Lucienne Schmith

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Lucienne Schmith Alpine skiing
Full name Lucienne Schmith-Couttet
nation FranceFrance France
birthday 27th November 1926 (age 93)
place of birth Chamonix , France
Career
discipline Slalom , giant slalom ,
downhill , combination
Medal table
World championships 1 × gold 0 × silver 3 × bronze
FIS Alpine World Ski Championships
bronze Aspen 1950 Giant slalom
gold Are 1954 Giant slalom
bronze Are 1954 Departure
bronze Are 1954 combination
 

Lucienne Schmith-Couttet (born November 27, 1926 in Chamonix ) is a French ski racer . In 1954 she became world champion in giant slalom and thus the first French world champion in alpine skiing.

Career

Lucienne Schmith-Couttet won six French championship titles from 1943 to 1948 . In 1948 she took part in the Winter Olympics in St. Moritz and reached 10th place in downhill and combined as well as 20th in slalom . She won the downhill, slalom and combination of the Harriman Cup in Sun Valley in 1949 and became Canadian champion in slalom and combination that same year . At the SDS races in Grindelwald , she achieved five podium places from 1949 to 1954, including a victory in the combination in 1954.

At the 1950 World Championships in Aspen , Schmith-Couttet won the bronze medal in the giant slalom. Four years later, at the 1954 World Championships in Åre , she became the first French world champion in alpine skiing when she won the gold medal in the giant slalom and was also third in downhill and combined. She was married to the French ski racer James Couttet .

statistics

winter Olympics

(also counted as world championships)

World championships

  • Aspen 1950 : 3rd giant slalom, 5th slalom, 6th descent
  • Åre 1954 : 1st giant slalom, 3rd descent, 3rd combination, 24th slalom

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personal data
SURNAME Schmith, Lucienne
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Schmith-Couttet, Lucienne
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French ski racer
DATE OF BIRTH November 27, 1926
PLACE OF BIRTH Chamonix-Mont-Blanc , France