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.
Ski mountaineering – The highest peaks in Switzerland and France in one tour 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 
