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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.