Marielle Goitschel (born 28 September 1945 in
Sainte-Maxime) is a former
French
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alpine skier
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. Marielle is the younger sister of
Christine Goitschel, another champion skier of the time, and the aunt of
speed skier
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Philippe Goitschel
Philippe Goitschel (born 1962) is a French skier. He won a silver medal in speed skiing, a demonstration sport at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, France.
He is the nephew of champion skiers of the 1960s, Christine and Marielle Goi ...
.
After great success in the
1962 World Championships and
1964 Winter Olympics
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, winning 5 medals including 3 golds, Goitschel was considered the world's best female skier. She continued her domination at the
1966 World Championships in
Portillo, Chile
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, winning medals in all 4 events, with 3 golds and one silver. When the
alpine skiing World Cup
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debuted a few months after those championships in January 1967, Goitschel was expected to again dominate the circuit
that season. However, she narrowly lost the overall title to
Nancy Greene
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of
Canada
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, but did take the discipline cup in
downhill
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and tied for the win in
slalom with her compatriot
Annie Famose
Annie Famose (born 16 June 1944) is a French former Alpine skier. She was a member of the dominating French alpine skiing national team in the 1960s. She won two medals at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble, as well as three medals (including ...
. During the
next season, she again missed the overall title, finishing only 4th while repeating as slalom champion. She won her final gold medal in slalom at the
1968 Winter Olympics
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in
Grenoble
lat, Gratianopolis
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, and then retired from ski racing after that season. Goitschel's total of 11 World Championships medals in alpine skiing is second all-time among women to the 15 won by
Christl Cranz
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of Germany (see the note below).
Marielle and sister
Christine
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were the first ever female siblings on the same individual's event Olympic podium, winning the gold (Christine) and silver (Marielle) medals in the
1964 Olympic Women's slalom.
They would repeat the feat two days later, switching their gold-silver order, in the
1964 Olympic Women's giant slalom.
World Cup victories
Notes
From 1948 to 1980, the alpine skiing events at the Winter Olympics also counted as the
FIS Alpine World Ski Championships
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History
The inaugural world championships in alpine skiing were held in 1931. During the 1930s, the event was held annuall ...
, so Goitschel's medals in 1964 and 1968 are double-counted in the list above (shown in both Olympics and World Championships). Separate
World Championships medals were awarded each Olympic year (in 1948, not in 1952, and since 1956) in the
combined using the results of the slalom and downhill. Also, for the only time in 1968, the results of the Olympic races counted for World Cup points, so Goitschel's slalom gold medal is also listed as a World Cup race win in the table above.
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1945 births
Living people
French female alpine skiers
Olympic alpine skiers of France
Olympic gold medalists for France
Olympic silver medalists for France
Olympic medalists in alpine skiing
Medalists at the 1964 Winter Olympics
Medalists at the 1968 Winter Olympics
Alpine skiers at the 1964 Winter Olympics
Alpine skiers at the 1968 Winter Olympics
FIS Alpine Ski World Cup champions
Sportspeople from Var (department)