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Annie Famose

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Annie Famose
Famose in 1968
Personal information
Born(1944-06-16)16 June 1944(age 80)
Jurançon,France
Height158 cm (5 ft 2 in)
Weight50 kg (110 lb)
Sport
SportAlpine skiing
ClubPyrenenees Quest
Medal record
Women'salpine skiing
RepresentingFrance
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1968 Grenoble Giant Slalom
Bronze medal – third place 1968 Grenoble Slalom
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1966 Portillo Slalom
Silver medal – second place 1966 Portillo Combined
Bronze medal – third place 1966 Portillo Downhill
Bronze medal – third place 1968 Grenoble Combined

Annie Famose(born 16 June 1944) is a French formerAlpine skier.She was a member of the dominating French alpine skiing national team in the 1960s. She won two medals at the1968 Winter OlympicsinGrenoble,as well as three medals (including one gold inslalom) at the1966 World ChampionshipsinPortillo, Chile.[1]

Famose was a versatile all-event skier who was a threat to win races in any discipline, but she excelled in the slalom. She won twoWorld Cupslalom races in1967,and had a total of 24 podium (top 3) finishes in slalom,giant slalom,anddownhillin her career. She won the slalom World Cup title in1967(tied withMarielle Goitschel), while placing third in the race for the overall title. She retired from competition after the1972season.

World Cup victories

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Season results

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Season Discipline
1967 Slalom

Individual races

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Date Location Discipline
10 January 1967 SwitzerlandGrindelwald Slalom
26 January 1967 FranceSt. Gervais Slalom

References

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  1. ^Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen;Mallon, Bill;et al."Annie Famose".Olympics at Sports-Reference.Sports Reference LLC.Archived fromthe originalon 2020-04-17.
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