JeanClaude Killy, "le James Dean du ski"
Jean-Claude Killy, pictured en route to the Olympic gold medal in the downhill at Grenoble 1968, was always known as a skier willing to take risks, often being rewarded for his courage and daring.
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Jean-Claude Killy (born 30 August 1943) is a French former World Cup alpine ski racer. He dominated the sport in the late 1960s, and was a triple Olympic champion, winning the three alpine events at the 1968 Winter Olympics, becoming the most successful athlete there.
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At his Olympic début in 1964, French skiier Jean-Claude Killy's best finish was only 5th in the giant slalom. But four years later he became a skiing legend when he matched Toni Sailer's 1956 record by winning Olympic gold in all three Alpine skiing events. Unlike Sailer, who won his events by substantial margins, all Killy's victories were narrow ones and he only won the slalom after.
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Jean-Claude Killy was reared in the high ski country of Val d'Isere in the French Alps. As with many eventual sports heroes, Killy as a child often gazed through his classroom windows, hearkening.
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📲 Subscribe to @olympics: http://oly.ch/Subscribe French Alpine Skier Jean-Claude Killy won 3 gold medals at the Grenoble 1968 Winter Olympic Games. Killy.
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The Temptations of Jean-Claude Killy" is an article published in the premiere issue of Scanlan's Monthly in March 1970, written by Hunter S. Thompson. [1] [2] The subject of the article is Jean-Claude Killy , the alpine skiing champion who, in the 1968 Winter Olympics , became the second alpine skier ever to win three gold medals in a single.
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Although Jean-Claude Killy entered the 1968 Winter Games without any Olympic medals, the Frenchman was the heavy favorite amongst the male Alpine skiers in Grenoble. Despite controversy in the slal…
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Jean-Claude Killy. 1943-French skier. Downhill ski racer Jean-Claude Killy won the first World Cup overall title in 1967, and took gold medals in all three alpine races at the 1968 Olympic Games.He was instrumental in organizing the 1982 Olympic Games in Albertville, France, and is a member of the International Olympic Committee.He also founded a successful ski apparel company.
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Jean Claude Killy, a French Alpine skier and Olympic champion during the 1960s, is widely considered as one of the greatest downhill racers in history. Back in his time, skiing technology was very different from today's standards. "Those were really basic times for equipment."Jean-Claude Killy
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Jean-Claude Killy His career as a champion On December 16, 1961, Killy's star lights up the ski world for the first time. Only 18 years old, during a giant slalom race, the young champion adds the first medal to what will be a long and prestigious list of achievements in international competitions. The 1965 and 1966 seasons were exceptional.
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Christina Macfarlane meets 3-time Olympic champion Jean-Claude Killy in his hometown of Val d'Isère. The French ski legend dominated the sport in the '60s.
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Jean-Claude KILLY. Originals 05:34. Exclusive Killy's Alpine Skiing Clean Sweep in Grenoble 1968 The Olympics On the Record. Alpine Skiing. Originals 12:34. Cirque Blanc | A unique alpine ski season begins Cirque Blanc. Alpine Skiing. Originals 09:10. French national ski team goes to Patagonia to forge bonds in the offseason
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Jean-Claude Killy, (born August 30, 1943, Saint-Cloud, near Paris, France), French skier, a dominant figure in men's international Alpine skiing competitions from 1965 through 1968 and a popular sports personage known for his irreverent behaviour.. Killy, a descendant of an Irish mercenary soldier named Kelly who fought for Napoleon I, was reared at Val-d'Isère, a ski resort in the French.
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Lead contender. After he won 12 of 16 World Cup races during the 1966-1967 season, French sports fans hoped that Jean-Claude Killy would sweep all three Alpine skiing events when the Olympic Winter Games were staged in Grenoble, France, in 1968.
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In retrospect, it seemed inevitable that Jean-Claude Killy would ski away with three gold medals from the 1968 Winter Olympics; and indisputable that if the final Alpine event, the men's slalom, had been run through the fog of White-chapel, against Jack the Ripper, Jack would have missed two doorways to be disqualified.
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jean-claude killy, france's triple gold medalist at the grenoble olympics of 1968, has employed gallic charm, savoyard canniness and the full weight of his status as a national hero to bring the winter games of 1992 home to the mountains and valleys of his youth. author: si staff.