Tag: Jean-Claude Killy
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Jean-Claude Killy resigns as IOC member
Lausanne, Mar 28, 2014: Three-time Olympic gold medallist Jean-Claude Killy has announced that he is stepping down as member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) after two decades of service to the Olympic Movement. The 70-year-old Alpine ski legend joined the IOC in 1995. He was a member of a number of IOC commissions, most…
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Athletes of the world officially invited to Sochi
Lausanne – Switzerland, Feb 07, 2013: At a ceremony today marking one year to go until the start of the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games, International Olympic Committee President Jacques Rogge officially invited the world’s National Olympic Committees (NOCs) and their athletes to take part in the Games. During the event, President Rogge personally delivered…
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Jean-Claude Killy praises Sochi’s “spectacular downhill”
The IOC Coordination Commission for the 2014 Olympic Winter Games today wrapped up its seventh visit to Sochi, Russia, as local organisers begin the transition from the construction and planning phase of preparations to the operational readiness phase. Jean Claude Killy, The Coordination Commission began its three-day visit by taking in the first FIS Alpine…