- Jean Vuarnet
Jean Vuarnet (born
January 18 1933 inLe Bardo ,Tunisia ) is a former ski racer fromFrance .The high point of his career came in the 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley, where he won the gold medal in the
downhill .Previously, he had won bronze in the same event at the 1958 World Ski Championships in
Bad Gastein .After he had retired from active competition, Vuarnet became vice-president of the French skiing association from 1962 to 1971.
His name is associated with
Vuarnet sunglasses .In 1958, he married
Edith Bonlieu , three-time French women's ski champion.His wife Édith and his youngest son Patrick were among the members of the
Order of the Solar Temple cult who commited suicide in 1994.
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