Thomas Mermillod-Blondin (born 3 January 1984) is a former

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alpine ski racer from

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. Born in

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, Haute-Savoie, he primarily competed in

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, but his best results were in the

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event: he took five of his six World Cup podiums in combined, with the other coming in super-G. Mermillod-Blondin made his World Cup debut in 2007 and represented France at the

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in Vancouver and the 2011 World Championships. He made a total of 179 World Cup starts in his career. In February 2019 Mermillod-Blondin announced that he would retire from competition following a combined race in

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that month.

World Cup results

Season standings

World Cup podiums

*6 podiums – (4 SC, 1 K, 1 SG)

World Championship results

Olympic results

References

External links

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Thomas Mermillod Blondin
World Cup standings at the International Ski Federation * * *
French Ski Team – 2016 men's A team

at Rossignol.com 1984 births French male alpine skiers Alpine skiers at the 2010 Winter Olympics Alpine skiers at the 2014 Winter Olympics Alpine skiers at the 2018 Winter Olympics Olympic alpine skiers of France Living people Université Savoie-Mont Blanc alumni Sportspeople from Annecy {{France-alpine-skiing-bio-stub