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Jean-Claude Killy

1943 - Today

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Jean-Claude Killy (born 30 August 1943) is a French former World Cup alpine ski racer. He dominated the sport in the late 1960s, and was a triple Olympic champion, winning the three alpine events at the 1968 Winter Olympics, becoming the most successful athlete there. He also won the first two World Cup titles, in 1967 and 1968. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jean-Claude Killy is the 2nd most popular skier (down from 1st in 2019), the 1,345th most popular biography from France (down from 903rd in 2019) and the most popular French Skier.

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Among SKIERS

Among skiers, Jean-Claude Killy ranks 2 out of 817. Before him are Ingemar Stenmark. After him are Heikki Hasu, Matti Nykänen, Toni Sailer, Eddie the Eagle, Alberto Tomba, Bjørn Dæhlie, Franz Klammer, Sixten Jernberg, Birger Ruud, and Annemarie Moser-Pröll.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, Jean-Claude Killy ranks 99. Before him are Rodney Alcala, Piet Keizer, Roy Andersson, Mikhail Leonidovich Gromov, Ken Thompson, and Colin Baker. After him are Hugh Thompson Jr., Superstar Billy Graham, Miguel Rodríguez Orejuela, Thomas J. Sargent, René Préval, and Lorenzo Sanz.

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In France

Among people born in France, Jean-Claude Killy ranks 1,345 out of 6,770. Before him are James Tissot (1836), Charles III, Duke of Lorraine (1543), Michel Butor (1926), Thomas, Count of Savoy (1178), Élie Cartan (1869), and Lazare Hoche (1768). After him are Charles Leclerc (1772), Theobald II of Navarre (1239), Pierre Bouguer (1698), Michel Adanson (1727), Louis Alexandre, Count of Toulouse (1678), and Monique Wittig (1935).

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Among SKIERS In France

Among skiers born in France, Jean-Claude Killy ranks 1. After him are Marielle Goitschel (1945), Émile Allais (1912), Henri Oreiller (1925), François Bonlieu (1937), 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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