Claudine Emonet's older sister was the most successful participant in the 1972 Junior European Championship in Madonna di Campiglio with two gold medals in downhill and slalom and a bronze medal in giant slalom. In the Ski World Cup she was able to score for the first time in December 1972 with a third place in the slalom of Val-d'Isère . She immediately established herself at the top of the world and won three slaloms and one giant slalom from January to March 1973 , with which she won the Slalom World Cup in the 1972/73 season , fourth in the Giant Slalom World Cup and third in the overall World Cup. She could not repeat these results in the following years, but achieved a total of four podium places in the 1975/76 and 1976/77 seasons . In January 1979 she won her last World Cup points.
At the 1974 World Championships in St. Moritz , Emonet was 12th in giant slalom and 16th in slalom. Two years later she was 11th in giant slalom at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck , while she was eliminated in slalom in the second round after she was fifth in the first run. At the 1978 World Championships in Garmisch-Partenkirchen , she only came in 38th place in the giant slalom. In the slalom, she was eliminated in the first round. In 1973, 1976 and 1977 Emonet became French slalom champion .
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