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Jean-Luc Crétier

1966 - Today

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Jean-Luc Crétier (born 28 April 1966 in Albertville, Savoie) is a retired French World Cup alpine ski racer. He was one of the four members of the "Top Guns" team, created and trained by Serge Guillaume outside the mainstream of the French Alpine Ski Federation, along with Luc Alphand, Franck Piccard, and Denis Rey. At age 31, Crétier won the gold medal in the downhill at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano. He was the fourth Frenchman to win the Olympic downhill, but the first in thirty years, since Jean-Claude Killy in 1968. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2024). Jean-Luc Crétier is the 300th most popular skier (up from 317th in 2024), the 5,519th most popular biography from France (up from 5,575th in 2019) and the 15th most popular French Skier.

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Among SKIERS

Among skiers, Jean-Luc Crétier ranks 300 out of 817. Before him are Renate Götschl, Aki Karvonen, Michaela Dorfmeister, Ursula Konzett, Günther Mader, and Tamara McKinney. After him are Kjetil Jansrud, Robert Kranjec, Piotr Fijas, Bice Vanzetta, Jan Ottosson, and Heidi Weng.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1966, Jean-Luc Crétier ranks 621. Before him are Christophe Castaner, Teresa Forcades, Giancarlo Giorgetti, Mário Centeno, Japhet N'Doram, and Cédric Kahn. After him are Amila Glamočak, Tab Ramos, Tetsuya Takahashi, Sonia Bergamasco, Elina Löwensohn, and Hervé Boussard.

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In France

Among people born in France, Jean-Luc Crétier ranks 5,517 out of 6,770. Before him are Agnès Buzyn (1962), Luka Karabatic (1988), Adrien Silva (1989), and Ursula Meier (1971). After him are Laurent Brochard (1968), Ousmane Dabo (1977), Patrice Garande (1960), Hervé Boussard (1966), Pascal Nouma (1972), Laurent Wauquiez (1975), Denis Lathoud (1966), and Yazid Mansouri (1978).

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Among SKIERS In France

Among skiers born in France, Jean-Luc Crétier ranks 15. Before him are Léo Lacroix (1937), Perrine Pelen (1960), Michèle Jacot (1952), Isabelle Mir (1949), Régine Cavagnoud (1970), and Carole Merle (1964). After him are Alexis Pinturault (1991), Franck Piccard (1965), Edgar Grospiron (1969), Johan Clarey (1981), Carole Montillet (1973), and Antoine Dénériaz (1976).

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