Corinne Favre


Corinne Favre is a French professional ski instructor, competitive ski mountaineer, and champion mountain runner.
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Biography

In November 2008 she and an accompanying Sherpa suffered a serious accident while descending from the Pumori mountain during an expedition in Nepal. After convalescing, she returned to action in the Championnat de France Vertical Race in January 2009.

Selected results

Ski mountaineering

  • 1998:
  • * 3rd, Trofeo Kima
  • 1999:
  • * 1st, Tour du Rutor
  • * 3rd, French national ranking
  • 2001:
  • * 3rd, French national ranking
  • * 4th, [2001 2007 European Championship of Ski Mountaineering|European Championship of Ski Mountaineering|European Championship]
  • 2002:
  • * 1st, Trofeo Kima
  • * 1st, Tour du Rutor
  • * 2nd, [2002 2002 World Championship of Ski Mountaineering|World Championship of Ski Mountaineering|World Championship]
  • * 4th, World Championship combined ranking
  • * 5th, World Championship single race
  • 2003:
  • * 3rd, European Championship
  • * 5th, European Championship
  • * 5th, European Championship
  • 2004:
  • * 1st, Trofeo Kima
  • * 7th, World Championship
  • * 10th, World Championship single race
  • 2006:
  • * 1st, Trofeo Kima
  • * 3rd, World Championship team race
  • * 3rd, World Championship relay race
  • * 5th, World Championship vertical race
  • 2007:
  • * 1st, Trofeo Kima
  • * 2nd, European Championship team race
  • * 2nd, European Championship relay race
  • * 7th, European Championship vertical race
  • 2008:
  • * 3rd, World Championship relay race
  • * 4th, World Championship team race
  • * 5th, World Championship vertical race
  • * 10th, World Championship combined ranking
  • 2009:
  • * 3rd, European Championship relay race
  • 2012:
  • * 4th, European Championship relay, together with Émilie Favre and Laëtitia Roux
  • * 7th, European Championship vertical race

Pierra Menta

  • 1997: 4th, together with Nathalie Bourillon
  • 1998: 3rd, together with Jana Heczková
  • 1999: 2nd, together with Gloriana Pellissier
  • 2001: 2nd, together with Carole Toïgo
  • 2003: 3rd, together with Carole Toïgo
  • 2004: 2nd, together with Carole Toïgo
  • 2005: 3rd, together with Carole Toïgo
  • 2006: 4th, together with Carole Toïgo
  • 2007: 2nd, together with Nathalie Bourillon
  • 2008: 4th, together with Véronique Lathuraz
  • 2009: 5th, together with Magali Jacquemoud

Patrouille des Glaciers

  • 1998: 3rd, together with Danielle Hacquard and Véronique Lathuraz
  • 2006: 2nd
  • 2008: 2nd

Trofeo Mezzalama

Sky running

Favre won the Sentiero 4 Luglio SkyMarathon in 2002, 2003, 2007 and 2008. In 2005, she won the Pikes Peak Marathon at her first attempt, and also won the Buff Skyrunner World Series the same year after winning five of the six races in which she competed. She had previously finished second in 2003 despite winning three races, more than any other competitor, and seventh overall in 2004 after placing first and second in the only two races in which she took part. She won her second Skyrunner Series title in 2008, and is also a three-time winner of the race from Base Camp to Lukla on Mount Everest.