Guy Périllat

Guy Périllat Merceroz (born 24 February 1940) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from the resort of La Clusaz, Haute-Savoie, one of the top ski racers of the 1960s.

Biography On his twentieth birthday at the 1960 Winter Olympics, Périllat won the gold medal in the combined, a non-Olympic event at the time, but a World Championship title. Two days earlier, he won a bronze medal in the downhill. The following year, Périllat won both the classic downhills of Wengen and Kitzbühel, at the time only the third racer to have accomplished the feat in the same season.

World Cup results

Season standings Season Age Overall Slalom GiantSlalom Super G Downhill Combined 1967 27 3 2 12 notrun 2 notawarded 1968 28 5 25 6 4 1969 29 30 25 32 13

Race victories

World Championship results Year Age Slalom Giant Slalom Super-G Downhill Combined 1960 20 6 6 not run 3 1 1962 21 2 DSQ 6 — 1964 23 12 10 6 5 1966 26 2 1 63 11 1968 27 DSQ2 4 2 — From 1948 through 1980, the Winter Olympics were also the World Championships for alpine skiing. At the World Championships from 1954 through 1980, the combined was a "paper race" using the results of the three events (DH, GS, SL).

Olympic results Year Age Slalom Giant Slalom Super-G Downhill Combined 1960 20 6 6 not run 3 not run 1964 23 12 10 6 1968 27 DSQ2 4 2