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Christine Goitschel

French skier
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Christine Goitschel (born June 9, 1944, Sallanches, France) is a French Alpine skier who won the gold medal in the slalom at the 1964 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria. After her first run of the slalom event at the 1964 Olympics, Goitschel trailed her younger sister Marielle, but she managed to come back and secure the gold medal with her second run. In the giant slalom Goitschel and American Jean Saubert were tied for first...

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