Émile Viollat
Émile Viollat (born June 19, 1937 in Combloux ; † August 7, 2012 ) was a French ski racer .
Viollat's greatest achievement was winning the silver medal in the downhill at the 1962 World Championships in Chamonix . He had also been nominated for the 1964 Olympic Downhill on Patscherkofel , but suffered a broken collarbone in a training fall on January 27th.
In 1959 he fell so badly during a training run in Val-d'Isère that the doctors at times even considered amputating his right hand. Since then, the accident site has been called Bosse à l'Emile .
Web links
- Émile Viollat in the database of the International Ski Federation (English)
- Émile Viollat in the database of Ski-DB (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Décès d'Emile Viollat. ledauphine.com, August 10, 2012, accessed August 30, 2012 (French).
- ^ "Viollat with broken collarbone"; "Sport Zurich" of January 29, 1964
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Viollat, Émile |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French ski racer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 19, 1937 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Combloux , France |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 7, 2012 |