Britt Lafforgue
Britt Lafforgue 
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| Full name | Brigitte Lafforgue | ||||||||||||
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 France
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| birthday | 5th November 1948 (age 71) | ||||||||||||
| place of birth | Bagneres-de-Luchon , France | ||||||||||||
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| discipline |
Downhill , giant slalom , slalom , combination |
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| status | resigned | ||||||||||||
| End of career | 1973 | ||||||||||||
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Brigitte "Britt" Lafforgue (born November 5, 1948 in Bagnères-de-Luchon ) is a former French ski racer .
biography
Britt Lafforgue is the twin sister of Ingrid Lafforgue and daughter of Maurice Lafforgue and the Swedish skier May Nilsson , who won the slalom bronze medal at the World Ski Championships in Zakopane in 1939 .
At the 1972 Olympic Games in Sapporo , she reached eighth place in the giant slalom . In the special slalom on February 11, 1972 she was 0.21 seconds after the first run compared to the leading Barbara Ann Cochran in third place and had a lead of 0.31 seconds over her ranked team colleague Florence Steurer . But she was eliminated in the second run, so that Steurer (in the dramatic race with regard to the gold decision) took bronze.
She was never able to classify at world championships. She was much more successful in the Ski World Cup , where she won five slalom and two giant slalom races. Both in the 1970/71 season and in the 1971/72 season she took first place in the slalom World Cup.
Lafforgue is married to the former ski racer Henri Duvillard .
successes
Olympic games
- Sapporo 1972 : 8th giant slalom (also counted as World Cup)
World Cup ratings
Britt Lafforgue won the slalom discipline twice.
| season | total | Departure | Giant slalom | slalom | ||||
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| space | Points | space | Points | space | Points | space | Points | |
| 1968 | 18th | 21st | 19th | 6th | - | - | 15th | 15th |
| 1968/69 | 25th | 11 | - | - | - | - | 15th | 11 |
| 1969/70 | 9. | 87 | - | - | 8th. | 32 | 4th | 55 |
| 1970/71 | 6th | 112 | - | - | 6th | 42 | 1. | 70 |
| 1971/72 | 3. | 128 | - | - | 3. | 52 | 1. | 76 |
| 1972/73 | 28. | 19th | - | - | - | - | 15th | 19th |
World Cup victories
Lafforgue achieved a total of 15 podiums, including 7 wins:
| date | place | country | discipline |
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| 1st February 1970 | Abetone | Italy | Giant slalom |
| January 14, 1971 | Grindelwald | Switzerland | slalom |
| 4th February 1971 | Murren | Switzerland | slalom |
| January 13, 1972 | Bad Gastein | Austria | slalom |
| January 19, 1972 | Grindelwald | Switzerland | slalom |
| February 18, 1972 | Banff | Canada | slalom |
| March 18, 1972 | Pra-Loup | France | Giant slalom |
Web links
- Britt Lafforgue in the database of the International Ski Federation (English)
- Britt Lafforgue in the database of Ski-DB (English)
- Britt Lafforgue in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
Individual evidence
- ↑ Olympia - Slalom . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna February 12, 1972, p. 14 , Mitte ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Lafforgue, Britt |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Lafforgue, Brigitte |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French ski racer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 5, 1948 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bagneres-de-Luchon |