Maurice Lafforgue
Maurice Lafforgue ( born March 26, 1915 in Luchon, † 1970 ) was a French alpine skier. Lafforgue was the first Frenchman to win a medal at the Alpine Skiing World Championships.
Lafforgue was born in the small town of Luchon in the Pyrenees. In 1931 he was at the age of 17 years in the slalom for the first time French champion. The greatest success of his career he succeeded in 1937 at the Alpine World Skiing Championships in Chamonix. There he won the silver medal in the downhill and a silver medal in the combination.
Lafforgue was married to the Swedish alpine skier May Nilsson. Her twin daughters Ingrid Lafforgue and Britt Lafforgue and son Henri Duvillard were also successful in this sport.