Marielle Goitschel (born 28 September 1945 in Sainte-Maxime) is a former

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. Marielle is the younger sister of Christine Goitschel, another champion skier of the time, and the aunt of

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. After great success in the 1962 World Championships and

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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

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, winning medals in all 4 events, with 3 golds and one silver. When the

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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

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, but did take the discipline cup in

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and tied for the win in slalom with her compatriot

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. 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

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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

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of Germany (see the note below). Marielle and sister

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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

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, 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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