Jean-Claude Killy Biography - "i Was Always Called By The Outdoors", Chronology, Three Gold Medals, Awards And Accomplishments - CONTACT INFORMATION, SELECTED WRITINGS BY KILLY:
olympic games ski skiing
1943-
French skier
Downhill ski racer Jean-Claude Killy won the first World Cup overall title in 1967, and took gold medals in all three alpine races at the 1968 Olympic Games. He was instrumental in organizing the 1982 Olympic Games in Albertville, France, and is a member of the International Olympic Committee. He also founded a successful ski apparel company.
CONTACT INFORMATION
Address: 13 Chemin Bellefontaine, 1223 Cologny, Geneva, Switzerland.
SELECTED WRITINGS BY KILLY:
One Hundred Thirty-Three Skiing Lessons, DBI Books, 1975.
Jean-Claude Killy's Guide to Skiing, Barron's, 1981.
Additional Topics
Killy's father, Robert Killy, was a Spitfire pilot for the Free French during World War II. At the close of the war, he and his wife Madeleine, along with their four-year-old daughter, France, and their two-year-old son, Jean-Claude, moved to the village of Val d'Isere, France, and opened a small ski shop. The village, historically a pocket of deep poverty, had been revived in the 19…
At the 1968 Olympics, held in Grenoble, France, Killy lost all the wax on his skis during a warmup run for the downhill, and felt that he was sure to lose. Nevertheless, he leaped out of the start and took every possible risk to make his descent faster. He also knew that if he cut a sharp line near the finish, he could gain a couple of meters, but he had never practiced this move because he didn&#…
In 1981, Killy became involved with the campaign to bring the Olympic Games to the small town of Albertville, France, which had no ski area and no particular attractions. This project, called Le Comite d'Organisation des Jeux Olympiques (COJO), would occupy him for more than a decade, as it involved such huge tasks as improving the infrastructure and building new roads and rail lines in the…
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