James Couttet
James Couttet | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
nation | France | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
birthday | July 18, 1921 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
place of birth | Chamonix , France | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
size | 168 cm | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 67 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
date of death | November 13, 1997 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of death | Chamonix , France | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Alpine skiing ski jumping |
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society | Chamonix Ski Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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James Couttet (born July 18, 1921 in Chamonix , Haute-Savoie , † November 13, 1997 ibid) was a French skier who was active in alpine skiing and ski jumping . In the years before and after World War II, he was considered one of the best skiers in the world.
Career
Already at the age of 17, Couttet became world champion in the downhill in Engelberg in 1938 . His sporting development was interrupted by the war. At the first major Alpine event after the end of the war, the Winter Olympics in St. Moritz in February 1948 , at which he was the flag bearer (Porte-drapeau), Couttet was able to build on his earlier successes. In the slalom he won the silver medal behind the Swiss Edy Reinalter ; in the combination he came third. Two years later he won two more medals at the World Ski Championships in Aspen : silver in the downhill and bronze in the giant slalom .
In his career, Couttet was French champion nine times . For four victories in the Arlberg-Kandahar races (1939, 1947, 1948, 1950) he was the only ski racer alongside Karl Schranz to be awarded the Diamond Arlberg-Kandahar Star twice.
After completing his active career, he trained the French men's team in preparation for the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo and coached the French national ski team at the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo .
Together with the French cable car designer Denis Creissels, Couttet developed the Téléscaphe , an underwater cable car that operated in Marseille for a year .
Couttet was married to the ski racer Lucienne Schmith-Couttet .
Web links
- James Couttet in the database of the International Ski Federation (English)
- James Couttet in the database of Ski-DB (English)
- James Couttet in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
Individual evidence
- ↑ Column 1. «Training France's Alpines» . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna December 14, 1951, p. 8 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
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SURNAME | Couttet, James |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French skier |
DATE OF BIRTH | July 18, 1921 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Chamonix , Haute-Savoie , France |
DATE OF DEATH | November 13, 1997 |
Place of death | Chamonix , Haute-Savoie , France |