Georges Berthet (18 September 1903 – 14 August 1979) was a French sportsman who took part in the

1924 Winter Olympics The 1924 Winter Olympics, officially known as the I Olympic Winter Games (french: Iers Jeux olympiques d'hiver) and commonly known as Chamonix 1924 ( frp, Chamôni 1924), were a winter multi-sport event which was held in 1924 in Chamonix, Franc ...

Chamonix Chamonix-Mont-Blanc ( frp, Chamôni), more commonly known as Chamonix, is a commune in the Haute-Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of southeastern France. It was the site of the first Winter Olympics in 1924. In 2019, it had ...

and the 1928 Olympics in Amsterdam. Berthet was born in

Les Rousses Les Rousses () is a commune in the Canton of Hauts de Bienne of Jura department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in eastern France, on the Swiss border. The Lac des Rousses is located northeast of the village of Les Rousses beside the r ...

. In 1923 he was French

Nordic combined Nordic combined is a winter sport in which athletes compete in cross-country skiing and ski jumping. The Nordic combined at the Winter Olympics has been held since the first ever Winter Olympics in 1924, while the FIS Nordic Combined World Cup ...

champion and seventh in the international ranking of

ski jumping Ski jumping is a winter sport in which competitors aim to achieve the farthest jump after sliding down on their skis from a specially designed curved ramp. Along with jump length, competitor's aerial style and other factors also affect the fina ...

.1907 – 2007 : 100 ans de saut à ski aux Rousses
He won an Olympic bronze medal at the

. He was part of the French team which came in third place in the military patrol behind Switzerland and

Finland Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares land borders with Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of B ...

. Six teams took part in the event on 31 January 1924 but only four completed the course. The others in the team were

Camille Mandrillon Paul Camille Albert Mandrillon (6 September 1891 – 22 March 1969) was a French biathlete who competed in the early 1920s. At the 1924 Winter Olympics he won the bronze medal in the military patrol event, together with his younger brother Mauri ...

, Adrien Vandelle and Maurice Mandrillon. He died in Morez.

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1903 births 1979 deaths French male rowers French military patrol (sport) runners French male ski jumpers Olympic biathletes for France Military patrol competitors at the 1924 Winter Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for France People from Les Rousses Medalists at the 1924 Winter Olympics Sportspeople from Jura (department) {{France-skijumping-bio-stub