Vanessa Vidal (born 21 December 1974) is a former alpine skier from

France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pac ...

, who competed in the

2002 Winter Olympics The 2002 Winter Olympics, officially the XIX Olympic Winter Games and commonly known as Salt Lake 2002 ( arp, Niico'ooowu' 2002; Gosiute Shoshoni: ''Tit'-so-pi 2002''; nv, Sooléí 2002; Shoshoni: ''Soónkahni 2002''), was an internation ...

and

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 ...

. She is the sister of former Olympic slalom champion

Jean-Pierre Vidal Jean-Pierre Vidal (born 24 February 1977 in Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, Savoie) is a French alpine skiing, alpine skier. As a young skier, he focused mainly on downhill. After hurting his knee, however, he decided to go for slalom. ...

and the niece of former alpine skiers Jean-Noël Augert and

Jean-Pierre Augert Jean-Pierre Augert (13 January 1946 — 15 February 1976) was a French alpine skier who competed in the 1968 Winter Olympics The 1968 Winter Olympics, officially known as the X Olympic Winter Games (french: Les Xes Jeux olympiques d'hiver), we ...

Career

Vidal, born in Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne,

Savoie Savoie (; Arpitan: ''Savouè'' or ''Savouè-d'Avâl''; English: ''Savoy'' ) is a department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region, Southeastern France. Located in the French Alps, its prefecture is Chambéry. In 2019, Savoie had a population of ...

, made her debut in the

Alpine Ski World Cup The FIS Alpine Ski World Cup is the top international circuit of alpine skiing competitions, launched in 1966 by a group of ski racing friends and experts which included French journalist Serge Lang and the alpine ski team directors from France ( ...

during the 1994–95 season, and was classified 104th overall. She won her first major championship in 1997, when she won the combined category of the French National Championship. Vidal's best World Cup finish came in the 1999–2000 season, when she was classified 35th; she also took a career-best fourth at Bormio during this season, in the slalom. She was ranked seventh in the

, and 26th in the

. In 2006, she won the slalom category of the French National Championship.

References

1974 births Living people French female alpine skiers Olympic alpine skiers of France Alpine skiers at the 2002 Winter Olympics Alpine skiers at the 2006 Winter Olympics People from Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne Sportspeople from Savoie {{france-alpine-skiing-bio-stub