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François Bonlieu

1937 - 1973

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François Pierre Philippe Bonlieu (21 March 1937 – 18 August 1973) was a French alpine skier. Bonlieu debuted for the French alpine skiing national team when he was 15 years old, and placed second in the Alpine World Ski Championships at the age of 17. His career was interrupted by his service in the Algerian War. He was a four time French Champion (twice in the giant slalom, once each in the slalom and Alpine combined), and won the gold medal in the 1964 Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria in the Giant slalom. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. François Bonlieu is the 77th most popular skier (up from 113th in 2019), the 4,435th most popular biography from France (up from 4,812th in 2019) and the 5th most popular French Skier.

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Among SKIERS

Among skiers, François Bonlieu ranks 77 out of 817. Before him are Anja Pärson, Vegard Ulvang, Torgeir Brandtzæg, Anders Haugen, Elis Wiklund, and Vladimir Smirnov. After him are Jouko Törmänen, Christine Goitschel, Pavel Kolchin, Aulis Kallakorpi, Nils Karlsson, and Walter Steiner.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1937, François Bonlieu ranks 372. Before him are Gary Lockwood, Manfred Krug, Pino Puglisi, Barbro Lindgren, Antonio Bailetti, and Akram Aylisli. After him are Jim Harrison, Klara Guseva, Nikolay Drozdov, Imerio Massignan, Sandy Dennis, and Ernest Lluch. Among people deceased in 1973, François Bonlieu ranks 211. Before him are Carlos Menditeguy, William Justin Kroll, Hans Haas, Jean Barraqué, Ōten Shimokawa, and Rodolphe Hiden. After him are Washington Ortuño, Pixinguinha, Cecil Kellaway, Tomoji Abe, Roland Dorgelès, and M. Ageyev.

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In France

Among people born in France, François Bonlieu ranks 4,435 out of 6,770. Before him are Victor Puiseux (1820), Jean-Dominique Senard (1953), Félicien David (1810), Dominique Wilkins (1960), Pierre Tchernia (1928), and Jean-Baptiste Vallin de la Mothe (1729). After him are Marcel Amont (1929), Raymond Abellio (1907), Tonie Marshall (1951), Michel Garicoïts (1797), Chantal Chaudé de Silans (1919), and Jean Debucourt (1894).

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Among SKIERS In France

Among skiers born in France, François Bonlieu ranks 5. Before him are Jean-Claude Killy (1943), Marielle Goitschel (1945), Émile Allais (1912), and Henri Oreiller (1925). After him are Christine Goitschel (1944), Luc Alphand (1965), Annie Famose (1944), Léo Lacroix (1937), Perrine Pelen (1960), Michèle Jacot (1952), and Isabelle Mir (1949).

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