Jacques Reymond (30 August 1950 – 6 May 2020) was a

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ski trainer.

Life

Reymond worked for many years as a trainer for the Swiss Ski Association Swiss-Ski. From 1979 to 1995 he acted as head coach and technical coach of the Swiss men's national team. He was also a condition trainer for the women's national team for several years. He also looked after

Erika Hess Erika Hess (born 6 March 1962) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from Switzerland. One of the best female racers of the 1980s, Hess had 31 World Cup wins (22 in slalom), four slalom titles (1981– 83 and 1985), and two overall titles ( 198 ...

in the women's national team. After retiring from active skiing, he married Hess on 6 May 1988. The marriage gave birth to three sons; Marco, the youngest, drives races in the European Cup and World Cup. The two lived in

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. Together they organized races and training camps for young ski racers. In Saint-Légier-La Chiésaz, Reymond was also politically active; he was president of the municipal council.

Death

During the

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, Reymond fell ill with

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and after several weeks died from the virus on 6 May 2020, at the age of 69.Ehemaliger Skitrainer Jacques Reymond gestorben

References

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