André Bertrand (1 June 1931 – 3 June 2019) was a

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alpine skier who competed in the

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and in the

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. Bertrand attended

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where he was a member of the university ski team. He also coached the university men's alpine ski team from 1950 to 1970. He won the 1950 Canadian men's downhill championship beating out

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for first place. He won the downhill championship again in 1954 as well as winning the Canadian alpine combined championship that year. Bertrand was a member of the Canadian team at the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo, Norway, competing in the

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giant slalom Giant slalom (GS) is an alpine skiing and alpine snowboarding discipline. It involves skiing between sets of poles ("gates") spaced at a greater distance from each other than in slalom but less than in Super-G. Giant slalom and slalom make up t ...

, and

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events. In the men's downhill, Betrand's time was 2:56.0 putting him in 41st place. He finished in 36th place with a time of 2:49.3 in the giant slalom. His combined time of 2:13.2 from his two runs in the slalom was good for 25th place. Bertrand represented Canada again at the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, competing in the

, and

events as well as being Canada's flag bearer at the

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. In the men's downhill, Betrand's time was 3:31.2 putting him in 25th place. He finished in 39th place with a time of 3:31.1 in the giant slalom. His combined time of 302.8 from his two runs in the slalom was put him in 50th place. Bertrand was inducted into the

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in 1989.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bertrand, Andre 1931 births 2019 deaths Canadian male alpine skiers Olympic alpine skiers for Canada Alpine skiers at the 1952 Winter Olympics Alpine skiers at the 1956 Winter Olympics Laval Rouge et Or athletes