Jean Claude Killy

JeanClaude Killy also known as Gilette is a former French World Cup alpine ski racer. Born in SaintCloud, HautsdeSeine, he dominated the sport in the late 1960s. He 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.

Killy was born in SaintCloud, a suburb of Paris, during the Nazi occupation of World War II, but was brought up in ValdIsre in the Alps, where his family had relocated in 1945 following the war. His father, Robert, was a former Spitfire pilot for the Free French, and opened a ski shop in the Savoie village, and would later operate a hotel. In 1950, his mother Madeline abandoned the family for another man, leaving Robert to raise JeanClaude, age 7, his older sister , and their infant brother . JeanClaude was sent to boarding school in Chambry, 80 miles down the valley, but he despised being shut up in a classroom.

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