Renée Colliard (born 24 December 1933 in

Geneva , neighboring_municipalities= Carouge, Chêne-Bougeries, Cologny, Lancy, Grand-Saconnex, Pregny-Chambésy, Vernier, Veyrier , website = https://www.geneve.ch/ Geneva ( ; french: Genève ) frp, Genèva ; german: link=no, Genf ; it, Ginevra ...

– 15 December 2022) was a Swiss alpine

skier Skiing is the use of skis to glide on snow. Variations of purpose include basic transport, a recreational activity, or a competitive winter sport. Many types of competitive skiing events are recognized by the International Olympic Committee (IO ...

. At the

1956 Winter Olympics The 1956 Winter Olympics, officially known as the VII Olympic Winter Games ( it, VII Giochi Olimpici invernali) and commonly known as Cortina d'Ampezzo 1956 ( lld, Anpezo 1956 or ), was a multi-sport event held in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, from ...

Cortina d'Ampezzo Cortina d'Ampezzo (; lld, Anpezo, ; historical de-AT, Hayden) is a town and '' comune'' in the heart of the southern (Dolomitic) Alps in the Province of Belluno, in the Veneto region of Northern Italy. Situated on the Boite river, in an alp ...

, she became Olympic champion in Slalom.Olympic results
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1933 births 2022 deaths Swiss female alpine skiers Sportspeople from Geneva Alpine skiers at the 1956 Winter Olympics Olympic alpine skiers of Switzerland Olympic gold medalists for Switzerland Olympic medalists in alpine skiing Medalists at the 1956 Winter Olympics 20th-century Swiss women {{Switzerland-alpine-skiing-bio-stub