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Alexis Pinturault
Alexis Pinturault (born 1991, Moûtiers), French alpine skier, giant slalom specialist. 34 World Cup wins (French record), 2021 overall title, three world titles, three Olympic medals; retired after 2025-26.
Antoine Deneriaz
Antoine Dénériaz (born 1976, Bonneville, France), French alpine skier; Olympic downhill gold at Turin 2006 in 1:48.80; 142 World Cup starts, 3 wins; later founded the Dénériaz handmade ski manufacture in Doussard.
Auguste Aulnette
Auguste Aulnette, French alpine skier (born 2002, Cluses), Ski Club Mieussy slalom and giant slalom specialist; 2020 Youth Olympic combined gold, European Cup slalom runner-up 2025-26, France A team member.
Carole Montillet Carles
Carole Montillet Carles, born 1973 in Grenoble, French alpine skier; 2002 Salt Lake City Olympic downhill champion, first Frenchwoman to win that title, 2003 Super-G World Cup globe, 8 World Cup wins, retired 2006.
Christine Goitschel
Christine Goitschel (born 1944, Sallanches), French alpine skier of CS Val d'Isère; 1964 Innsbruck slalom gold and giant slalom silver, both beside sister Marielle, the only siblings with two Olympic gold-silver doubles.
Franck Piccard
Franck Piccard (born 1964) is a French former alpine ski racer who won the first Olympic super-G gold at Calgary in 1988 and took three Olympic medals.
Henri Oreiller
Henri Oreiller (1925–1962), French alpine skier of CS Val d'Isère; double Olympic champion (downhill, combined) and bronze slalom at St. Moritz 1948, France's first Olympic ski champion; died racing a Ferrari at Linas-Montlhéry.
Jean Luc Cretier
Jean-Luc Crétier (born 1966, Albertville, France), French alpine skier and customs officer; won Olympic downhill gold at Nagano 1998 in 1:50.11, first French downhill champion since Killy 1968; never won a World Cup race; medal stolen 2024.
Jean Vuarnet
Jean Vuarnet was a French alpine skier who won the 1960 Olympic downhill gold at Squaw Valley and later lent his name to a sunglasses brand.
Jean-Claude Killy
Jean-Claude Killy (born 1943) is a French alpine skier who swept downhill, giant slalom, and slalom gold at Grenoble 1968, won the first World Cup overall title in 1967, then co-organized Albertville 1992 and served on the IOC 1995–2014.
Luc Alphand
Luc Alphand (born 1965, Briançon) is a French former alpine skier who won the 1997 World Cup overall title and four discipline globes, then became a racing driver, winning the 2006 Dakar Rally and racing nine 24 Hours of Le Mans.
Marielle Goitschel
Marielle Goitschel, French alpine skier (born 1945, Sainte-Maxime), double Olympic champion in giant slalom 1964 and slalom 1968, sister and rival of Christine Goitschel, with 11 World Championship medals and three World Cup discipline titles.
Tessa Worley
Tessa Worley, French-Australian alpine skier (born 1989, Annemasse), giant slalom specialist; double world champion 2013 and 2017, 16 World Cup wins, two crystal globes, retired March 2023.