Edgar Grospiron (born 17 March 1969) is a French
freestyle skier
Freestyle skiing is a skiing discipline comprising aerials, moguls, cross, half-pipe, slopestyle and big air as part of the Winter Olympics. It can consist of a skier performing aerial flips and spins and can include skiers sliding rails and ...
and Olympic champion. He won a gold medal at the
1992 Winter Olympics in
Albertville
Albertville (; Arpitan: ''Arbèrtvile'') is a subprefecture of the Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in Southeastern France.
It is best known for hosting the 1992 Winter Olympics and Paralympics. In 2018, the commune had ...
.
["1992 Winter Olympics – Albertville, France – Alpine Skiing"]
– ''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on March 5, 2008) He received a bronze medal at the
1994 Winter Olympics in
Lillehammer. At the
2012 Winter Youth Olympics he was ''Chef de mission'' for the French Team.
He was in charge of the
Annecy bid for the 2018 Winter Olympics
Annecy 2018 ( frp, Èneci 2018 or ) was an unsuccessful bid by Annecy, France for the 2018 Winter Olympics.
Overview
At first, the French Olympic Committee (CNOSF) was quite reluctant in bidding for a Winter Games, preferring t ...
, which did not win.
External links
Edgar Grospiron Consulting
References
1969 births
Living people
French male freestyle skiers
Freestyle skiers at the 1988 Winter Olympics
Freestyle skiers at the 1992 Winter Olympics
Freestyle skiers at the 1994 Winter Olympics
Olympic gold medalists for France
Olympic bronze medalists for France
Olympic medalists in freestyle skiing
Medalists at the 1992 Winter Olympics
Medalists at the 1994 Winter Olympics
Olympic freestyle skiers of France
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