Alain Giletti
Alain Giletti 
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| birthday | September 11, 1939 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| place of birth | Bourg-en-Bresse | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| discipline | Single run | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Trainer | Jacqueline Vaudecrane | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Alain Giletti (born September 11, 1939 in Bourg-en-Bresse ) is a former French figure skater who started in a single run . He is the world champion from 1960 and the European champion from 1955 to 1957 and 1960 to 1961 .
Giletti won the European title five times from 1955 to 1957 as well as 1960 and 1961 and took second place four times in European championships , in 1953 and 1954 behind the Italian Carlo Fassi , in 1958 and 1959 behind Karol Divín from Czechoslovakia. In 1961 he won the European title ahead of his compatriot Alain Calmat , who replaced Giletti as European champion from 1962 .
In 1960 Giletti was able to achieve the world title in figure skating after he had finished third in 1954 and 1958 and fourth in 1955 , 1957 and 1959 . With his victory, he ended the twelve-year winning streak of the Americans at world championships.
Giletti was the first French European champion and the first French world champion in men's singles.
At the Olympic Games in 1956 , he finished fourth behind three Americans. In 1960 he was fourth again, tied with the bronze medal winner, Canadian Donald Jackson .
Giletti also started as a pair runner with Michèle Allard . In 1956 they became French champions in pair skating.
Results
| Competition / year | 1951 | 1952 | 1953 | 1954 | 1955 | 1956 | 1957 | 1958 | 1959 | 1960 | 1961 |
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| winter Olympics | 7th | 4th | 4th | ||||||||
| World championships | 8th. | 5. | 3. | 4th | 4th | 3. | 4th | 1. | |||
| European championships | 4th | 2. | 2. | 1. | 1. | 1. | 2. | 2. | 1. | 1. | |
| French championships | 1. | 1. | 1. | 1. | 1. | 1. | 1. | 1. | 1. | 1. |
literature
- Bodo Harenberg (ed.): The stars of the sport from A-Z . Darmstadt 1970
- Volker Kluge : Olympic Winter Games, the chronicle . Berlin 1994 ISBN 3-328-00631-1
Web links
- Alain Giletti in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
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| SURNAME | Giletti, Alain |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French figure skater |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 11, 1939 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bourg-en-Bresse , Rhône-Alpes, France |