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Killy won the Triple Crown of Alpine Skiing with 3 gold medals at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble, France, in the slalom, giant slalom and downhill events. Previously, Killy was a World Cup champion in 1967 and 1968.
Jean-Claude Killy had also short career as a racing driver between 1967 and 1970.
Killy also served as co-president of the 1992 Winter OlympicsThe XVI Olympic Winter Games were held in 1992 in Albertville, France. Other candidate cities were Anchorage, USA; Berchtesgaden, Germany; Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy; Lillehammer, Norway; Falun, Sweden; and Sofia, Bulgaria. These were the last Winter Games in AlbertvilleThis article is about the place in France. For other uses see Albertville (disambiguation). Albertville (population 20,000) is a town in southeast France, in the Savoie departement in the French Alps. The town is situated on the Arly River, close to the c, France.
People stubs Killy, Jean-Claude