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Gilles Chappaz
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03 Dec 1952 (73 years)
Chamonix-Mont-Blanc, Haute-Savoie, France
Biography
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 coach. While his brother became a guide, Gilles turned more to skiing and eventually journalism. Since 1979, he has been involved in Montagnes Magazine, created by Michel Drapier in Grenoble, and later ...
Also Known As
Жиль Шаппас, ジル・シャッパズ, جيل شاباز
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