Mélanie Meillard
Swiss alpine skier (born 1998)
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Mélanie Meillard (born 23 September 1998) is a Swiss World Cup alpine ski racer,[1] who specialises in the technical events of slalom and giant slalom. Meillard made her World Cup debut at age 17 in December 2015. Her older brother Loïc is also a World Cup alpine racer.
 Meillard in 2016 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 23 September 1998 Neuchâtel, Switzerland |
| Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in) |
Family | Loïc Meillard (brother) |
| Website | melaniemeillard.ch |
| Skiing career | |
| Country |  Switzerland |
| Sport | Alpine skiing |
| Club | Heremencia |
| Disciplines | Slalom, giant slalom |
World Cup debut | 13 December 2015 (age 17) |
| Olympics | |
| Teams | 1 – (2026) |
| Medals | 0 |
| World Championships | |
| Teams | 3 – (2017, 2021, 2025) |
| Medals | 0 |
| World Cup | |
| Seasons | 10 – (2016–2018, 2020–2026) |
| Wins | 0 |
| Podiums | 1 – (1 PS) |
Overall titles | 0 – (19th in 2018) |
Discipline titles | 0 – (8th in SL, 2018 & 2025) |
In December 2019 and January 2020, Meillard attempted a comeback, but ended the season after three races without a countable result. She finally managed to return to the top of the world at the beginning of the 2020–2021 season, when she finished ninth in the Levi slalom. At the end of the season, she was able to win the Swiss championship title in the slalom for the second time after 2017 at the end of March. In the giant slalom she finished in 3rd place.[2]
World Cup results
Season standings
| Season | ||||||||
| Age | Overall | Slalom | Giant slalom |
Super-G | Downhill | Combined | Parallel | |
| 2017 | 18 | 29 | 10 | 20 | — | — | — | N/a |
| 2018 | 19 | 19 | 8 | 16 | — | — | — | |
| 2019 | 20 | injured; did not compete | ||||||
| 2020 | 21 | no World Cup points earned | ||||||
| 2021 | 22 | 60 | 25 | 35 | — | — | N/a | — |
| 2022 | 23 | 89 | 34 | — | — | — | — | |
| 2023 | 24 | 69 | 28 | — | — | — | N/a | |
| 2024 | 25 | 38 | 14 | 36 | — | — | ||
| 2025 | 26 | 26 | 8 | — | — | — | ||
| 2026 | 27 | 55 | 16 | — | — | — | ||
Top-five finishes
- 0 wins
- 1 podium – (1 PS), 10 top fives, 28 top tens
| Season | ||||
| Date | Location | Discipline | Place | |
| 2017 | 31 January 2017 |  Stockholm, Sweden |
Parallel slalom | 5th |
| 18 March 2017 |  Aspen, United States |
Slalom | 5th | |
| 2018 | 11 November 2017 |  Levi, Finland |
Slalom | 5th |
| 1 January 2018 |  Oslo, Norway |
Parallel slalom | 3rd | |
| 28 January 2018 | Lenzerheide, Switzerland |
Slalom | 4th | |
| 2024 | 21 January 2024 |  Jasná, Slovakia |
Slalom | 5th |
| 2025 | 1 December 2024 | Killington, United States |
Slalom | 5th |
| 5 January 2025 |  Kranjska Gora, Slovenia |
Slalom | 5th | |
| 14 January 2025 |  Flachau, Austria |
Slalom | 5th |
