Nicolas Bonnet (born 6 November 1984) is a French ski mountaineer, runner, mountain guide and coach of the national team.
| Nicolas Bonnet | ||||||
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| Born | 6 November 1984 Briançon, France | |||||
| Height | 168 cm (5 ft 6 in) | |||||
| Ski club | Team Ecrins Hautes-Alpes | |||||
Medal record
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Bonnet was born in Briançon. He started ski mountaineering in 1998 and competed first in 2002. He holds several national titles in different age classes. In 2006, he was also 2006 "junior" class World champion of vertical race, and placed 1st in the "junior" class at the Patrouille des Glaciers as well as at the short distance race of the Pierra Menta. On 12 April 2007 he broke his own course record on the Pelvoux course with a total time of 3 hours 18 minutes.[1] Together with the Germans Benedikt Böhm and Sebastian Haag he planned a speed ski mountaineering tour on the Manaslu,[2] but had to withdraw due to the bad weather conditions and danger of avalanches.[3] He is member of the Team Ecrins Hautes-Alpes and belongs to the national selection since 2007.[4]
Selected results
edit- 2008:
- 4th, World Championship relay race (together with Martial Premat, Sébastien Perrier and Adrien Piccot)
- 10th, World Championship team race (together with Martial Premat)
- 2009:
- 5th, European Championship relay race (together with Didier Blanc, Martial Premat and Tony Sbalbi)
- 7th, Pierra Menta (together with William Bon Mardion)
- 2011:
- 6th, World Championship team race (together with Alexis Sévennec-Verdier)
- 8th, World Championship sprint
References
edit- ^ Nicolas Bonnet broke in own speed record on the Pelvoux! Archived 2008-04-14 at the Wayback Machine, Dynafit, April 20, 2007.
- ^ Temporausch am Manaslu Archived 2008-11-21 at the Wayback Machine (German), Mountain2B, September 4, 2007.
- ^ Die geplante Speedbegehung erstickte auf 7400 Metern im Schnee... Archived 2012-02-22 at the Wayback Machine (German), Bergsteigen.at, October 16, 2007.
- ^ Equipe de France de ski-alpinisme - Bonnet Nicolas
External links
edit- Nicolas Bonnet at skimountaineering.org