Clara Direz

Clara Direz
Direz in 2024
Personal information
Born (1995-04-05) 5 April 1995 (age 30)
OccupationAlpine skier
Height166 cm (5 ft 5 in)
Weight59 kg (130 lb)
Sport
Country France
Skiing career
DisciplinesGiant slalom
World Cup debut26 January 2013 (aged 17)
Olympics
Teams2 – (2022, 2026)
Medals0
World Championships
Teams3 – (2019, 2023, 2025)
Medals0
World Cup
Seasons13 – (20132020, 20222026)
Wins1 – (1 PG)
Podiums1 – (1 PG)
Overall titles0 – (36th in 2020)
Discipline titles0 – (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 Italy 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

  1. ^ "Clara DIREZ". Beijing 2022 Olympics. Archived from the original on 3 February 2022. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
  2. ^ "Clara DIREZ". FIS-ski.com. International Ski and Snowboard Federation.