Guy Periya Merceros ( fr. Guy Périllat Merceroz ; born February 24, 1940 , Annecy ) is a French skier , wagon, who performed equally well in slalom , giant slalom , downhill and combination . He represented the French alpine skiing team throughout the 1960s, the silver and bronze medalist of the Winter Olympic Games, two-time world champion, winner of two stages of the World Cup, eight-time champion of the French national championship.
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| Citizenship |  France | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of Birth | February 24, 1940 (aged 79) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of Birth | Annecy , France | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Growth | 168 cm | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 68 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Discipline | Slalom , giant slalom , downhill , combination | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Club ski de la clusaz | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In the national team | 1960-1969 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Last updated: February 25, 2018 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Biography
Guy Perrier was born on February 24, 1940 in the city of Annecy, department of Haute Savoie , France . He was trained at the La Clusaz ski resort in the local ski club of the same name.
He achieved his first serious success at the adult international level in 1960, when he became a member of the French national team and, thanks to a series of successful appearances, won the right to defend the country's honor at the Squaw Valley Winter Olympics . In both cases, in slalom and giant slalom, he took sixth place, while in downhill skiing he finished third and thereby won the bronze Olympic medal, leaving behind only compatriot Jean Vuarne and German Hans-Peter Lanig . Also, in the sum of three disciplines, he won here in combination, but this victory went only at the expense of the world championship, but not the Olympic Games.
In the following years, even before the appearance of the World Cup, Periya won many classic skiing competitions on the largest slopes of Europe. At the end of the 1961 season, the newspaper L'Équipe was recognized as the best athlete in France. In 1962, he performed at the home world championships in Chamonix , where he became a silver medalist in slalom, losing to compatriot Charles Boson , and took sixth place in the downhill program.
Being among the leaders of the ski team in France, I successfully passed the selection for the 1964 Olympic Games in Innsbruck - this time I could not get into the number of winners, showed the twelfth result in slalom, closed the top ten in the giant slalom and became the sixth in downhill.
In 1966 he visited the World Championships in Portillo , from where he brought silver and gold dignity awards won in slalom and giant slalom, respectively.
He took part in the 1968 Olympic Games in Grenoble - in the slalom he didn’t show any result, he was disqualified in the second attempt, while in the giant slalom he became the fourth, and in the downhill he won silver, losing only to Jean-Claude Killy .
Subsequently, Guy Periya remained an active athlete until 1969. The World Cup appeared already at the sunset of his sports career, but he still managed to achieve some success here: he went up to the podium seven times, including a two-stage victory. He is, among other things, an eight-time champion in alpine skiing in France [1] [2] .
Notes
- ↑ Guy Perillat Draws No. 1 . Washington Post (February 17, 1962). Retrieved on 2014-08-26.
- ↑ A Ski Champion's Life Is Not All Downhill; Pressure in France Makes Comeback a Hard Task Perillat, Yesterday's Hero, Is Called a Failure Today An Extraordinary Feat A Hard Life . New York Times (February 4, 1962). Retrieved on 2014-08-26.
Links
- Guy Periya - Olympic statistics at Sports-Reference.com
- Guy of Periyah - statistics on the FIS website