William Besse (born 10 March 1968 in Bruson) is a

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former alpine skier. He took four wins and 13 podiums in the

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, all of them in the

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discipline, including winning the Lauberhorn downhill in Wengen in 1994. He retired from competition in 1999, in part because he struggled to adapt to the introduction of carving skis in the mid-1990s. After retiring from competition, he became a ski instructor in Verbier, and also worked as an analyst for

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and

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's coverage of alpine skiing, until he was let go after the 2014-15 season. He is related to alpine skier

Justin Murisier Justin Murisier (born 8 January 1992) is a Swiss FIS Alpine Ski World Cup, World Cup Alpine skiing, alpine ski racer who competes in giant slalom and the speed disciplines of Downhill (ski competition), downhill and super-G. Earlier, he also compe ...

through Murisier's father, who is Besse's cousin.

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Alpine skiing at the 1994 Winter Olympics – Men's downhill The Men's Downhill competition of the Lillehammer 1994 Olympics was held at Kvitfjell on Sunday, 13 February. The reigning world champion was Luc Alphand and the reigning Olympic champion was Patrick Ortlieb; Franz Heinzer was the defending ...

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; Alpine Skiing World Cup * 1988 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's combined * 1988 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's downhill * 1989 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's combined * 1989 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's downhill *

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