Florence Steurer c. 1968
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1 November 1949 (age 67) Lyon, France |
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Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 60 kg (130 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Alpine skiing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Lyonnais SC Saint-Gervais |
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Medal record
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Florence Steurer (later Penz, born 1 November 1949) is a French former alpine skier. She competed at the 1968 and in the 1972 Winter Olympics in the downhill, slalom and giant slalom events and won a bronze medal in the slalom in 1972; she also finished fourth and sixth in the giant slalom, respectively.
Steurer also won two world championship medals, a silver in combined in 1970 and a bronze in giant slalom in 1966. She had 27 World Cup podiums – six in downhill, seven in giant slalom, and 14 in slalom, including four victories – three in slalom and one in giant slalom; overall she finished second in 1968 and 1969. After retiring from competitions she became director of the communication agency Duodecim. In 2009, she was made a chevalier of the Legion of Honor. Her husband Alain Penz and father-in-law Claude Penz are also Olympic alpine skiers.