Paco Rassat
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| Born | 13 November 1998 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Alpine skier | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  France | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Disciplines | Slalom | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Les Aillons Ski Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Cup debut | 9 January 2022 (age 23) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Teams | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Teams | 1 – (2025) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medals | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Seasons | 4 – (2022–2026) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wins | 1 – (1 SL) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Podiums | 1 – (1 SL) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Overall titles | 0 – (64th in 2025) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline titles | 0 – (23rd in SL, 2025) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Paco Rassat (born 13 November 1998) is a French World Cup alpine ski racer. He specializes in slalom, debuting at the World Cup in 2022 and taking his first career World Cup victory in Gurgl, Austria on 22 November 2025.[1]
Career
[edit]Paco Rassat was born on 13 November 1998 in Chambéry, France.[2] His father, Yann Rassat, is a ski instructor at the Les Aillons ski club who coached his son from age five.[3][4] His mother worked as a ski patroller.[4] Rassat earned a bronze medal in slalom at the 2019 Winter Universiade.[5] He debuted at the FIS World Cup in 2022, achieving his first top 10 finish on 19 January 2025 in Wengen, Switzerland.[6]
To start the 2025–26 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup, Rassat finished sixth in Levi, Finland, his best career result to date.[7] The following race in Gurgl, Rassat took first place after a strong second run, 0.07 seconds ahead of Armand Marchant. NBC Sports's Macklin Stern called it a "potentially star-making performance."[1] He also took the lead in the overall World Cup season standings.[1] Both his parents were in attendance for his first win.[4][6]
World Cup results
[edit]Season standings
[edit]| Season | Age | Overall | Slalom | Giant slalom |
Super-G | Downhill | Combined | Parallel |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 26 | 103 | 37 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2025 | 27 | 64 | 23 | — | — | — | ||
| 2026 | 28 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
- Standings through 25 November 2025
Race podiums
[edit]- 1 win – (1 SL)
- 1 podium – (1 SL), 3 top tens
| Season | Date | Location | Discipline | Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 22 November 2025 |  Gurgl, Austria
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Slalom | 1st |
World Championship results
[edit]| Year | Age | Slalom | Giant slalom |
Super-G | Downhill | Combined | Team Combined |
Parallel | Team event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 27 | DNF1 | — | — | — | — | 14 | — | — |
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Stern, Macklin (22 November 2025). "Paco Rassat claims first career World Cup victory in Gurgl; Americans disappoint". NBC Olympics. Retrieved 24 November 2025.
- ^ "Victoire de Paco Rassat en slalom !" [Paco Rassat wins the slalom!]. Equipe (in French). 22 November 2025. Retrieved 24 November 2025.
- ^ "HISTORIQUE" [History]. Aillons Ski Club (in French). Retrieved 24 November 2025.
- ^ a b c "Paco Rassat : « Le dossard rouge, c'est fou"" [Paco Rassat: "The red bib is crazy"]. SkiActu (in French). 22 November 2025. Retrieved 24 November 2025.
- ^ "Alpine Skiing Results - Krasnoyarsk (RUS) 2018/2019". FIS. Retrieved 24 November 2025.
- ^ a b "Unheralded French skier Rassat beats Belgium's Marchant in World Cup slalom for 1st career win". CBC. Associated Press. 22 November 2025. Retrieved 24 November 2025.
- ^ Merrell, Chloe (22 November 2025). "FIS Alpine Ski World Cup 2025/26: Paco Rassat scores first-ever podium win". olympics.com. Retrieved 24 November 2025.
External links
[edit]- Paco Rassat at FIS (alpine)
- Paco Rassat at Ski-DB Alpine Ski Database
