The Most Famous
SKIERS from Tunisia
Top 1
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Tunisian Skiers of all time. This list of famous Tunisian Skiers is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Jean Vuarnet (1933 - 2017)
With an HPI of 49.48, Jean Vuarnet is the most famous Tunisian Skier. His biography has been translated into 17 different languages on wikipedia.
Jean Raoul Célina André Vuarnet (18 January 1933 – 1 January 2017) was an alpine ski racer from France. An Olympic gold medalist, he is known for inventing the "Tuck" skiing position, and was the first Olympian to win a gold medal using metal skis. Raised in Morzine, he had a childhood interest in skiing, which he pursued. He won a bronze medal in the downhill at the World Championships in 1958 at Bad Gastein, before winning gold in the same event in the 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley. Vuarnet was also the author of several books on skiing. He gave his name to the Vuarnet brand in 1961. In 1995, his wife Edith Bonlieu, a fellow Olympian, and their son Patrick both died in a mass murder-suicide of members of the Order of the Solar Temple.
People
Pantheon has 1 people classified as Tunisian skiers born between 1933 and 1933. Of these 1, none of them are still alive today. The most famous deceased Tunisian skiers include Jean Vuarnet.
