Jean-Luc Crétier
French alpine skier (born 1966)
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Jean-Luc Crétier (born 28 April 1966 in Albertville, Savoie) is a retired French World Cup alpine ski racer. He was one of the four members of the "Top Guns" team, created and trained by Serge Guillaume outside the mainstream of the French Alpine Ski Federation, along with Luc Alphand, Franck Piccard, and Denis Rey.
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Men's alpine skiing | ||
Representing  France | ||
| Olympic Games | ||
 | 1998 Nagano | Downhill |
At age 31, Crétier won the gold medal in the downhill at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano. He was the fourth Frenchman to win the Olympic downhill, but the first in thirty years, since Jean-Claude Killy in 1968.
It was the only victory of Crétier's international career; however, he achieved five World Cup podium finishes, three in the two months prior to his Olympic title.
Crétier finished fourth in the combined event at the 1992 Winter Olympics in his hometown of Albertville.[1] His final World Cup race was just ten months after Nagano; he incurred a career-ending knee injury at Val Gardena in December 1998.[2]
World Cup results
Season standings
Race podiums
- 0 wins
- 5 podiums - (5 DH), 25 top tens
| Season | Date | Location | Discipline | Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 18 Dec 1993 |  Val Gardena, Italy | Downhill | 3rd |
| 29 Jan 1994 | Chamonix, France | Downhill | 2nd | |
| 1998 | 4 Dec 1997 |  Beaver Creek, USA | Downhill | 2nd |
| 17 Jan 1998 |  Wengen, Switzerland | Downhill | 2nd | |
| 23 Jan 1998 |  Kitzbühel, Austria | Downhill | 3rd |
