Jean-Claude Killy

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Jean-Claude Killy in 1967

Olympic medal record
Men’s alpine skiing
Gold	1968 Grenoble	Giant slalom
Gold	1968 Grenoble	Slalom
Gold	1968 Grenoble	Downhill

Jean-Claude Killy (born August 30, 1943) is a French alpine skier and a triple Olympic champion.

Killy was born in Saint-Cloud, but brought up in Val d'Isère. Following his international success, he moved to Geneva, Switzerland in 1969.

Killy won the Triple Crown of Alpine Skiing with a sweep of all three gold medals at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble, France, in the slalom, giant slalom and downhill events.

Previously, Killy was a World Cup champion in 1967 and would repeat in 1968. He also starred as a ski instructor in the 1972 crime movie Snow Job, released in the UK as The Ski Raiders, and U.S. TV as The Great Ski Caper. The ski area of Val d'Isère and Tignes was given the name l'Espace Killy in his honor.

Jean-Claude Killy also had a short career as a racing driver between 1967 and 1970, participating in the Paris Dakar Rally.

Jean-Claude Killy became Grand Officer of the Légion d'honneur in 2000.

From 1977 to 1994, he was a member of the Executive board of the Alpine skiing Committee of the Federation Internationale de Ski.

Killy served as the President of the Société du Tour de France between 1992 and 2001, and also as co-president of the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, France. Since 1995 Killy has been a member of the International Olympic Committee.

Intrawest credits Jean-Claude with the design of a ski trail, "Cupp Run," at their Snowshoe resort in West Virginia.

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FIS-ski.com - results - Jean-Claude Killy
Ski-db.com - results - Jean-Claude Killy
Neva Sports.com - Jean-Claude Killy
BBC.net.uk - Killy's killer instinct
Light the Torch.com - Jean-Claude Killy

Olympic champions in men's slalom
1948: Edy Reinalter \| 1952: Othmar Schneider \| 1956: Toni Sailer \| 1960: Ernst Hinterseer \| 1964: Josef Stiegler \| 1968: Jean-Claude Killy \| 1972: Francisco Fernández Ochoa \| 1976: Piero Gros \| 1980: Ingemar Stenmark \| 1984: Phil Mahre \| 1988: Alberto Tomba \| 1992: Finn Christian Jagge \| 1994: Thomas Stangassinger \| 1998: Hans Petter Buraas \| 2002: Jean-Pierre Vidal \| 2006: Benjamin Raich

Olympic champions in men's giant slalom
1952: Stein Eriksen \| 1956: Toni Sailer \| 1960: Roger Staub \| 1964: François Bonlieu \| 1968: Jean-Claude Killy \| 1972: Gustav Thöni \| 1976: Heini Hemmi \| 1980: Ingemar Stenmark \| 1984: Max Julen \| 1988: Alberto Tomba \| 1992: Alberto Tomba \| 1994: Markus Wasmeier \| 1998: Hermann Maier \| 2002: Stephan Eberharter \| 2006: Benjamin Raich

Olympic champions in men's downhill
1948: Henri Oreiller \| 1952: Zeno Colò \| 1956: Toni Sailer \| 1960: Jean Vuarnet \| 1964: Egon Zimmermann \| 1968: Jean-Claude Killy \| 1972: Bernhard Russi \| 1976: Franz Klammer \| 1980: Leonhard Stock \| 1984: Bill Johnson \| 1988: Pirmin Zurbriggen \| 1992: Patrick Ortlieb \| 1994: Tommy Moe \| 1998: Jean-Luc Crétier \| 2002: Fritz Strobl \| 2006: Antoine Dénériaz