Yannick Buffet (born December 23, 1979) 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 ...

. Buffet was born in

La Rivière-Enverse La Rivière-Enverse is a commune in the Haute-Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France. See also *Communes of the Haute-Savoie department The following is a list of the 279 Communes of France, communes of ...

. He is member of the ''Praz Montagne'' and has been member of the French national selection since 2007. He lives in Praz sur Arly.

Selected results

* 2007: ** 3rd, European Championship relay race (together with

Bertrand Blanc Bertrand Blanc (born 29 October 1973) is a French ski mountaineer. Blanc is born in Bourg-Saint-Maurice. He started ski mountaineering in 1992 and competed first at the Pierra Menta race in 1994. He has been member of the national team since 200 ...

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 ...

and

Fabien Anselmet Fabien Anselmet (born 12 November 1960) is a French ski mountaineer and skiing instructor. Selected results * 2007: ** 1st, ''Trace de Vaugel'' A course (together with Sébastien Baud) ** 3rd, European Championship relay race (together with Y ...

) ** 7th, European Championship team race (together with Bertrand Blanc) * 2008: ** 6th,

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, ...

** 9th (and 7th in the "international men" ranking),

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 ...

(together with Philippe Blanc and

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) * ...

) * 2009: ** 1st, European Championship single race ** 1st, European Championship combination ranking ** 3rd, European Championship

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 ...

** 3rd,

Dachstein Xtreme Hoher Dachstein () is a strongly karstic mountain in central Austria and the second-highest mountain in the Northern Limestone Alps. It is situated at the border of Upper Austria and Styria, and is the highest point in each of those states. Pa ...

** 4th, European Championship team race (together with

Grégory Gachet Grégory Gachet (born 9 December 1976) is a French ski mountaineer. Gachet was born in Beaufort, Savoie. He is member of the ''Club Multisports Arêches-Beaufort'' and has been member of the national selection since 2002. In 2011, he married Ga ...

) * 2011: ** 2nd,

vertical race ** 3rd, World Championship single race ** 3rd, World Championship relay, 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 ...

, Xavier Gachet and

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 ...

** 4th, World Championship vertical, combined ranking * 2012: ** 2nd, European Championship vertical race ** 2nd, European Championship team, together with

Mathéo Jacquemoud Mathéo Jacquemoud (born July 17, 1990) is a French ski mountaineer. He is member of the ''Team Ecrins Hautes-Alpes'' and member of the French national team of ski mountaineering. He also competes in mountain running. Selected results * 2012: ...

** 2nd, European Championship relay, 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, ...

, Valentin Favre and William Bon Mardion ** 7th, World Championship vertical, combined ranking

Pierra Menta

* 2009: 3rd, together with

Florent Perrier Florent Perrier (born 26 June 1973) is a French ski mountaineer. Perrier was born in Arêches, where he is member of the ''Club Multisports Arêches-Beaufort''. In 2004, he joined the French national selection. In 2008, he was president of the ...

* 2012: 6th, together with

Yannick Ecoeur Yannick Ecoeur (born 23 August 1981) is a Swiss ski mountaineer and mountain runner. Ecoeur was born in Martigny VS. He started ski mountaineering in 2003 and has been member of the national team since 2005. At the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics he a ...

''Pierra Menta 2012''
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External links

Yannick Buffet
at ''skimountaineering.org''

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Buffet, Yannick 1979 births Living people French male ski mountaineers Sportspeople from Haute-Savoie