Jean-Pierre Augert

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Jean-Pierre Augert Alpine skiing
nation FranceFrance France
birthday 13th January 1946 (age 30)
place of birth Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne , France
date of death 15th February 1976
Place of death Fontcouverte-la-Toussuire
Career
discipline Downhill , giant slalom , slalom
End of career 1970
Placements in the Alpine Ski World Cup
 Individual World Cup debut 1967
 Overall World Cup 15. ( 1968 , 1968/69 )
 Downhill World Cup 8. (1968)
 Giant Slalom World Cup 10. (1968/69)
 Slalom World Cup 9th (1968)
 Podium placements 1. 2. 3.
 Departure 0 1 0
 Giant slalom 0 1 0
 slalom 0 1 0
 

Jean-Pierre Augert (born January 13, 1946 in Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne , † February 15, 1976 in Fontcouverte-la-Toussuire ) was a French ski racer who drove in all disciplines. He was the cousin of ski racer Jean-Noël Augert and the uncle of Jean-Pierre Vidal and Vanessa Vidal .

biography

Augert won his first points in a World Cup race on January 21, 1968 when he finished seventh in the Hahnenkamm Slalom in Kitzbühel . At the 1968 Winter Olympics , he finished 15th in slalom, but was subsequently disqualified for a peat error. He achieved his first podium finish in the World Cup on March 29, 1968, when he finished second in the slalom in Rossland, Canada .

Also in the 1968/69 season Augert was among the world's best. Two more second places were added, on January 6th in the giant slalom from Adelboden and on February 9th in the downhill run from Cortina d'Ampezzo . He was among the top ten three more times. In the 1969/70 season , a sixth place remained his only result in the points and he could not qualify for the 1970 World Cup. On November 27, 1970 Augert suffered a broken leg while training in Courchevel and then ended his sports career. He died in an avalanche on February 15, 1976.

successes

  • World Cup season 1968 : 9th slalom classification
  • World Cup season 1968/69 : 8th downhill classification, 10th giant slalom classification
  • 11 placements among the top ten in the World Cup, including 3 podium places

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Entry on Jean Pierre Augert in Fichier des personnes décédées , accessed on August 2, 2020.
  2. ↑ a b Gilbert Dupont: Douze skieurs sont tués par des avalanches. In: Le Monde . February 17, 1976, accessed June 13, 2020 (French).
  3. ↑ Column 2, below: "Augert: broken leg" . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna November 28, 1970, p. 15 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
personal data
SURNAME Augert, Jean-Pierre
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French ski racer
DATE OF BIRTH January 13, 1946
PLACE OF BIRTH Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne
DATE OF DEATH 15th February 1976
Place of death Fontcouverte-la-Toussuire