Jean-Claude Killy
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Jean-Claude Killy (born August 30, 1943) is a French alpine skier and a triple Olympic champion.
Born in Saint Cloud, but brought up in Val d'Isère, Killy moved to Geneva, Switzerland in 1969.
Killy won the Triple Crown of Alpine Skiing with 3 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 1968. He also starred as a ski instructor in the 1972 crime movie Snow Job, released in the UK as The ski Raiders, and US TV as The Great Ski Caper. The ski area of Val d'Isère and Tignes was given the name l'Espace Killy in his honour.
Jean-Claude Killy had also short career as a racing driver between 1967 and 1970, participating in the Paris Dakar Rally.
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.
External links
- BBC - Killy's killer instinct (http://newswww.bbc.net.uk/winterolympics2002/hi/english/alpine_skiing/newsid_1604000/1604455.stm)de:Jean-Claude Killy