Joël Gaspoz (born 25 September 1962) is a

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former alpine

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Career

He competed in the slalom and giant slalom at the 1980, 1984 and 1988 Olympics with the best result of seventh place in the giant slalom in 1980. He came close to winning the gold in the giant slalom at the 1987 Alpine Skiing World Championships on home snow at

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, holding a clear lead in the second run before crashing out with three gates to go. From 1979 to 1989, Gaspoz won one

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and six

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 ...

World Cup races. In the

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, he finished first in the giant slalom standings, with his teammate

Pirmin Zurbriggen Pirmin Zurbriggen (born 4 February 1963) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from Switzerland. One of the most successful ski racers ever, he won the overall World Cup title four times, an Olympic gold medal in 1988 in Downhill, and nine Wor ...

World Cup victories

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Gaspoz, Joel 1962 births Living people Swiss male alpine skiers FIS Alpine Ski World Cup champions Olympic alpine skiers for Switzerland Alpine skiers at the 1980 Winter Olympics Alpine skiers at the 1984 Winter Olympics Alpine skiers at the 1988 Winter Olympics