Suzanne Thiollière

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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.

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Flammes De Pierres Trailer (1947)

01 January 1947

"Flammes de Pierre" is the first documentary made by Gaston Rébuffat himself in 1947. It depicts Rébuffat in full ascent of the Flammes De Pierre, wild ridges in the heart of the Mont Blanc massif overlooking Chamonix.

The Conqueror Of The Useless Trailer (1966)

23 December 1966

Biography of ski instructor, mountain guide, mountaineer and filmmaker-lecturer Lionel Terray. Film-portrait of an emblematic figure of French mountaineering in the 1950s and 1960s, reconstructing the life, the great races and the expeditions of the "conqueror" of the most difficult walls and summits of Europe, the Himalayas, the Andes and North America.