Christine Béranger-Goitschel (born 9 June 1944) is a former French

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. She is the elder sister of fellow champion skier

Marielle Goitschel Micheline Françoise Marielle Goitschel (born 28 September 1945) is a French former alpine skier. Marielle is the younger sister of Christine Goitschel, another champion skier of the time, and the aunt of speed skier Philippe Goitschel. Aft ...

and the aunt of the former speed skier Philippe Goitschel. Her sister Patricia was a national junior champion in the slalom in 1964. After great success in the

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, she and her sister Marielle were considered the world's best female skiers. However, Goitschel fractured an

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in 1966, and retired from her sporting career after the

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. Christine and Marielle Goitschel were the first ever female siblings on the same individual event's Olympic podium, winning the gold (Christine) and silver (Marielle) medals in the 1964 Olympic slalom. They repeated the feat two days later, switching their gold-silver order, in the 1964 Olympic Women's giant slalom. Goitschel missed the

due to an injury and retired the same season. She later married her coach, Jean Béranger, and in 1970 they opened the ski resort of Val Thorens. Goitschel also published sports magazines. She was made a chevalier of the

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in 1995 and was promoted to an officer of the Légion d’honneur in 2009.

Results and medals

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in Innsbruck (Austria) **Gold medal in slalom **Silver medal in

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*Ranked 10th (

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)

Other

*French champion in slalom in 1962 and 1964 *French champion in giant slalom in 1963

References

1944 births Living people French female alpine skiers Olympic alpine skiers for France Olympic gold medalists for France Olympic silver medalists for France Alpine skiers at the 1964 Winter Olympics Olympic medalists in alpine skiing Medalists at the 1964 Winter Olympics Sportspeople from Var (department) Skiers from Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Skiers from Sallanches 20th-century French sportswomen {{Winter-Olympic-medalist-stub