Jean-Claude Killy

Jean-Claude Killy , born the August 30th 1943 with Saint-Cloud, is a alpine skier French and is originating in Valley-in Isere.

Biography

Jean-Claude Killy belongs to the great generation of French skiers of the Années 1960, which dominated the alpine competitions under the direction of the drive Honore Bonnet, former head of the school of the High mountains of Chamonix.

Jean-Claude Killy discovers the Alpine skiing with Valley-in Isere, where his/her parents settle whereas he is child.

He gains his first great international race with the giant of the Kandahar 1964. It is the beginning of a brilliant career. Its physical capacities, mental and techniques enable him to be essential in all the disciplines of the Alpine skiing: descent, giant, slalom and compound. Killy has a time in advance on its competitors with its taking risk, its vision of the best line and its departure " catapulté" (it starts the starting wicket moving after being supported violently on its sticks, the method will be then taken again by all the skiers), which will in particular enable him to triumph for 8/100 over second in the Olympic descent over 1968.

Jean-Claude Killy very quickly confirms his talent incipient while becoming double champion from the world in descent and compound with Portillo in 1966 and gaining the Kandahar 1966 and 1967 as well as general classification from the first 2 editions from the world cup in 1967 (with 12 victories and the classifications of the descent, the giant and the slalom) and 1968.

The apogee of its career is reached at the time of the Olympic Games of 1968 with Grenoble. Killy carries out the Olympic triplet: it becomes thus the equal one of Toni Sailer and enters the Olympic legend and of the ski.

After gainhaving very gained in ski, it stops its career after the Olympic Games of Grenoble, at only 25 years, and launches out in the mechanical Sports (as Luc Alphand will do it later), while taking part in many races of which 24 hours of Mans, then in the cinema (Snowjob).

Eclectic sportsman, " Toutoune " can also perfectly make profitable its image of great champion with the assistance of Marc McCormark, founder of the agency of American management I.M.G. But its image does not stop solely with the sports. Jean-Claude Killy is also success in the businesses, with in particular a company of sport clothing (Veleda-Killy) and various collaborations like advising with many multinationals like General Motors.

However, Jean-Claude Killy does not forget his passion first, the Ski. Thus it contributes to develop the image of this sport while taking part in the improvement of average the techniques, of safety and promotion of the winter stations and while becoming member of the Alpine Executive committee of the International federation of ski (MADE) during several years. With his friend Michel Barnier, it launches the candidature of Albertville for the organization of the Olympic Games, then he will be copresident of the Steering Committee of the 16^èmes Winter Olympics in 1992. It is besides him which decides to name Michel Platini to light the Olympic torch against the opinion of many people. It then chaired the co-ordinating committee of the Winter Olympics of 2006 Turin. Lastly, in 2004, he plays a decisive part in the attribution of the Championnats of the world of Alpine skiing 2009 with Valley-in Isere at the time of the Congress of MADE Miami. However, he resigns on June 30th, 2007 of his executive position of president of the directory of world of Valley of Isere in order to protesting and proposing the delays taken in the construction of the sporting center like in the alteration work of the tracks.

After the Olympic Games of Albertville, Jean-Claude Killy joined Amaury Sport Organization, company which manages the Tour de France or the Paris-Dakar. He leaves the company in 1999. Lately, it supported the candidature of Paris to accommodate the Olympic Games of 2012. But its prestige and its role in the CIO, of which he is member since 1995, are not enough to tip the scales in favor of the French capital vis-a-vis London.

It Marie in 1972 with Daniele Gaubert, celebrates actress of the Années 1960, disappeared following a cancer in 1987. A girl was born from their union.

Its career was recognized by the State French which given to him the Légion of honor in 1968. He is also member of the French Académie of the Sports.

Prize list

Olympic Games

Olympic Games of 1968 with Grenoble (France):

Gold medal in Descent
Gold medal as a Giant
Gold medal in Slalom

Championships of the world

Championships of the world 1966 with Portillo (Chile):

Gold medal in Compound Descent
Gold medal

Championships of the world 1968 with Grenoble (France):

Gold medal in Descent
Gold medal as a Giant
Gold medal in Slalom
Gold medal out of Compound

World cup

Victorious of general classification in 1967 and 1968 Victorious

of the world cup of descent in 1967 Victorious
of the world cup of giant in 1967 and 1968 Victorious
of the world cup of slalom in 1967
18 victories: 6 descents, 7 giants and 5 slaloms

Season per season

World cup 1967:

General classification: 1^er

Victorious of the world cup of descent
Victorious of the world cup of Victorious giant
of the world cup of slalom
5 victories in descent: Wengen, Kitzbühel, Megève, Sestrières (Arlberg-Kandahar) and Franconia
4 victories as a giant: Adelboden, Franconia, Vail and Jackson Hole
3 victories in slalom: Wengen, Kitzbühel and Franconia

World cup 1968:

General classification: 1^er

Victorious of the world cup of giant
1 victory in descent: Grenoble (Olympic Games)
3 victories as a giant: Adelboden, Grenoble (Olympic Games) and Méribel
2 victories in slalom: Grenoble (Olympic Games) and Rossland

Arlberg-Kandahar

K of Victorious diamond
of Kandahar 1966 with Mürren and 1967 with Victorious Sestrières

of the descent 1967 with Victorious Sestrières
of the giant 1964 with Victorious Garmisch
of the slalom 1966 with Mürren II

Others

Cahmpionnats de France of ski

Champion of France of descent in 1966
Champion of France of giant in 1964 and 1967
Champion of France of slalom in 1964

World champion of professional ski in 1973
Champion of the French Champions of the Team in 1967 and 1968
Champion of the century of elected ski with Vienna in November 1999
Records: he is the only skier to have gained out of world cup six consecutive victories (twice) in all the disciplines of the time in 1967 and he gains 12 of the 17 tests of the first edition of the world cup in 1967.

Automobile race

1^er of the Targa Florio , category Great Tourism, in 1967
2^e with the 1000 km of Monza , category Great Tourism
3^e with the 1000 km of Nurburgring , category Great Tourism
Participation in the 24 hours of Mans in 1969

See too

Sport in Country of Savoy

External bonds

Remark on the illustration proposed in bond to be quite quiet: it is extremely rare that La Poste Frenchwoman emits a stamp with the effigy of an always alive person

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