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Henri Jean Auguste Oreiller (5 December 1925 – 7 October 1962) was an alpine ski racer and Olympic gold medalist from France. He won two gold medals and a bronze at the 1948 Winter Olympics, becoming the most successful athlete those Games in St. Moritz, Switzerland.
Henri Oreiller est un skieur alpin et pilote automobile français, né le 5 décembre 1925 à Paris, où il est mort le 7 octobre 1962. Il a été le premier champion olympique français de ski alpin, en remportant la descente et le combiné en 1948 à Saint-Moritz.
23 de abr. de 2024 · Henri Oreiller (born December 5, 1925, Paris, France—died October 7, 1962, Paris) was a French skier and auto racer who won a double championship in the downhill and combined events of Alpine skiing during the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland.
4 de feb. de 2022 · Henri Oreiller est le premier champion olympique de ski français. Lors des JO de 1948 à Saint-Moritz en Suisse, il a remporté deux médailles d’or, une en descente, l’autre en combiné.
After the war, he won the French slalom title in 1947 as a prelude to his starring role at the 1948 Winter Olympics. At St. Moritz Oreiller won three medals, including golds in the downhill and combined, along with a bronze in the slalom.
Passionate about speed, Henri Oreiller abandons alpine skiing in 1952 to devote himself to motor racing. He died on October 7, 1962 in a road exit on the Linas-Monthéry autodrome during the Coupe du Salon driving a Ferrari 250 GTO.
29 de abr. de 2021 · Biography. A member of the French underground during World War II, Henri Oreiller was known as "The Acrobat" because he was able to negotiate the slopes of Val d'Isère on one ski. Unexpected obstacles. When the 1948 Olympic Games in St. Moritz began, Oreiller was full of confidence.
