Jean-Noël Augert

Jean-Noël Augert (born 17 August 1949) is a French former alpine skier. He competed at the 1972 Olympics and finished in fifth place in the slalom and giant slalom.[1]

Jean-Noël Augert
Augert in 1972
Personal information
Born (1949-08-17) 17 August 1949
Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, France
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight72 kg (159 lb)
Sport
Country France
SportAlpine skiing
ClubSavoie Mont Blanc
Medal record
World Championships
1970 Val Gardena Slalom
Jean-Noël Augert in 2011

Augert was born in Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne and grew at the La Toussuire ski resort, Savoy. he debuted in the Alpine Skiing World Cup with a victory, at the Adelboden giant slalom (6 January 1969). Nicknamed "Rosko", he was, however, a specialist of the slalom discipline, in which he won three World Cups in 1969, 1971 and 1972, and in which he won a Gold medal at the 1970 World Championships in Val Gardena. He was also second in the overall classification of the 1969 World Cup and third in the Giant Slalom World Cup 1969. Besides his 15 wins in World Cup races, he finished 15 times at the podium (place two: 6 slaloms, 3 giant slaloms; place three: 2 slaloms, 4 giant slaloms). He came fifth in both the men's slalom and giant slalom at the 1972 Winter Olympics.[1] Becoming fifth in the Giant Slalom at Sapporo did come up to his expectations, but the other fifth place didn't (it was disappointing). Because he did win the Slalom Races at Lauberhorn and Hahnenkamm (known as the most difficult Slalom Races) a few weeks before - he was the odds-one favorite.

In the Hahnenkamm-Races in 1971, he could win two Slalom Races: One on January 23, one on January 24 - but only the second one did count for the World Cup. The Race from January 23 (it was called FIS-Race) was carried out instead of the Downhill Race, which was cancelled because lack of snow.

Augert retired from the competitions aged 24, due to quarrels with the French Ski Federation (December 1973). In 1975 he married the fellow alpine skier Françoise Macchi. He is the uncle of Jean-Pierre Vidal, Olympic champion in slalom at the 2002 Winter Olympics, and fellow alpine skier Vanessa Vidal.[1][2] He also is the nephew of Jean-Pierre Augert.

World Cup victories

Season titles
Season Discipline
1969Slalom
1971Slalom
1972Slalom

Individual races
Date Location Race
6 January 1969 AdelbodenGiant Slalom
8 February 1969 ÅreGiant Slalom
22 March 1969 Waterville ValleySlalom
21 December 1969 LienzSlalom
8 February 1970 Val Gardena †Slalom
6 January 1971 BerchtesgadenSlalom
24 January 1971 KitzbühelSlalom
30 January 1971 MegèveSlalom
7 February 1971 MürrenSlalom
14 March 1971 ÅreSlalom
16 January 1972 KitzbühelSlalom
23 January 1972 WengenSlalom
28 January 1973 KitzbühelSlalom
15 March 1973 NaebaSlalom
23 March 1973 Heavenly ValleySlalom

† Results from the 1970 World Championships were included in the World Cup standings.

References
  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Jean-Noël Augert". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 22 January 2011.
  2. Di Meo, Dino. "Vidal revitalise" [Vidal revitalises]. liberation.fr (in French). Retrieved 19 February 2014.
  3. Athlete : AUGERT Jean-Noel. fis-ski.com
  4. Jean Noel Augert FRA. ski-db.com
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