Michel Bozon Explained

Michel Bozon (c.1949  - 23 January 1970), was a World Cup alpine ski racer from France.

Bozon, age 20, was killed on the Piste Emile Allais at Megève during a World Cup downhill event.^[1] He came off the course at the bottom of the Mur de Borné, an extremely steep section of about 250m (820feet), fractured his skull and leg, and died several hours later.^[2]

After his death, changes were made to improve safety, but the course was taken off the World Cup circuit after February 1975.^[3]

He was a cousin of Charles Bozon, the French alpine skier ^[4] who died in an avalanche in 1964.

Notes and References

1. News: Schranz regains top form . Ottawa Citizen . Canadian Press . January 24, 1970. 14 .
2. News: Downhill event accident kills French skier . St. Petersburg Times . Associated Press . January 24, 1970 . 2-C .
3. Web site: Ski Horizon : Réservez votre sejour ski, week end ski ou location de vacances ski . 2010-02-20 . 2010-03-01 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100301195925/http://www.skihorizon.com/FR/magazine/itin02022001.asp . dead .
4. R. M. . LES CHAMPIONNATS DE FRANCE À VILLARD-DE-LANS J.-N. Augert vainqueur de la première manche du slalom géant mais le junior Michel Bozon lui a tenu tête . Le Monde . 21 February 1969 . 16 October 2021.