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Alain Calmat
Alain Calmat
	Alain Calmat at the 1964 World Championships
Born	31 August 1940 (age 84); Paris, France
Figure skating career
Country	France
Retired	1965
Medal record
Representing France
Men's figure skating
Olympic Games
World Championships
European Championships

Alain Calmat, OLY^[1] (born 31 August 1940) is a French former competitive figure skater, surgeon, and politician. He is the 1964 Olympic silver medalist, the 1965 World champion, the 1962–1964 European champion, and the 1958 & 1962–1965 French national champion.

Career

Calmat attended the Cours Hattemer, a private school.^[2] He started skating at the age of nine. He won the silver medal at the French Figure Skating Championships in 1954 and would go on to win twelve medals at nationals before retiring: seven silver and five gold. He placed 9th at the 1956 Winter Olympics and won the bronze medal at the 1958 European Championships. At the 1960 Winter Olympics, he moved up to sixth place and won the bronze medal at the 1960 World Championships.

The following year, Calmat won the silver medal at the 1961 European Championships. He became European champion for three consecutive years from 1962 to 1964. During that period, Calmat was awarded one bronze and two silver medals at Worlds.

At the 1964 Winter Olympics, Calmat won the silver medal and went on to win his second consecutive silver medal at Worlds. He stayed in one more season and retired as the 1965 World champion.

Calmat carried the torch and lit the Olympic flame at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble, France.

Competitive highlights

International^[3]^[4]^[5]
Event	1954	1955	1956	1957	1958	1959	1960	1961	1962	1963	1964	1965
Olympics			9th				6th				2nd
Worlds	11th	9th	7th	9th	5th	7th	3rd	*	3rd	2nd	2nd	1st
Europeans	5th	5th	4th	4th	3rd	4th	4th	2nd	1st	1st	1st	2nd
Universiade							1st
National^[6]
French	2nd	2nd	2nd	2nd	1st	2nd	2nd	2nd	1st	1st	1st	1st
* Championships cancelled due to Sabena Flight 548 crash.

After skating

Calmat later studied medicine, and became a surgeon.

A socialist, he started in a political career. He was minister of Youth Affairs and Sports between 1984 and 1986 when Laurent Fabius was prime minister. He was elected deputy of the département of Cher from 1986 until 1993. In 1995, he became the mayor of Livry-Gargan. In 1997 he became a deputy in the French National Assembly.

Calmat was inducted into the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 1987.^[7]

References

^ Olympians: Olympians for Life – website of the WOA
^ "Quelques Anciens Celebres". Hattemar. Archived from the original on 18 June 2015. Retrieved 30 June 2015.
^ "World Figure Skating Championships Results: Men" (PDF). International Skating Union. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 November 2012.
^ "European Figure Skating Championships Results: Men" (PDF). International Skating Union. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 May 2013.
^ "Alain Calmat". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020.
^ "Titres Francais Messieurs" [French Nationals Results]. Francais Volants (in French). Archived from the original on 20 June 2008.
^ "Elected members: Alain Calmat". Jewishsports.net. Retrieved 7 January 2013.

Olympic Games
Preceded by Yoshinori Sakai	Final Olympic torchbearer Grenoble 1968	Succeeded by Enriqueta Basilio
Preceded by Josef Rieder	Final Winter Olympic torchbearer Grenoble 1968	Succeeded by Hideo Takada