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- Jean-Claude Killy equaled
- an amazing record (set by
- Austrian skier Toni Sailer,
- in 1956) when he won all
- three Alpine skiing gold
- medals at the 1968 Winter Olympics: the
- downhill, the slalom, and the giant slalom.
- (A fourth Alpine event, the super-giant
- slalom, has since been added to the
- Games). Because the 1968 Winter Olympics
- were held in France, Jean-ClaudeΓÇÖs home
- country, he quickly became a national hero.
-
- Jean-ClaudeΓÇÖs Olympic success came as
- no real surprise. He grew up near the resort
- village of Val dΓÇÖIsere in the French Alps.
- During the 1966-67 World Cup season,
- he won 12 of 16 World Cup meets to
- win the overall title and all three