Françoise Macchi was able to win races in all individual disciplines of the Ski World Cup that were held at that time. So she won twice in the downhill and in the slalom and six times in the giant slalom .
In the 1969/70 season she took first place in the Giant Slalom World Cup. In the same discipline she won the bronze medal at the 1970 World Cup in Val Gardena . Also in 1970 she became French champion in giant slalom.
In addition, on January 12, 1971, she won a non-World Cup slalom at the Grindelwald races. Thanks to third place in the downhill on December 17, 1971 and the slalom victory on December 18, 1971 (these with No. 29) she was the superior winner of the Kandahar combination in Sestriere . The 1971/72 season was initially very promising for her, as she gained a clear lead in the World Cup thanks to her three victories right at the beginning of January. She was also scheduled to be the flag bearer of the French team at the Winter Olympics in Sapporo (a minor injury on January 29 when she sustained a strain in her right ankle during downhill training on the Eniwa was quickly overcome), but came on February 2 During one (further) training session, she suffered a serious knee injury, which not only meant the end of the game for her, but also the rest of the season and forced her to retire. She said she wanted to open a fashion store in her home town of Châtel ( Haute-Savoie ).
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