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| Nationality | French | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 22 October 1959 Moûtiers, Savoie, France | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Alpine skiing | ||||||||||||||
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Michel Vion (born 22 October 1959 in Moûtiers) is a French alpine skier and world champion. He competed in three events at the 1984 Winter Olympics.[1]
Vion became a world champion in the combined event in Schladming in 1982.[2] He finished 5th in combined at the world championships in Bormio in 1985. Also in 1985, Vion won the "Lauberhorn Combined" World Cup Race. - Since 2010, he is the president of the French Skiing Federation.
He was appointed Secretary-General of the International Ski Federation in June 2021. In 2022, Vion opposed the decision of the Norwegian Ski Federation to refuse the participation of Russian and Belarusian skiers in World Cup events during the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
References
- ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Michel Vion Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
- ↑ Official results for the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships Archived 2008-09-15 at the Wayback Machine – FIS-ski.com - (Retrieved on 15 November 2008)
External links
- Michel Vion at FIS (alpine)
- Michel Vion at Olympedia
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