Jean-Luc Crétier (born 28 April 1966 in Albertville, Savoie) is a retired French World Cup alpine ski racer. He was one of the four members of the "Top Guns" team, created and trained by Serge Guillaume outside the mainstream of the French Alpine Ski Federation, along with Luc Alphand, Franck Piccard, and Denis Rey.

At age 31, Crétier won the gold medal in the downhill at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano. He was the fourth Frenchman to win the Olympic downhill, but the first in thirty years, since Jean-Claude Killy in 1968.

It was the only victory of Crétier's international career; however, he achieved five World Cup podium finishes, three in the two months prior to his Olympic title.

Crétier finished fourth in the combined event at the 1992 Winter Olympics in his hometown of Albertville. His final World Cup race was just ten months after Nagano; he incurred a career-ending knee injury at Val Gardena in December 1998.

World Cup results Season standings Season Age Overall Slalom Giant slalom  Super-G Downhill Combined 1989 22 44 34 — — — 7 1990 23 59 — — 18 — — 1991 24 61 — — 18 — — 1992 25 55 — — 19 — 13 1993 26 97 — — 39 50 — 1994 27 38 — — — 13 — 1995 28 25 — — 44 10 6 1996 29 94 — — — 36 — 1997 30 62 — — 30 29 — 1998 31 18 — — 27 5 — 1999 32 68 — — 26 39 —

Race podiums 0 wins 5 podiums - (5 DH), 25 top tens

SeasonDateLocationDisciplinePlace1994 18 Dec 1993 Val Gardena, Italy Downhill 3rd29 Jan 1994 Chamonix, France Downhill 2nd1998 4 Dec 1997 Beaver Creek, USA Downhill 2nd17 Jan 1998    Wengen, Switzerland Downhill 2nd23 Jan 1998 Kitzbühel, Austria Downhill 3rd

World Championship results   Year    Age   Slalom   Giant  slalom  Super-G Downhill Combined 1991 24 — — 11 — — 1993 26 — — — — — 1996 29 — — — 35 16 1997 30 — — — 15 13

The Super-G in 1993 was cancelled after multiple weather delays.

Olympic results   Year    Age   Slalom   Giant  slalom  Super-G Downhill Combined 1988 21 DSQ1 — — — 6 1992 25 — — 24 — 4 1994 27 — — — 24 — 1998 31 — — 25 1 —

References

External links

Jean-Luc Crétier World Cup standings at the International Ski Federation