Artefacts

Cortina d'Ampezzo 1956, pair of shoes of Madeleine BERTHOD (SUI), Olympic champion in the downhill event.

Physical description

Leather ankle-length square toe shoes with heel lacing.

Created

Created: Molitor

Used

Used: Madeleine BERTHOD

Materials

leather, metal

Colors

black

Dimension

19 x 10.5 x 27 cm, 1.06 kg

Literature

BOMPART, Jean-Jacques (Dir.). Encyclopédie du ski. Genève : Aubanel, cop. 2007.

Type of item

Sport equipment -> shoes

Reference number

9409

Keywords

Olympic champion Cortina d'Ampezzo 1956, Olympic Winter Games Switzerland Alpine Skiing/Slalom[W]Alpine Skiing/Giant slalom[W]Alpine Skiing/Downhill[W]

Notes

Downhill ski helmet, shoes and bib belonging to Madeleine BERTHOD (SUI), Olympic champion, Cortina d’Ampezzo 1956 Madeleine BERTHOD’s shoes were designed by the shoemaker Karl Molitor, also a silver and bronze medallist at the 1948 Games in St Moritz. Molitor later developed the buckling system in the 1960s.