Clara Direz
_(cropped).jpg) Direz in 2024 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 5 April 1995 Sallanches, France[1] |
| Occupation | Alpine skier |
| Height | 166 cm (5 ft 5 in) |
| Weight | 59 kg (130 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Country |  France |
| Skiing career | |
| Disciplines | Giant slalom |
| World Cup debut | 26 January 2013 (aged 17) |
| Olympics | |
| Teams | 2 – (2022, 2026) |
| Medals | 0 |
| World Championships | |
| Teams | 3 – (2019, 2023, 2025) |
| Medals | 0 |
| World Cup | |
| Seasons | 13 – (2013–2020, 2022–2026) |
| Wins | 1 – (1 PG) |
| Podiums | 1 – (1 PG) |
| Overall titles | 0 – (36th in 2020) |
| Discipline titles | 0 – (2nd in PAR, 2020) |
Clara Direz (born 5 April 1995) is a French World Cup alpine ski racer, a giant slalom specialist.[2]
Career
In January 2013, Direz made her World Cup debut in the giant slalom at Maribor, Slovenia. In January 2020, she scored her first World Cup win and achieved her first podium in the Parallel giant slalom in Sestriere, Italy.
World Cup results
Season standings
| Season | ||||||||
| Age | Overall | Slalom | Giant Slalom |
Super G | Downhill | Combined | Parallel | |
| 2016 | 20 | 102 | — | 42 | — | — | — | — |
| 2017 | 21 | no World Cup points earned | ||||||
| 2018 | 22 | 128 | — | 54 | — | — | — | — |
| 2019 | 23 | 101 | — | 39 | — | — | — | — |
| 2020 | 24 | 36 | — | 18 | — | — | — | 2 |
| 2021 | 25 | injured – did not compete | ||||||
| 2022 | 26 | 91 | — | 40 | — | — | N/a | 22 |
| 2023 | 27 | 96 | — | 41 | — | — | N/a | |
| 2024 | 28 | 46 | — | 16 | — | — | ||
| 2025 | 29 | 95 | — | 38 | — | — | ||
| 2026 | 30 | 67 | — | 26 | — | — | ||
- Standings through 31 January 2026
Race podiums
- 1 win (1 PG)
- 1 podium (1 PG), 8 top tens
| Season | ||||
| Date | Location | Discipline | Place | |
| 2020 | 19 Jan 2020 |  Sestriere, Italy |
Parallel-G | 1st |
World Championships results
| Year | |||||||||
| Age | Slalom | Giant slalom |
Super-G | Downhill | Combined | Team combined |
Parallel | Team event | |
| 2019 | 23 | — | 8 | — | — | — | N/a | N/a | — |
| 2023 | 27 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7 | |
| 2025 | 29 | — | — | — | — | N/a | — | N/a | 8 |
Olympic results
| Year | |||||||
| Age | Slalom | Giant slalom |
Super-G | Downhill | Combined | Team combined | |
| 2022 | 26 | — | 19 | — | — | — | N/a |
| 2026 | 30 | — | DNF1 | — | — | N/a | — |
References
- ^ "Clara DIREZ". Beijing 2022 Olympics. Archived from the original on 3 February 2022. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
- ^ "Clara DIREZ". FIS-ski.com. International Ski and Snowboard Federation.
External links
- Clara Direz at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation
- Clara Direz at Olympedia
- Clara Direz at Olympics.com
- Clara Direz at Équipe de France (in French)
