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{{Infobox alpine ski racer , name = Antoine Dénériaz , image = Antoine Deneriaz.JPG , image_size = , caption = , disciplines = Downhill, Super G,
Combined , birth_date = {{birth-date and age, 6 March 1976 , birth_place = Bonneville, Haute-Savoie, France , height = 1.89 m , wcdebut = 15 December
1996 1996 was designated as: * International Year for the Eradication of Poverty Events January * January 8 – A Zairean cargo plane crashes into a crowded market in the center of the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...
(age 20) , retired =
2007 2007 was designated as the International Heliophysical Year and the International Polar Year. Events January * January 1 **Bulgaria and Romania 2007 enlargement of the European Union, join the European Union, while Slovenia joins the Eur ...
(age 31) , website = , olympicteams = 2 – (
2002 The effects of the September 11 attacks of the previous year had a significant impact on the affairs of 2002. The war on terror was a major political focus. Without settled international law, several nations engaged in anti-terror operation ...
,
2006 2006 was designated as the International Year of Deserts and Desertification. Events January * January 1– 4 – Russia temporarily cuts shipment of natural gas to Ukraine during a price dispute. * January 12 – A stampede during t ...
) , olympicmedals = 1 , olympicgolds = 1 , worldsteams = 3 – (
1999 1999 was designated as the International Year of Older Persons. Events January * January 1 – The euro currency is established and the European Central Bank assumes its full powers. * January 3 – The Mars Polar Lander is launc ...
,
2003 2003 was designated by the United Nations as the International Year of Fresh water, Freshwater. In 2003, a Multi-National Force – Iraq, United States-led coalition 2003 invasion of Iraq, invaded Iraq, starting the Iraq War. Demographic ...
,
2007 2007 was designated as the International Heliophysical Year and the International Polar Year. Events January * January 1 **Bulgaria and Romania 2007 enlargement of the European Union, join the European Union, while Slovenia joins the Eur ...
) , worldsmedals = 0 , worldsgolds = , wcseasons = 9 – (
1999 1999 was designated as the International Year of Older Persons. Events January * January 1 – The euro currency is established and the European Central Bank assumes its full powers. * January 3 – The Mars Polar Lander is launc ...
–
2007 2007 was designated as the International Heliophysical Year and the International Polar Year. Events January * January 1 **Bulgaria and Romania 2007 enlargement of the European Union, join the European Union, while Slovenia joins the Eur ...
) , wcwins = 3 – (3 DH) , wcpodiums = 6 – (6 DH) , wcoveralls = 0 – ''(20th in
2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and Its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 60 ...
)'' , wctitles = 0 – ''(6th in DH,
2003 2003 was designated by the United Nations as the International Year of Fresh water, Freshwater. In 2003, a Multi-National Force – Iraq, United States-led coalition 2003 invasion of Iraq, invaded Iraq, starting the Iraq War. Demographic ...
)'' , medals = , show-medals = yes , medaltemplates = {{MedalSport , Men's
alpine skiing Alpine skiing, or downhill skiing, is the pastime of sliding down snow-covered slopes on skis with fixed-heel Ski binding, bindings, unlike other types of skiing (Cross-country skiing, cross-country, Telemark skiing, Telemark, or ski jumping) ...
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Olympic Games The modern Olympic Games (Olympics; ) are the world's preeminent international Olympic sports, sporting events. They feature summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a Multi-s ...
{{MedalGold, 2006 Turin, Downhill Antoine Dénériaz (born 6 March 1976 in Bonneville, Haute-Savoie) is a retired French
World Cup A world cup is a global sporting competition in which the participant entities – usually international teams or individuals representing their countries – compete for the title of world champion. The event most associated with the name is ...
alpine ski racer. He specialized in the speed events of downhill and
super-G Super giant slalom, or super-G, is a racing discipline of alpine skiing. Along with the faster downhill, it is regarded as a "speed" event, in contrast to the technical events giant slalom and slalom. It debuted as an official World Cup event ...
and is an Olympic gold medalist. Dénériaz had three World Cup wins and six podiums, all in downhill. His first two podiums were both victories, at Val Gardena and
Kvitfjell Kvitfjell () is a ski resort in Norway, located in the municipality of Ringebu. Developed for the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, it is one of the most modern resorts in the world, with snowmaking on 80% of the alpine pistes. Based near ...
, during the
2003 2003 was designated by the United Nations as the International Year of Fresh water, Freshwater. In 2003, a Multi-National Force – Iraq, United States-led coalition 2003 invasion of Iraq, invaded Iraq, starting the Iraq War. Demographic ...
season.{{cite news , url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=uU5WAAAAIBAJ&sjid=0usDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5478%2C5727088 , work=Eugene Register-Guard , location=(Oregon) , title=World Cup: men's downhill , date=December 22, 2002 , page=10C{{cite news , url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=L1RWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=_-sDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2585%2C2985366 , work=Eugene Register-Guard , location=(Oregon) , agency=wire services , title=Deneriaz beats Eberharter , date=March 13, 2003 , page=E2 He won his Olympic gold medal in the downhill at the
2006 Winter Olympics The 2006 Winter Olympics (), officially the XX Olympic Winter Games () and also known as Torino 2006, were a winter multi-sport event held from 10 to 26 February in Turin, Italy. This marked the second time Italy had hosted the Winter O ...
in Turin, Italy, trailed by Austrian
Michael Walchhofer Michael Walchhofer (born 28 April 1975) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from Austria. Biography Walchhofer was born in Radstadt, Salzburg, Austria, and started his career in slalom, but then moved over to the speed events. During his c ...
and Swiss Bruno Kernen.{{cite news , url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=rtNYAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ivADAAAAIBAJ&pg=6718%2C2770296 , work=Eugene Register-Guard , location=(Oregon) , last=Fendrich , first=Howard , agency=Associated Press , title=Sacré bleu! Deneriaz springs surprise , date=February 13, 2006 , page=D5{{cite news , url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=cLszAAAAIBAJ&sjid=IPMDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6444%2C3014310 , work=Spokesman-Review , location=(Spokane, Washington) , agency=wire services , title=Olympic report: Alpine skiing, date=February 13, 2006 , page=C3 He also competed in the
super-G Super giant slalom, or super-G, is a racing discipline of alpine skiing. Along with the faster downhill, it is regarded as a "speed" event, in contrast to the technical events giant slalom and slalom. It debuted as an official World Cup event ...
, where he placed eleventh.{{cite news , url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=tNNYAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ivADAAAAIBAJ&pg=5574%2C4198950 , work=Eugene Register-Guard , location=(Oregon) , title=Alpine skiing: men's super-G , date=February 19, 2006 , page=D9{{cite web, url=https://sports.yahoo.com/olympics/torino2006/fra/Antoine+Deneriaz/602306 , title=Antoine Deneriaz , work=2006 Winter Olympics profile , publisher=
Yahoo! Sports Yahoo! Sports is a sports news website launched by Yahoo! on December 8, 1997. It receives a majority of its information from Stats Perform. It employs numerous writers, and has team pages for teams in almost every North American major sport. ...
, accessdate=2006-12-29 , archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121010035432/http://sports.yahoo.com/olympics/torino2006/fra/Antoine%2BDeneriaz/602306 , archivedate=2012-10-10 , url-status=dead Dénériaz's hometown is Morillon, an alpine village not far from
Mont Blanc Mont Blanc (, ) is a mountain in the Alps, rising above sea level, located right at the Franco-Italian border. It is the highest mountain in Europe outside the Caucasus Mountains, the second-most prominent mountain in Europe (after Mount E ...
. He is married to former
New Zealand New Zealand () is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and List of islands of New Zealand, over 600 smaller islands. It is the List of isla ...
alpine ski racer Claudia Riegler.


World Cup results


Season standings

{, class=wikitable style="text-align:center" ! Season !! Age !! Overall !! Slalom !! Giant
slalom !! Super-G !! Downhill !! Combined , - ,
1999 1999 was designated as the International Year of Older Persons. Events January * January 1 – The euro currency is established and the European Central Bank assumes its full powers. * January 3 – The Mars Polar Lander is launc ...
, , ''22'', , 45 , , — , , — , , 36 , , 21 , , 14 , - ,
2000 2000 was designated as the International Year for the Culture of Peace and the World Mathematics, Mathematical Year. Popular culture holds the year 2000 as the first year of the 21st century and the 3rd millennium, because of a tende ...
, , ''23'', , 71 , , — , , — , , — , , 34 , , 10 , - ,
2001 The year's most prominent event was the September 11 attacks against the United States by al-Qaeda, which Casualties of the September 11 attacks, killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror. The United States led a Participan ...
, , ''24'', , 109 , , — , , — , , — , , 47 , , — , - ,
2002 The effects of the September 11 attacks of the previous year had a significant impact on the affairs of 2002. The war on terror was a major political focus. Without settled international law, several nations engaged in anti-terror operation ...
, , ''25'', , 41 , , — , , — , , — , , 18 , , 14 , - ,
2003 2003 was designated by the United Nations as the International Year of Fresh water, Freshwater. In 2003, a Multi-National Force – Iraq, United States-led coalition 2003 invasion of Iraq, invaded Iraq, starting the Iraq War. Demographic ...
, , ''26'', , 25 , , — , , — , , 51 , , 6 , , — , - ,
2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and Its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 60 ...
, , ''27'', , 20 , , — , , — , , 47 , , 7 , , — , - ,
2005 2005 was designated as the International Year for Sport and Physical Education and the International Year of Microcredit. The beginning of 2005 also marked the end of the International Decade of the World's Indigenous Peoples, Internationa ...
, , ''28'', , 40 , , — , , — , , 33 , , 17 , , — , - ,
2006 2006 was designated as the International Year of Deserts and Desertification. Events January * January 1– 4 – Russia temporarily cuts shipment of natural gas to Ukraine during a price dispute. * January 12 – A stampede during t ...
, , ''29'', , 45 , , — , , — , , 28 , , 20 , , — , - ,
2007 2007 was designated as the International Heliophysical Year and the International Polar Year. Events January * January 1 **Bulgaria and Romania 2007 enlargement of the European Union, join the European Union, while Slovenia joins the Eur ...
, , ''30'', , 71 , , — , , — , , 16 , , 55 , , —


Race podiums

*3 wins – (3 DH) *6 podiums – (6 DH) {, class=wikitable style="text-align:center" , - ! Season ! Date ! Location ! Discipline ! Place , - , rowspan=2,
2003 2003 was designated by the United Nations as the International Year of Fresh water, Freshwater. In 2003, a Multi-National Force – Iraq, United States-led coalition 2003 invasion of Iraq, invaded Iraq, starting the Iraq War. Demographic ...
, , align=right bgcolor="#BOEOE6" , 21 Dec 2002 , , align=left, {{flagicon, ITA Val Gardena, Italy , , bgcolor="#BOEOE6", Downhill , , bgcolor="#BOEOE6" , 1 , - , align=right bgcolor="#BOEOE6", 12 Mar 2003 , , align=left, {{flagicon, NOR{{nnbsp
Kvitfjell Kvitfjell () is a ski resort in Norway, located in the municipality of Ringebu. Developed for the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, it is one of the most modern resorts in the world, with snowmaking on 80% of the alpine pistes. Based near ...
, Norway , , bgcolor="#BOEOE6", Downhill , , bgcolor="#BOEOE6" , 1 , - , rowspan=3,
2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and Its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 60 ...
, , align=29 Nov 2003 , , align=left, {{flagicon, CAN Lake Louise, Canada , , Downhill , , 3 , - , align=right bgcolor="#BOEOE6", 20 Dec 2003 , , align=left, {{flagicon, ITA Val Gardena, Italy , , bgcolor="#BOEOE6" , Downhill , , bgcolor="#BOEOE6" , 1 , - , align=12 Mar 2003 , , align=left, {{flagicon, NOR{{nnbsp Kvitfjell, Norway , , align=center, Downhill , , 3 , - ,
2005 2005 was designated as the International Year for Sport and Physical Education and the International Year of Microcredit. The beginning of 2005 also marked the end of the International Decade of the World's Indigenous Peoples, Internationa ...
, , align=27 Nov 2004 , , align=left, {{flagicon, CAN Lake Louise, Canada , , Downhill , , 2


World Championship results

{, class=wikitable style="text-align:center" !   Year   !!  Age  !!  Slalom  !!  Giant 
 Slalom  !! Super G !! Downhill !! Combined , - ,
1999 1999 was designated as the International Year of Older Persons. Events January * January 1 – The euro currency is established and the European Central Bank assumes its full powers. * January 3 – The Mars Polar Lander is launc ...
, , ''22'' , , — , , — , , — , , 21 , , — , - ,
2001 The year's most prominent event was the September 11 attacks against the United States by al-Qaeda, which Casualties of the September 11 attacks, killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror. The United States led a Participan ...
, , ''24'' , , — , , — , , — , , — , , — , - ,
2003 2003 was designated by the United Nations as the International Year of Fresh water, Freshwater. In 2003, a Multi-National Force – Iraq, United States-led coalition 2003 invasion of Iraq, invaded Iraq, starting the Iraq War. Demographic ...
, , ''26'' , , — , , — , , — , , 8 , , — , - ,
2005 2005 was designated as the International Year for Sport and Physical Education and the International Year of Microcredit. The beginning of 2005 also marked the end of the International Decade of the World's Indigenous Peoples, Internationa ...
, , ''28'' , , — , , — , , — , , — , , — , - ,
2007 2007 was designated as the International Heliophysical Year and the International Polar Year. Events January * January 1 **Bulgaria and Romania 2007 enlargement of the European Union, join the European Union, while Slovenia joins the Eur ...
, , ''30'' , , — , , — , , 29 , , 33 , , —


Olympic results

{, class=wikitable style="text-align:center" !   Year   !!  Age  !!  Slalom  !!  Giant 
 Slalom  !! Super G !! Downhill !! Combined , - ,
2002 The effects of the September 11 attacks of the previous year had a significant impact on the affairs of 2002. The war on terror was a major political focus. Without settled international law, several nations engaged in anti-terror operation ...
, , ''25'' , , — , , — , , — , , 12 , , 21 , - ,
2006 2006 was designated as the International Year of Deserts and Desertification. Events January * January 1– 4 – Russia temporarily cuts shipment of natural gas to Ukraine during a price dispute. * January 12 – A stampede during t ...
, , ''29'' , , — , , — , , 11 , , style="background:gold;", 1 , , —


References

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External links

* {{FIS alpine skier, 13203
Antoine Dénériaz
World Cup standings at the International Ski Federation * {{Ski-DB, antoine_deneriaz_fra_dnran * {{SR/Olympics profile {{Footer Olympic Champions Downhill Men {{Authority control {{DEFAULTSORT:Deneriaz, Antoine 1976 births Living people People from Bonneville, Haute-Savoie French male alpine skiers Olympic alpine skiers for France Alpine skiers at the 2002 Winter Olympics Alpine skiers at the 2006 Winter Olympics Olympic gold medalists for France Olympic medalists in alpine skiing Medalists at the 2006 Winter Olympics Skiers from Haute-Savoie {{France-alpine-skiing-bio-stub {{France-Winter-Olympic-medalist-stub