A victory would be better but I am behind the best downhiller of the past five years.

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 five World Cup podiums through January 2019. He set a World Cup speed record in 2013 at the classic downhill race in Wengen, Switzerland, with a maximum speed of 161.9 km/h (100.6 mph) 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 on January 21, 2017, as third place in Kitzbühel.

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