Commit with passion…but reflection. This is a sentence that could well sum up Jean Béranger…Monsieur Jean Béranger.
One of the great men of Val Thorens
An essential figure in French skiing, Allevard's child is one of the creators of the ski resort. Val Thorens. A player in the development of the highest resort in Europe, he founded the ESF there and remains in everyone's eyes one of the great directors and presidents of the Tourist Office.
From the French team to the presidency of the French Ski Federation
An experienced skier, selected several times for the French team, it is as a coach that Jean Béranger will really make the headlines. Close to Honoré Bonnet, he was the architect of the success of sisters Christine and Marielle Goitschel at the world championships in Portillo in 1966 and then at the Olympic Games in Grenoble in 1968. After marrying Christine in 1966, he put an end to his career as national coach in 1972. The following year, he took over as vice-president of the National Union of Monitors, a position he held until 1989. During these many years, Jean Béranger was a faithful supporter of the famous Challenge des Moniteurs!
Leader of the Savoie Ski Committee, deputy mayor of St Martin de Belleville, he was elected President of the French Ski Federation in 2002. For many of those close to him, he was above all a man of “calm consensus” who would be consulted to find a solution. ".
Died suddenly on August 17, 2012 during a bike ride, Jean Béranger had a profound impact on the world of skiing and the French mountain world.
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