Henri Oreiller
Henri Oreiller (born December 5, 1925 in Paris , † October 7, 1962 in Montlhéry ) was a French ski racer and automobile racing driver .
Career
At the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Oreiller won the gold medal in downhill skiing and in the combination , which was also an Olympic value at the time, as well as the bronze medal in slalom . He was also a multiple French champion . After his career as a ski racer, Oreiller became a racing car driver. He was killed in a touring car race at the Autodrome de Linas-Montlhéry (south of Paris).
Together with Jean-Claude Killy is Oreiller namesake of the famous World Cup -Departure slopes Oreiller-Killy (OK piste) in Val d'Isere .
statistics
Le Mans results
year | team | vehicle | Teammate | placement | Failure reason |
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1962 | Abarth Corse & Cie | Abarth-Simca 1300 Bialbero | Tommy Spychiger | failure | Engine failure |
Individual results in the sports car world championship
season | team | race car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4th | 5 | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14th | 15th |
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1962 | Henri Oreiller Abarth |
Ferrari 250 GT Abarth-Simca 1300 Bialbero |
DAY | SEB | SEB | MAY | TAR | BER | ONLY | LEM | TAV | CCA | RTT | ONLY | BRI | BRI | PAR |
10 | DNF | 5 |
Web links
Commons : Henri Oreiller - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files
- Henri Oreiller in the database of the International Ski Federation (English)
- Henri Oreiller in the database of Ski-DB (English)
- Henri Oreiller in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Oreiller, Henri |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French ski racer |
DATE OF BIRTH | December 5, 1925 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Paris |
DATE OF DEATH | October 7, 1962 |
Place of death | Montlhéry |