Johan Clarey

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 in 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.

In March 2023, Clarey retired from competitions. At the time of retirement, he was the oldest Olympic medalist in alpine skiing, the oldest World Championship medalist, and the oldest alpine skier to stand on a World Cup podium.

World Cup results Season standings

Race podiums 0 wins 11 podiums (10 DH, 1 SG); 64 top tens

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