Jean Claude Killy
1943 - Born in Saint-Cloud on the 30th of August.
1969 - He moved to Geneva, Switzerland.
1967 - Killy was a World Cup champion and would repeat.
1968 - Killy won the Triple Crown of Alpine Skiing with a sweep of all three gold medals at the Winter Olympics in Grenoble, France, in the slalom, giant slalom and downhill events.
1972 - Killy starred as a ski instructor in the crime movie Snow Job, released in the UK as The Ski Raiders, and U.S. TV as The Great Ski Caper.
1977-1994 - He was a member of the Executive board of the Alpine skiing Committee of the Federation Internationale de Ski.
- Killy served as the President of the Société du Tour de France, and also as co-president of the Winter Olympics in Albertville, France.
1995 - Killy has been a member of the International Olympic Committee.
2000 - Jean-Claude Killy became Grand Officer of the Légion d'honneur.
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Vail, (Colorado): Triumph of a Dream by Peter W. Seibert and Jean Claude Killy (Hardcover - Nov 30, 2000) A wounded World War II veteran, Pete Seibert came back dreaming of creating a ski resort in the Colorado Rockies. In 40 years he developed Vail from quiet ranchland to a spectacularly successful...  |
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Comeback by Jean-Claude&Greenberg, Al Killy (Hardcover - Jul 25, 1974) |
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X-treme values.(Rundles Wrap-up): An article from: ColoradoBiz by Jeff Rundles (Digital - Feb 1, 2006) This digital document is an article from ColoradoBiz, published by Thomson Gale on February 1, 2006. The length of the article is 806 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word... Available for download now |
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Jean-Claude Killy's Guide to skiing: The proven techniques of an Olympic gold medal winner by Jean-Claude Killy (Unknown Binding - Jul 25, 1978) |
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Situation Skiing by Jean-Claude Killy and Mike Halstead (Hardcover - Nov 1, 1979) |
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Jean-Claude Killy, by Charles. Morse (School&Library Binding - Jul 25, 1974) |
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