Squaw Valley 1960 – skis, helmet and bib belonging to Jean VUARNET (FRA), Olympic downhill champion. The high point of Jean Vuarnet’s career was his victory, at the age of 27, at the Winter Games in Squaw Valley in 1960. In the early 1960s, the skis used for competition were still made of laminated wood. One of the major disadvantages was that there were differences between the two skis in the same pair. Vuarnet left France for the Games without a satisfactory pair of skis; he was comfortable with only one of the two. He sent an urgent request to Rossignol to provide him with a second ski… which he received in California just a few days before the race! Donated by the athlete’s son