {{Madagascar-sport-bio-stub