Word: wengen
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Dates: during 1961-1961
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Skiing had rarely seen anything like it: in three weeks Guy Périllat, 20, had won three international championships-at Switzerland's Wengen, Austria's Kitzbühel and France's Mégéve. Last week, as he returned from his triumphant tour to his native La Clusaz (pop. 1,200, including about 100 Périllats) in the French Alps, the whole town turned out to greet and acclaim the grinning, bull-necked man who is beyond dispute the king of the world's slopes...
...Fresh from winning the coveted Lauberhorn trophy at Wengen, Guy Perillat, 21, a trooper in the Alpine corps of the French army, rocketed down the mountainside at Kitzbuehel, Austria to win the Hahnenkamm, a second major prize in international skiing, with a victory in the downhill, second place in the slalom...