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Triple Crown of Alpine Skiing

The Triple Crown of Alpine Skiing consists of three diffent types of alpine skiing events. A Triple Crown winner wins all three World Cup titles in one season in or all three Gold medalsd at the Winter Olympic Games in the following:

Slalom
Giant Slalom[?]
Downhill

At the 1968 Winter Olympic Games French skier, Jean-Claude Killy won the Triple Crown, earning gold medals for all three competitions.

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