Gilles Chappaz

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Born: 1952-12-03 · Chamonix-Mont-Blanc, Haute-Savoie, France

Gilles Chappaz, born in 1952 in Chamonix, son of a guide father and a champion skier mother, discovered skiing at the age of three, following his twin brother Xavier and his parents—the first couple of ski instructors in France—on the slopes of the Alps. He later became a national instructor and coa…