Clara Direz

Clara Direz
Direz in 2024
Personal information
Born (1995-04-05) 5 April 1995 (age 31)
Sallanches, France
Height166 cm (5 ft 5 in)
Weight59 kg (130 lb)
Skiing career
Country France
SportAlpine skiing
DisciplinesGiant slalom
World Cup debut
26 January 2013 (aged 17)
Olympics
Teams2 – (2022, 2026)
Medals0
World Championships
Teams3 – (2019, 2023, 2025)
Medals0
World Cup
Seasons13 – (2013–2020, 2022–2026)
Wins1 – (1 PG)
Podiums1 – (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.

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
201620102—42———N/a
201721no World Cup points earned
201822128—54———
201923101—39———
20202436—18———2nd place, silver medalist(s)
202125injured – did not compete
20222691—40——N/a—
20232796—41——N/a
20242846—16——
20252995—38——
20263070—26——

Top-ten results

Season
Date Location Discipline Place
2020 28 December 2019 Austria Lienz, Austria Giant slalom 7th
19 January 2020 Italy Sestriere, Italy Parallel-G 1st
2024 2 December 2023 Canada Tremblant, Canada Giant slalom 4th
9 March 2024 Sweden Åre, Sweden Giant slalom 7th
17 March 2024 Austria Saalbach, Austria Giant slalom 9th
2026 6 December 2025 Canada Tremblant, Canada Giant slalom 5th

World Championships results

Year
Age Slalom Giant
slalom		 Super-G Downhill Combined Team
combined		 Parallel Team
 event 
201923—8———N/aN/a—
202327——————7
202529————N/a—N/a8

Olympic results

Year
Age Slalom Giant
slalom		 Super-G Downhill Combined Team
combined
202226—19———N/a
202630—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.