Florence Steurer, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Florence Steurer

alpine skier

Date of Birth: 01-Nov-1949

Place of Birth: Lyon, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

Profession: alpine skier

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Florence Steurer (later Penz, born 1 November 1949) is a French former alpine skier.
She competed at the 1968 and in the 1972 Winter Olympics in the downhill, slalom and giant slalom events and won a bronze medal in the slalom in 1972; she also finished fourth and sixth in the giant slalom, respectively.Steurer also won two world championship medals, a silver in combined in 1970 and a bronze in giant slalom in 1966.
She had 27 World Cup podiums – six in downhill, seven in giant slalom, and 14 in slalom, including four victories – three in slalom and one in giant slalom; overall she finished second in 1968 and 1969.
After retiring from competitions she became director of the communication agency Duodecim.
In 2009, she was made a chevalier of the Legion of Honor.
Her husband Alain Penz and father-in-law Claude Penz are also Olympic alpine skiers.