Jules Melquiond
Jules Melquiond 
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| birthday | 19th August 1941 (age 79) | ||||||||
| place of birth | France | ||||||||
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| discipline | slalom | ||||||||
| status | resigned | ||||||||
| End of career | 1967 | ||||||||
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Jules Melquiond (born August 19, 1941 ) is a retired French ski racer .
Melquiond first appeared in 1965 when he won the giant slalom and the slalom at the prestigious 3-tre races in Madonna di Campiglio . In the same year he became French downhill champion . In 1967 he was a participant in the first season of the Alpine Ski World Cup . In the first World Cup race in history, the slalom in Berchtesgaden , he finished second. Ten days later he was third in the Lauberhorn Slalom in Wengen .
After his resignation, Melquiond worked as a mountain guide . He and his two sons have been running a sports shop in Saint-Chaffrey in the Serre Chevalier region since 1999 .
successes
- 2 podium places in the World Cup
- 1 French championship title (departure 1965)
Web links
- Jules Melquiond in the database of the International Ski Federation (English)
- Jules Melquiond in the database of Ski-DB (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Notre historie est notre magasin. (No longer available online.) Melquiond Sports, archived from the original on December 25, 2013 ; accessed on December 31, 2013 (French). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
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| SURNAME | Melquiond, Jules |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French ski racer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 19, 1941 |