Nicolas Bonnet (born 6 November 1984) 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 ...

runner Running is a method of terrestrial locomotion allowing humans and other animals to move rapidly on foot. Running is a type of gait characterized by an aerial phase in which all feet are above the ground (though there are exceptions). This is ...

mountain guide A mountain guide is a specially trained and experienced professional mountaineer who is certified by local authorities or mountain guide associations. They are considered to be high-level experts in mountaineering, and are hired to instruct or ...

and coach of the national team. Bonnet was born in

Briançon Briançon (, ) is the sole Subprefectures in France, subprefecture of the Hautes-Alpes Departments of France, department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Regions of France, region in Southeastern France. It is the highest city in France at an a ...

. He started

ski mountaineering 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 ...

in 1998 and competed first in 2002. He holds several national titles in different age classes. In 2006, he was also 2006 "junior" class World champion of

vertical race A Vertical Race is a special kind of ski mountaineering without the typical downhill skiing after ascending. At the mountain running and climbing passages the runners have to carry their skis in their backpacks. Vertical Races for women and men are ...

, and placed 1st in the "junior" class at the

Patrouille des Glaciers The Patrouille des Glaciers (PDG) is a ski mountaineering race organised every two years by the Swiss Armed Forces, in which military and civilian teams compete. It takes place once every two years at the end of April, in the south part of the ca ...

as well as at the short distance race of 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 ...

. On 12 April 2007 he broke his own course record on the

Pelvoux Pelvoux (; Vivaro-Alpine: ''Pelvós'') is a former commune in the Hautes-Alpes department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France. On 1 January 2017, it was merged into the new commune Vallouise-Pelvoux. Pelvoux bid to ...

course with a total time of 3 hours 18 minutes. Together with the Germans

Benedikt Böhm Benedikt "Bene" Böhm (born 15 August 1977 in Munich) is a German Ski mountaineering, extreme ski mountaineer and Extreme skiing, extreme skier. Together with Sebastian Haag he keeps the records in speed ski mountaineering at the Muztagata and th ...

and Sebastian Haag he planned a speed ski mountaineering tour on the

Manaslu Manaslu ( ne, मनास्लु, also known as Kutang; muh-NAA-slu) is the eighth-highest mountain in the world at above sea level. It is in the Mansiri Himal, part of the Nepalese Himalayas, in the west-central part of Nepal. The name Mana ...

,''Temporausch am Manaslu''
(German), Mountain2B, September 4, 2007. but had to withdraw due to the bad weather conditions and danger of avalanches.''Die geplante Speedbegehung erstickte auf 7400 Metern im Schnee...''
(German), Bergsteigen.at, October 16, 2007. He is member of the ''Team Ecrins Hautes-Alpes'' and belongs to the national selection since 2007.Equipe de France de ski-alpinisme - Bonnet Nicolas
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Selected results

* 2008: ** 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, ...

relay race (together with

Martial Premat Martial Premat (born 24 February 1977) is a French ski mountaineer. Selected results * 2006: ** 7TH, World Championship team race (together with Didier Blanc) * 2007: ** 8TH, European Championship team race (together with Fabien Anselmet) * ...

Sébastien Perrier Sébastien Perrier (born 19 March 1987) is a French ski mountaineer. Selected results * 2008: ** 4th, World Championship, relay, together with Nicolas Bonnet, Martial Premat and Adrien Piccot

and Adrien Piccot) ** 10th, World Championship team race (together with Martial Premat) * 2009: ** 5th, European Championship relay race (together with

Didier Blanc Didier Blanc (born 7 June 1984) is a French ski mountaineer. Selected results * 2006: ** 7th, World Championship team race (together with Martial Premat) * 2008: ** 6th, World Championship team race (together with Patrick Blanc) ** 6th (and 5th ...

, Martial Premat 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 ...

) ** 7th,

(together with

William Bon Mardion William Bon Mardion (born 4 October 1983) is a French ski mountaineer. Bon Mardion was born and lives in Arêches where he is member of the ''Club Multisports Arêches-Beaufort''. He started ski mountaineering in 1998. He competed first as a mem ...

) * 2011: ** 6th,

team race (together with

Alexis Sévennec-Verdier Alexis Sévennec-Verdier (born April 8, 1987) from La Tour-du-Pin is a French ski mountaineer and skyrunner. Selected results * 2011: ** 6th, World Championship, team, together with Nicolas Bonnet * 2012: ** 2nd, European Championship relay, ...

) ** 8th, World Championship sprint

References

External links

Nicolas Bonnet
at skimountaineering.org {{DEFAULTSORT:Bonnet, Nicolas 1984 births Living people French male ski mountaineers Alpine guides People from Briançon Sportspeople from Hautes-Alpes