The 4th

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season began in December 1969 in France and concluded in March 1970 in Norway.

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of Austria won his second consecutive overall title. Michèle Jacot of France won the women's overall title. For the final time, the results of the

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, held in

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, Italy, were included in the World Cup standings (except for the Alpine Combined results, because that discipline was not recognized in the World Cup until the 1974/75 season). Future

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and

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results were not included as World Cup races.

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of Australia won the season's first downhill at

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in December to become the first alpine racer from the Southern Hemisphere to win a World Cup event.

Calendar

Men

Note: Races 18, 19, and 20 were the events from the

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.
This was the final time that the World Championships (or Olympics) were counted in the World Cup standings.

Women

Note: Races 18, 19, and 20 were the events from the

.
This was the final time that the World Championships (or Olympics) were counted in the World Cup standings.

Men

Overall

'' see complete table'' In Men's Overall World Cup 1969/70 the best three downhills, best three giant slaloms and best three slaloms count. 18 racers had a point deduction.

Downhill

'' see complete table'' In Men's Downhill World Cup 1969/70 the best 3 results count. Five racers had a point deduction, which are given in ().

Giant Slalom

'' see complete table'' In Men's Giant Slalom World Cup 1969/70 the best 3 results count. Ten racers had a point deduction, which are given in ().

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won the cup with maximum points.

Slalom

'' see complete table'' In Men's Slalom World Cup 1969/70 the best 3 results count. 11 racers had a point deduction, which are given in ().

Patrick Russel Patrick Russel (born 22 December 1946) is a former French Alpine ski racer and World Cup champion. He specialized in the technical disclipines (giant slalom and slalom) and won three discipline championships in the World Cup: slalom in 1969 an ...

and

Alain Penz Alain Penz (born 30 October 1947 in Sallanches) is a French former alpine skier. Career He competed in the 1968 Winter Olympics and 1972 Winter Olympics The 1972 Winter Olympics, officially the and commonly known as Sapporo 1972 ( ja, 札� ...

won the cup with maximum points. French athletes won 10 races out of 11!

Women

Overall

'' see complete table'' In Women's Overall World Cup 1969/70 the best three results from each discipline (downhill, giant slalom, and slalom) counted. Nineteen racers had a point deduction.

Downhill

'' see complete table'' In Women's Downhill World Cup 1969/70 the best 3 results count. Five racers had a point deduction, which are given in ().

Isabelle Mir Isabelle Mir (born 2 March 1949) is a French former Alpine skier. At the 1968 Olympics in Grenoble Mir was silver medalist in the downhill. She received a silver medal at the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1970 The FIS Alpine World ...

won the cup with maximum points.

Giant Slalom

'' see complete table'' In Women's Giant Slalom World Cup 1969/70 the best 3 results count. 14 racers had a point deduction, which are given in ().

Slalom

'' see complete table'' In Women's Slalom World Cup 1969/70 the best 3 results count. 14 racers had a point deduction, which are given in (). Ingrid Lafforgue won the cup with maximum points. She won five races and four of them in a row.

Nations cup

Overall

Men

Women

Medal table

Notes

External links

FIS-ski.com
– World Cup standings – 1970 {{DEFAULTSORT:1969-70 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup