Pierre Vaultier is a French snowboarder who specializes in snowboard cross, born on 24 June 1987. He is a two-time Olympic gold champion and a one-time World champion. He started snowboarding at six at Serre Chevalier in the southern Alps, began competing in 1997 and joined the young French team in 2004 and the senior team a year later, riding for the Ecrins Snowboard club. He took the crystal globe in the 2007 to 2008 World Cup, then fractured a vertebra in training in December 2008 and missed most of that season. Two months after tearing his anterior cruciate ligament he won the snowboard cross gold at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, and at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang he survived a semifinal crash, qualified third and surged ahead in the final to win a second Olympic gold.
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is a French two-time Olympic Gold Champion, and one-time World Gold Champion snowboarder, specializing in snowboard cross.
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Born 24 June 1987 in Briançon, Hautes-Alpes FRA
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is a French two-time Olympic Gold Champion, and one-time World Gold Champion snowboarder, specializing in snowboard cross.
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is a French two-time Olympic Gold Champion, and one-time World Gold Champion snowboarder, specializing in snowboard cross.
Competed In: 2006 Winter Olympics, Career
He participated in the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turino and at the X Games in 2007.
Competed In: X Games, Career
He participated in the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turino and at the X Games in 2007.
Competed In: 2014 Winter Olympics, Career, 2014
Two months after tearing his anterior cruciate ligament (ACL), Vaultier won the gold medal in the snowboard cross at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi.
Competed In: 2018 Winter Olympics, Career, 2018
After surviving a crash in the semifinals of the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang to finish in the third and final qualifying place, Vaultier surged ahead of the pack in the final to win gold.
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