In which French town, did Jean Claude Killy achieve a clean sweep all of the men's alpine events in the 1968 Winter Olympics?
Alpine skiing at the 1968 Winter Olympics event at the World Championships in 1982 and at the Olympics in 1988. Men's Combined Women's Combined Alpine skiing at the 1968 Winter Olympics Alpine skiing at the 1968 Winter Olympics consisted of six events, held 9–17 February at Chamrousse, southeast of Grenoble, France. Jean-Claude Killy of France won all three men's events, repeating Toni Sailer's triple-gold of 1956. Since Killy's feat, no alpine ski racer has won three gold medals in a single Olympics. This was the first Olympics with a two-run men's giant slalom, with one run per day. The women's giant slalom was one run until 1980.
The Temptations of Jean-Claude Killy The Temptations of Jean-Claude Killy "The Temptations of Jean-Claude Killy" is an article published in the premiere issue of "Scanlan's Monthly" in March 1970, written by Hunter S. Thompson. The subject of the article is Jean-Claude Killy, the alpine skiing champion who, in the 1968 Winter Olympics, became the second alpine skier ever to win three gold medals in a single olympic games. By the time of the article Killy, then 26, was retired from skiing and had embarked on the next phase of his career—endorsements. Thompson's article follows Killy around the United States during his marketing tour for the