Tony Sbalbi AKA "Tony the tiger" (born September 4, 1969) is a French ski mountaineer and non-commissioned officer of the chasseurs alpins corps.
Sbalbi was born in Aix-en-Provence. He attended the Lycée Jean Raynouard in Brignoles. At the age of 18 years he joined the army, where he became instructor at the École militaire de haute montagne (EMHM) in Chamonix. In 1989 he participated in his first ski mountaineering race, and has been member of the French national team since 2002.
2001:
6th, European Championship team race (together with Laurent Fabre)
2002:
2nd, World Championship team race (together with Patrick Blanc)
3rd, French Championship single
6th, World Championship combination ranking
2005:
4th, European Championship relay race (together with Florent Perrier, Bertrand Blanc and Grégory Gachet)
8th, European Championship vertical race
2006:
2nd, World Championship vertical race
2nd, Swiss Championship vertical race
2007:
3rd, European Championship relay race (together with Yannick Buffet, Bertrand Blanc and Fabien Anselmet)
5th, European Championship vertical race
9th, European Championship team race (together with Patrick Blanc)
2008:
8th, World Championship long distance race
2009:
2nd, European Championship vertical race
5th, European Championship relay race (together with Didier Blanc, Nicolas Bonnet and Martial Premat)
2010:
7th, World Championship team race (together with Grégory Gachet)
9th, World Championship vertical race
2011:
1st, Sellaronda Skimarathon, together with Alain Seletto
2000: 6th (international military teams ranking), together with Sgt chef Laurent Fabre and Adj Patrick Rassat
2006: 6th (and 1st "seniors II" ranking), together with Olivier Nägele and Alexander Lugger
2008: 6th (and 5th in the "international men" ranking), together with Alexandre Pellicier and Didier Blanc
2010: 7th (and 6th "ISMF men" ranking), together with Adrien Piccot and Philippe Blanc
1999: 9th, together with Laurent Fabre
2002: 6th, together with Patrick Blanc
2003: 1st, together with Patrick Blanc
2004: 6th, together with Patrick Blanc
2005: 8th, together with Cyril Champange
2006: 4th, together with Denis Trento
2007: 5th, together with Denis Trento
2008: 6th, together with Ivan Murada
2009: 4th, together with Didier Blanc
2012: 9th, together with Jean Pellissier
2003: 9th, together with Patrick Blanc and Cédric Tomio
2007: 4th, together with Martin Riz and Alain Seletto
2009: 3rd, together with Didier Blanc and Alain Seletto
