French Nordic Combined Skiers - Jason Lamy-Chappuis, Fabrice Guy, Sylvain Guillaume, Andre Vandelle, Ludovic Roux, Francois Braud, Nicolas Bal (Paperback)

Chapters: Jason Lamy-Chappuis, Fabrice Guy, Sylvain Guillaume, Andre Vandelle, Ludovic Roux, Francois Braud, Nicolas Bal, Kevin Arnould, Frederic Baud, Maxime Laheurte, Sebastien Lacroix, Xavier Girard, Jonathan Felisaz, Francis Repellin, Jean Bohard, Mathieu Martinez, Stephane Michon. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 44. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Jason Lamy-Chappuis (born September 9, 1986 in Missoula, Montana, USA) is a Franco-American ski jumper and cross-country skier who has represented France in Nordic combined ski events since 2002. Born in the United States, where he first began competing in skiing events, Chappuis moved with his family to France as a child. Prior to the 2010 Winter Olympics, he had seen success in a number of international competitions, including World Cup events. He won the gold medal in the 10km individual normal hill at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada after passing race leader Johnny Spillane in a dramatic sprint at the finish line. His final time was only .4 seconds faster than Spillane's, the closest finish in a Nordic combined race in Olympic history. Chappuis is a member of the Bois d'Amont ski club in the French department of Jura. He works for the French border patrol in addition to pursuing his athletic career. Born to a French father and an American mother in Missoula, Montana, Lamy-Chappuis lived in the United States until he was 5, living mainly at Copper Mountain, Colorado. He participated in his first ski racing events at Club Med in Copper Mountain, Colorado as a child. In 1991, at the age of five, he moved to the small village of Bois-d'Amont in eastern France with his parents. There, he attended school and began more intensive training, but continued to race for NASTAR, the American racing program, that year. Lamy-Ch...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=984243