James Couttet (6 July 1921 – 13 November 1997) was a French

alpine skier Alpine skiing, or downhill skiing, is the pastime of sliding down snow-covered slopes on skis with fixed-heel bindings, unlike other types of skiing ( cross-country, Telemark, or ski jumping), which use skis with free-heel bindings. Whether for ...

and ski jumper. As an alpine skier he competed at the 1948 and 1952 Olympics and won two medals in 1948: a silver in the slalom and a bronze in the combined event. As a ski jumper he placed 25th in the normal hill at the 1948 Games. Couttet won a full set of medals at the world championships: a gold in 1938 and a silver and bronze in 1950. He retired in 1955 to become a skiing coach and prepare the French alpine skiing team for the

1956 Winter Olympics The 1956 Winter Olympics, officially known as the VII Olympic Winter Games ( it, VII Giochi Olimpici invernali) and commonly known as Cortina d'Ampezzo 1956 ( lld, Anpezo 1956 or ), was a multi-sport event held in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, from ...

. He later helped design and build ski lifts. He was married to Lucienne Schmidt-Couttet, a fellow alpine skier who competed at the 1948 Olympics.James Couttet
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1921 births 1997 deaths Sportspeople from Haute-Savoie French male alpine skiers French male ski jumpers Olympic alpine skiers for France Olympic ski jumpers for France Alpine skiers at the 1948 Winter Olympics Alpine skiers at the 1952 Winter Olympics Olympic silver medalists for France Olympic medalists in alpine skiing Medalists at the 1948 Winter Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for France Ski jumpers at the 1948 Winter Olympics {{France-Olympic-medalist-stub