Lucienne Schmidt-Couttet (27 November 1926 – 4 October 2022) 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 world champion, who competed in the

1948 Winter Olympics The 1948 Winter Olympics, officially known as the V Olympic Winter Games (german: V. Olympische Winterspiele; french: Ves Jeux olympiques d'hiver; it, V Giochi olimpici invernali; rm, V Gieus olimpics d'enviern) and commonly known as St. Moritz ...

. Schmidt received a gold medal at the 1954 World Championships in

Åre Åre () is a locality and one of the leading Scandinavian ski resorts situated in Åre Municipality, Jämtland County, Sweden with 3,200 inhabitants in 2018. It is, however, not the seat of the municipality, which is Järpen. 25% of the local eco ...

, winning the

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 ...

.Official results for the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships
– ''FIS-ski.com'' - (Retrieved on 16 November 2008) Schmidt-Couttet died on 4 October 2022, at the age of 95.

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* 1926 births 2022 deaths Alpine skiers at the 1948 Winter Olympics French female alpine skiers Olympic alpine skiers for France {{France-alpine-skiing-bio-stub