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Henri Oreiller was a French alpine skier who won three Olympic medals in 1948 and 1952. He was born on 5 December 1925 in Paris, France. He was the son of a French diplomat and grew up in Switzerland. Oreiller began skiing at the age of five and was a member of the French national ski team by the age of 16. He won the French national downhill championship in 1947 and 1948. At the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland, Oreiller won a gold medal in the downhill and a bronze medal in the combined. He also competed in the slalom, but did not finish. At the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo, Norway, Oreiller won a silver medal in the downhill and a bronze medal in the giant slalom. He also competed in the slalom, but did not finish. Oreiller died in a car accident in 1962 at the age of 37. He was posthumously inducted into the International Ski Federation Hall of Fame in 1993. At the time of his death, Oreiller was married to his wife, Monique, and had two children. He was an avid hunter and fisherman and enjoyed playing the piano.

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Age 37 years old
Zodiac Sign Sagittarius
Born 5 December 1925
Birthday 5 December
Birthplace Paris, France
Date of death (1962-10-07)
Died Place Paris, France
Nationality France

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1962

Obsessed with speed, Oreiller retired from ski racing in 1952 at age 26 to take up motor racing. Ten years later, he had a racing car accident which took his life on 7 October 1962. A tire blowout at 100 mph (160 km/h) caused his Ferrari to flip at the Linas-Montlhéry autodrome and he later died at Hôpital Cochin in Paris.

1950

He competed in the 1950 World Championships at Aspen and finished fourth in the new event, the giant slalom. At the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo, Oreiller was 14th in the downhill and 16th in the giant slalom.

1948

Nicknamed the "Parisian of Val d'Isère" or the "madman of downhill", he was the inaugural downhill gold medallist at the 1948 St. Moritz Olympics, with a record margin of four seconds over the runner-up. His medals cache included: the gold medal in the combined event, and the bronze medal in the special slalom. He missed one of his medal ceremonies because he was playing accordion in a local bar, and received his medal a week later.

1925

Henri Oreiller (5 December 1925 – 7 October 1962) was an alpine ski racer and Olympic gold medalist from France. He won two gold medals and a bronze at the 1948 Winter Olympics, becoming the most successful athlete those Games in St. Moritz, Switzerland.