Suzanne Thiollière
Acting · Born 1924-09-17 · Chamonix-Mont-Blanc, Haute-Savoie, France
Suzanne Thiollière, born September 17, 1924 in Chamonix and died June 6, 1991 in Switzerland, was a French alpine skier. She is the younger sister of skier Georgette Thiollière-Miller (bronze medalist in the downhill at the Olympic Games in Aspen in 1950) and skier and ski jumper Henri Thiollière. In 1948 in Saint-Moritz she took 6th place in the downhill of the Olympic Games. She participates in the three world championships. Her best result was 5th place in the slalom at Bad Gastein in 1958. She also took 8th place in the downhill at Aspen in 1950, as well as 8th place in the giant slalom at Åre in 1954. She was crowned champion three times. de France including twice in downhill (1944 and 1947) and once in combined (1955). From the mid-1950s, she raced under the name of Thiollière-Guirand (following her marriage). His career will be marred by a good number of injuries, due to his temerity. She took part in three documentary films: "Flamme de Pierre" by Gaston Rébuffat in 1947, "La Grande Descente" by Georges Strouvé in 1953, "Le Conquérant De L'Inutile" by Marcel Ichac in 1966.
