James Couttet, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

James Couttet

alpine skier

Date of Birth: 18-Jul-1921

Place of Birth: Chamonix-Mont-Blanc, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

Date of Death: 13-Nov-1997

Profession: alpine skier, mountaineer, ski jumper

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

James Couttet (18 July 1921 – 13 November 1997) was a French alpine skier and ski jumper.
As an alpine skier he competed at the 1948 and 1952 Olympics and won two medals in 1948: a silver in the slalom and a bronze in the combined event.
As a ski jumper he placed 25th in the normal hill at the 1948 Games.
Couttet won a full set of medals at the world championships: a gold in 1938 and a silver and bronze in 1950.
He retired in 1955 to become a skiing coach and prepare the French alpine skiing team for the 1956 Winter Olympics.
He later helped design and build ski lifts.
He was married to Lucienne Schmidt-Couttet, a fellow alpine skier who competed at the 1948 Olympics.