Alexis Pinturault sports book - From gold to crystal

He is the most successful alpine skier in France. A look back at the career of the man who won the 2020-2021 World Cup, the big crystal globe, the ultimate reward. A complete athlete, he is to date the only skier to have won World Cup titles in six different disciplines. Having entered the elite of world skiing at a very young age, he also won the World Championships in combined and stood on the Olympic podium three times.Originally from Courchevel in Savoie, Alexis Pinturault was born with bindings on his feet and two poles in his hands. A gifted athlete on various playing fields (he could have been a footballer), he was noted for his natural ease on the slopes. Alexis chooses to enter the Pôle France at the Albertville high school and his life will be changed forever.A reserved and tenacious man, he became the greatest French skier, but above all the most versatile. From Gold to Crystal traces the journey of a perfectionist champion attached to the ethics of sport, to respect for codes and his opponents.In this rare testimony, we discover an endearing character who opens up about the ups and downs of his career, in which he has fully invested himself. His choice to line up in the slalom, giant slalom, super-G and combined demonstrates his higher standards than his friend and rival Marcel Hirscher. A mixture of instinct and technical excellence, Alexis Pinturault reveals with great sincerity and humanity how the quest for the big crystal globe is a real obstacle course. “At the beginning, you should no longer ask yourself any questions, you should forget your emotions and the issues at stake. I am alone with myself. I am in the present moment, only in the present moment. The hum of the crowd that can be clearly heard before they set off fades into background noise. There is no before, no after, nothing but the friction of the blades on the ice. »