Fabrice Becker

{{Short description|German freestyle skier (born 1971)}} {{One source|date=September 2024}} {{Infobox skier | name = Fabrice Becker | nationality = France | fullname = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1971|6|28|df=y}} | birth_place = Strasbourg, France | death_date = | death_place = | height = 1.83 m | seasons = 10 – (1989–1998) | wins = 21 | teamwins = | totalpodiums = 47 | teampodiums = | individual_starts = | team_starts = | wcoveralls = 1 – (1998) | wctitles = 3 – (3 {{Abbr|AC|Acroski}}: 1994, 1997, 1998) | updated = | show-medals = yes | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Freestyle skiing}} {{MedalCountry | {{Flagu|France}} }} {{MedalCompetition|World Championships}} {{MedalGold | 1993 Altenmarkt | Ski ballet}} {{MedalGold | 1997 Nagano | Ski ballet}} {{MedalSilver | 1995 La Clusaz | Ski ballet}} }}

'''Fabrice Becker''' (born 28 June 1971) is a French former freestyle skier. He specialized in ski ballet and won the demonstrational Olympic event in this now-defunct discipline at the 1992 Winter Olympics. He is a two-time ski ballet World Champion, winning the title in 1993 and 1997 and also earned an additional silver medal at the 1995 World Championships. In his last season as a competitive skier, Becker crowned as the overall World Cup Champion and became the first and only ski ballet specialist to win the general classification at the FIS Freestyle Ski World Cup. He celebrated a total of 21 victories in his World Cup career and won the ski ballet Crystal Globe three times.

==Freestyle skiing results== All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).<ref>{{cite web |title=Fabrice BECKER |url=https://www.fis-ski.com/DB/general/athlete-biography.html?sectorcode=FS&competitorid=3654 |website=fis-ski.com |publisher=International Ski Federation |access-date=24 March 2024}}</ref> ===World Championships=== * 3 medals – (2 gold, 1 silver) {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:center; background:#ffffff;" ! style="background-color:#369; color:white; width:150px;"|Year ! style="background-color:#369; color:white; width:40px;"|Age ! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:70px;"| Ski ballet |- | align=left |{{flagicon|USA}} 1991 Lake Placid || ''19'' || 7 |- | align=left |{{flagicon|AUT}} 1993 Altenmarkt || ''21'' || bgcolor="gold" | 1 |- | align=left |{{flagicon|FRA}} 1995 La Clusaz || ''23'' || bgcolor="silver" | 2 |- | align=left |{{flagicon|JPN}} 1997 Nagano || ''25'' || bgcolor="gold" | 1 |}

===World Cup standings=== {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:center; background:#ffffff;" ! style="background-color:#369; color:white; width:70px;"|Season ! style="background-color:#369; color:white; width:40px;"|Age ! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:70px;"| Overall ! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:70px;"| Ski ballet ! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:70px;"| Aerials |- | 1988–89 || ''17'' || 122 || 39 || – |- | 1989–90 || ''18'' || 55 || 19 || – |- | 1990–91 || ''19'' || 23 || 8 || – |- | 1991–92 || ''20'' || 7 || bgcolor="silver"|2 || – |- | 1992–93 || ''21'' || 4 || bgcolor="silver"|2 || – |- | 1993–94 || ''22'' || 5 || bgcolor="gold"|1 || – |- | 1994–95 || ''23'' || 5 || bgcolor="silver"|2 || 36 |- | 1995–96 || ''24'' || colspan=3|''<small>competed only 1 aerials event, no points score</small>'' |- | 1996–97 || ''25'' || bgcolor="silver"|2 || bgcolor="gold"|1 || 36 |- | 1997–98 || ''26'' || bgcolor="gold"|1 || bgcolor="gold"|1 || 37 |}

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== * {{FIS freestyle skier|3654}} * {{Olympedia|900228}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Becker, Fbrice}} Category:1971 births Category:Living people Category:French male freestyle skiers Category:Sportspeople from Strasbourg Category:Université Savoie Mont Blanc alumni