Maurice Lafforgue
Maurice Lafforgue (born March 26, 1915 in Luchon ; † 1970 ibid) was a French ski racer . Lafforgue was the first Frenchman to win a medal at Alpine World Ski Championships.
Lafforgue came from the small town of Luchon in the Pyrenees . In 1931, at the age of 17, he was the first French champion in slalom. He achieved the greatest success of his career in 1937 at the Alpine World Ski Championships in Chamonix . There he won the silver medal in the downhill and the silver medal in the combination .
Lafforgue was married to the Swedish ski racer May Nilsson . Her twin daughters Ingrid Lafforgue and Britt Lafforgue and son-in-law Henri Duvillard were also successful in this sport.
statistics
| discipline | space | |
| Garmisch-Part. 1936 | Alpine combination | 11. |
Web links
- Maurice Lafforgue in the database of the International Ski Federation (English)
- Maurice Lafforgue in the database of Ski-DB (English)
- Maurice Lafforgue in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lafforgue, Maurice |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French ski racer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 26, 1915 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Luchon , France |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1970 |
| Place of death | Luchon |