Pierre Gignoux is a French

France

The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

 ski mountaineer.

Gignoux was born in Grenoble

Grenoble

Grenoble is a city in southeastern France, at the foot of the French Alps where the river Drac joins the Isère. Located in the Rhône-Alpes region, Grenoble is the capital of the department of Isère...

 and competed first in the Trans Mont Blanc race in 1994. Since 1995 he has been member of the French national team.

Together with Stéphane Brosse

Stéphane Brosse

Stéphane Brosse is a French ski mountaineer.Brosse was born in Pont de Beauvoisin. He started ski mountaineering in 1990 and competed the first time at the Miage Contamines Somfy race in 1995. In 1996 he became member of the national team. Together with Pierre Gignoux also has hold the for the...

 he has held the ski mountaineering record on the Mont Blanc

Mont Blanc

Mont Blanc or Monte Bianco , meaning "White Mountain", is the highest mountain in the Alps, Western Europe and the European Union. It rises above sea level and is ranked 11th in the world in topographic prominence...

 since May 30, 2007 with a total time of 5 hours 15 minutes 47 seconds. Amongst others, he won three times the European Cup and four times the French Championships.

Gignoux enjoys also mountaineering

Mountaineering

Mountaineering or mountain climbing is the sport, hobby or profession of hiking, skiing, and climbing mountains. While mountaineering began as attempts to reach the highest point of unclimbed mountains it has branched into specialisations that address different aspects of the mountain and consists...

, cross-country skiing

Cross-country skiing

Cross-country skiing is a winter sport in which participants propel themselves across snow-covered terrain using skis and poles...

, paragliding

Paragliding

Paragliding is the recreational and competitive adventure sport of flying paragliders: lightweight, free-flying, foot-launched glider aircraft with no rigid primary structure...

 and street as well as mountain bicycle racing

Bicycle racing

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.

Selected results

• 1997:
  • 2nd, French national ranking
• 1998:
  • 2nd, French national ranking
• 1999:
  • 1st, European Championship team race (together with Francis Bibollet)
  • 1st, French national ranking
• 2000:
  • 1st, French national ranking
  • 5th (and 3rd in "seniors I" class ranking), Patrouille des Glaciers
    Patrouille des Glaciers
    The Patrouille des Glaciers is a ski mountaineering race organized every two years by the Swiss Army, in which military and civilian teams compete...
    
     (together with Francis Bibollet and Stéphane Brosse)
• 2001:
  • 1st, European Championship team race (together with Stéphane Brosse)
  • 1st, French national ranking
  • 1st, Trophée des Gastlosen
    Trophée des Gastlosen
    The Trophée des Gastlosen is a Swiss competition of ski mountaineering, which is carried out annually in the region of Charmey since 1993...
    
     (European Cup, together with Stéphane Brosse)
• 2002:
  • 1st, Tour du Rutor (together with Stéphane Brosse)
  • 5th, World Championship
    2002 World Championship of Skimountaineering
    The 2002 World Championship of Ski Mountaineering was the first World Championship of Ski Mountaineering sanctioned by the International Council for Ski Mountaineering Competitions , held at Serre Chevalier in the former French province Dauphiné from January 24 to January 27, 2002...
    
     team race (together with Stéphane Brosse)
• 2003:
  • 1st, Dolomiti Cup team (together with Stéphan Brosse)
  • 4th, European Championship team race (together with Stéphane Brosse)
• 2004:
  • 1st, Transcavallo race (together with Stéphane Brosse)
• 2008:
  • 8th, World Championship
    2008 World Championship of Skimountaineering
    The 2008 World Championship of Ski Mountaineering was the fourth World Championship of Ski Mountaineering sanctioned by the International Council for Ski Mountaineering Competitions , held in Portes du Soleil, Switzerland, from February 23 to February 29, 2008.About 450 athletes of 29 nations...
    
     team race (together with Alexandre Pellicier
    Alexandre Pellicier
    Alexandre Pellicier is a French ski mountaineer.Pellicier started ski mountaineering in 1998 and competed first at Pierra Menta "juniors" race in the same year...
    
    )

Pierra Menta

• 1995: 5th, together with Olivier Pasteur
  Olivier Pasteur
  - Selected results :* 2001:** 5th, European Championship team race * 2002:** 1st, Corssa race ** 2nd, Trophée des Gastlosen * 2005:** 1st, Signal d'Auris...
  
  
• 1996: 4th, together with Francis Bibollet
• 1997: 2nd, together with Yvan Brondex
• 1998: 2nd, together with Yvan Brondex
• 1999: 2nd, together with Francis Bibollet
• 2000: 2nd, together with Francis Bibollet
• 2001: 1st, together with Stéphane Brosse
• 2002: 2nd, together with Stéphane Brosse
• 2003: 2nd, together with Stéphane Brosse

Trofeo Mezzalama

• 1999: 2nd, together with Fabio Meraldi
  Fabio Meraldi
  Fabio Meraldi is an Italian ski mountaineer and mountain guide.Meraldi was born in Valtellina. He passed the mountain guide training at the age of 20, and participated in various mountain tours, sky running and ski mountaineering events. He collected four European titles and nine Italian titles...
  
   and Enrico Pedrini
• 2003: 2nd, together with Stéphane Brosse and Jean Pellissier
  Jean Pellissier (ski mountaineer)
  Jean Pellissier is an Italian ski mountaineer.Pellissier started ski mountaineering in 1997 and competed first in the Trofeo Mezzalama race in the same year...
  
  

External links

• Pierre Gignoux' shop website
• Pierre Gignoux at skimountaineering.org