Nicolas Burtin (born 15 January 1972 in

Bonneville, Haute-Savoie Bonneville (; ) is a subprefecture of the Haute-Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in Eastern France. In 2018, the commune had a population of 12,557. Geography Bonneville is on the A40 autoroute, roughly halfway between Ge ...

) is a former French

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. Burtin was a member of the French national team from 1992, and took part in 98

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races in his career, of which 84 were

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, 13

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plus one

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. He also competed at the

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and the

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. The only victory of his career came in March 1998, when he finished first in the downhill at

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. He also had three second-places. At the

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at Kvitfjell in 1994 he came in seventh place. He took part in his last race in January 2006. Nicolas' younger brother, Raphaël, is also a French national team Alpine skier.

World Cup wins

References

1972 births Living people People from Bonneville, Haute-Savoie French male alpine skiers Olympic alpine skiers for France Alpine skiers at the 1994 Winter Olympics Alpine skiers at the 1998 Winter Olympics Sportspeople from Haute-Savoie Skiers from Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes 20th-century French people {{France-alpine-skiing-bio-stub