Jean-Claude Killy
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Killy in May 2012
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| Disciplines |
Downhill, Giant Slalom, Slalom, Combined |
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| Born |
30 August 1943 Saint-Cloud, Seine-et-Oise, France |
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| Height | 178 cm (5 ft 10 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Cup debut | January 1967 (age 23) inaugural season |
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| Retired | April 1968 (age 24) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Teams | 2 – (1964, 1968) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medals | 3 (3 gold) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Teams | 4 – (1962, 1964, 1966, 1968) includes two Olympics (injured in 1962) |
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| Medals | 6 (6 gold) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Seasons | 2 – (1967, 1968) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wins | 18 – (6 DH, 7 GS, 5 SL) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Podiums | 24 – (8 DH, 9 GS, 7 SL) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Overall titles | 2 – (1967, '68) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline titles | 4 – (1 DH, 2 GS, 1 SL) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Medal record
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Jean-Claude Killy (born 30 August 1943) also known as Gilette is a former French World Cup alpine ski racer. Born in Saint-Cloud, Hauts-de-Seine, he dominated the sport in the late 1960s. He was a triple Olympic champion, winning the three alpine events at the 1968 Winter Olympics, becoming the most successful athlete there. He also won the first two World Cup titles, in 1967 and 1968.
Killy was born in Saint-Cloud, a suburb of Paris, during the German occupation of World War II, but was brought up in Val-d'Isère in the Alps, where his family had relocated in 1945 following the war. His father, Robert, was a former Spitfire pilot for the Free French, and opened a ski shop in the Savoie village, and would later operate a hotel. In 1950, his mother Madeline abandoned the family for another man, leaving Robert to raise Jean-Claude, age 7, his older sister (France), and their infant brother (Mic). Jean-Claude was sent to boarding school in Chambéry, 80 miles (130 km) down the valley, but he despised being shut up in a classroom.
Killy turned his attention to skiing rather than school. His father allowed him to drop out at age 15, and he made the French national junior team a year later. As a young racer, Killy was fast, but did not usually complete his races, and the early 1960s were not entirely successful for him.
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