- Christine Goitschel
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Medal record Women's alpine skiing Competitor for France
Winter Olympic Games Gold 1964 Innsbruck Slalom Silver 1964 Innsbruck Giant slalom Christine Béranger-Goitschel (born 9 June 1944 in Sallanches) is a former French alpine skier. Christine is the older sister of fellow champion skier of the time, Marielle Goitschel and the aunt of former speed skier Philippe Goitschel.
After great success in the 1964 Winter Olympics, she and her sister Marielle were considered the world's best female skiers.[1] However, Christine fractured an ankle in 1966, and retired from her sporting career after the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble, France.
She married Jean Béranger, her skiing coach, in 1966. In 1970, Goitschel and her husband opened the ski resort of Val Thorens.
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Results and medals
Winter Olympic Games
- 1964 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck (Austria)
- Gold medal in Slalom
- Silver medal in Giant slalom
Alpine skiing World Cup
- Ranked 10th (1967 Alpine Skiing World Cup)
Other
- French champion in slalom in 1962 and 1964
- French champion in giant slalom in 1963
References
- ^ Married - Christine Goitschel, TIME, 6 May 1966.
Olympic Champions in Women's Slalom 1948: Gretchen Fraser | 1952: Andrea Mead-Lawrence | 1956: Renée Colliard | 1960: Anne Heggtveit | 1964: Christine Goitschel | 1968: Marielle Goitschel | 1972: Barbara Cochran | 1976: Rosi Mittermaier | 1980: Hanni Wenzel | 1984: Paoletta Magoni | 1988: Vreni Schneider | 1992: Petra Kronberger | 1994: Vreni Schneider | 1998: Hilde Gerg | 2002: Janica Kostelić | 2006: Anja Pärson | 2010: Maria RieschCategories:- 1944 births
- Living people
- French alpine skiers
- Olympic gold medalists for France
- Olympic silver medalists for France
- Alpine skiers at the 1964 Winter Olympics
- Olympic medalists in alpine skiing
- French alpine skiing biography stubs
- Winter Olympic medalist stubs
- 1964 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck (Austria)
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