Jean Vuarnet
Jean Vuarnet , born on January 18th 1933 with Tunis, is a alpine skier French.
Biography
Its family settles definitively with Morzine whereas it is only one year old.It gains the gold medal in descent with the Olympic Games 1960 and is the first skier crowned with metal skis Rossignol and the revolutionary position of search for speed (known as of egg): success east resounds.
Of 1961 with 1972, he is vice-president of the French federation of ski (FFS). President of the tourist office of Avoriaz, of which it is with the initiator in 1966, it allows the extension of the skiable field and his integration free-Switzerland space of the Portes of the Sun.
Olympic Games
- Olympic Games of 1960 with Squaw Valley (the United States):
- Gold medal in Descent
Championships of the world
- Championships of the world of 1958 with Bad Gastein (Austria):
- Bronze medal in Descent
- Championships of the world of 1960 with Squaw Valley (the United States):
- Gold medal in Descent
Arlberg-Kandahar
- Better result: 3e place in the slalom and the compound 1956 with Sestrières
Championship of France of ski
- Champion of France of descent in 1958 and 1959
- Champion of France of giant in 1957
- Champion of France of slalom in 1957 and 1958
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