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Jean Vuarnet

1933 - 2017

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jean Vuarnet has received more than 64,309 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Jean Vuarnet is the 50th most popular skier (up from 57th in 2019), the 88th most popular biography from Tunisia (down from 75th in 2019) and the most popular Tunisian Skier.

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Among SKIERS

Among skiers, Jean Vuarnet ranks 50 out of 817Before him are Bojan Križaj, Marit Bjørgen, Vegard Ulvang, Tormod Knutsen, Inger Aufles, and Galina Kulakova. After him are Bernhard Russi, Alf Andersen, Madeleine Berthod, Tina Maze, Janne Ahonen, and Marielle Goitschel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1933, Jean Vuarnet ranks 310Before him are Tamás Vásáry, René Felber, Neale Fraser, Peter Post, Diane Disney Miller, and Hillevi Rombin. After him are Helmut Senekowitsch, Ayako Wakao, Otar Chiladze, Arif Malikov, Abdul Rahman Munif, and Lucian Pintilie. Among people deceased in 2017, Jean Vuarnet ranks 303Before him are Jaak Panksepp, Bernard Panafieu, Hal Moore, Timo Mäkinen, Isabella Karle, and Abdelmajid Dolmy. After him are Shyla Stylez, Daniil Granin, Alec McCowen, Vinod Khanna, Betty Cuthbert, and John Abercrombie.

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In Tunisia

Among people born in Tunisia, Jean Vuarnet ranks 88 out of 210Before him are Tewhida Ben Sheikh (1909), Hamed Karoui (1927), Abdelmajid Chetali (1939), Carlos Marcello (1910), Paul G. Comba (1926), and Faouzi Benzarti (1950). After him are Ibrahim II of Ifriqiya (850), Taos Amrouche (1913), Mohamed Akid (1949), Moufida Tlatli (1947), Pierre Darmon (1934), and Ali Laarayedh (1955).

Among SKIERS In Tunisia

Among skiers born in Tunisia, Jean Vuarnet ranks 1