Johan Clarey
Introduction '''Johan Clarey''' (born 8 January 1981) is a French World Cup alpine ski racer. He specializes in the speed events of downhill and super-G.Born in Annecy, Haute-Savoie, Clarey made his World Cup debut in November 2003 and has ten World Cup podiums through  He set a World Cup speed record in 2013 at the classic downhill race in Wengen, Switzerland, with a maximum speed of  at the ''Haneggschuss'', the fastest section of the Lauberhorn slope. Clarey finished fifth and was injured the following week at Kitzbühel and missed the remainder of the 2013 season, including the world championships.In the winter of 2014–15, Clarey was in the top 10 three times in World Cup races and twice in the winter of 2015–16.He was again on the podium on January 2017 in Kitzbühel. At age forty in January 2021, Clarey finished second in the downhill at Kitzbühel to become the oldest ever to make a World Cup podium, his eighth. One year later he again finished second in a Kitzbühel downhill race, thus beating his own age record.At the 2022 Winter Olympics in China, 41-year-old Clarey was the silver medalist in the downhill, one-tenth of a second back.
World Cup results ===Season standings===Season  Age  Overall   Slalom   Giant Slalom   Super-G  Downhill Combined 2004 ''23'' 140  —  —  —  54  — 2005 ''24'' 2006 ''25'' 2007 ''26'' 86  —  —  —  33  38 2008 ''27'' 78  —  —  —   30  41 2009 ''28'' 92  —  —  —  31  — 2010 ''29'' 61  —  —   —  19  47 2011 ''30'' 56   —  —  48  19  — 2012 ''31'' 29  —  —  31  10  — 2013 ''32'' 23  —  —  12  12  — 2014 ''33'' 25  —  —  25  7  — 2015 ''34'' 32  —  —  23  16  — 2016 ''35'' 37  —  —  41  15  — 2016 ''35'' 37 —  —  41  15  — 2017 ''36'' 52 —  —  50  17  — 2018 ''37'' 54 —  —  —  18  — 2019 ''38'' 19 —  —  8  8  — 2020 ''39'' 19 —  —  15  7  — 2021 ''40'' 19 —  —  26  4  2022 ''41'' 19  —  —  31  9  2023 ''42''19 —  — 404===Race podiums===* 0 wins* 11 podiums (10 DH, 1 SG); 64 top tens Season Date Location Discipline Place '''2010''' 19 December 2009  Val Gardena, Italy  Downhill 3rd'''2014''' 21 December 2013  Downhill  3rd1 March 2014   Kvitfjell, Norway  Downhill  2nd '''2017''' 21 January 2017  Kitzbühel, Austria  Downhill  3rd '''2019''' 27 January 2019  Super-G  2nd'''2020''' 8 December 2019   Beaver Creek, USA   Downhill  2nd1 February 2020   Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany  Downhill  3rd '''2021''' 24 January 2021   Kitzbühel, Austria  Downhill  2nd '''2022''' 21 January 2022  Downhill  2nd'''2023''' 17 December 2022  Val Gardena, Italy  Downhill  2nd21 January 2023   Kitzbühel, Austria  Downhill  2nd
World Championship results   Year     Age    Slalom    Giant  Slalom   Super-G  Downhill Combined 2011  ''30''  —  —  — 8  — 2013  ''32'' ''injured, did not compete''  2015  ''34''  —  —  30  16  — 2017  ''36''  —  —  —  DNF  — 2019  ''38''  —  — 2  17  — 2021  ''40''  —  —  DNF  16  — 2023  ''42''  —  —  —  23  —
Olympic results   Year     Age    Slalom    Giant  Slalom   Super-G  Downhill Combined 2010  ''29''  —  —  —  27  DNF1 2014  ''33''  —  —  19 DNF — 2018  ''37''  —  —  — 18 — 2022  ''41''  —  —  — 2 —
Video * You Tube – Johan Clarey sets alpine ski record – Universal Sports – 19 January 2013
References
External links *** French Ski Team – 2023 men's A team ''''* Johan Clarey at Head Skis* ''''