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Peter Boumphrey

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Peter Boumphrey
Personal information
NationalityBritish
Born(1919-04-10)10 April 1919
Rochford, England
Died10 November 2004(2004-11-10) (aged 85)
Sport
SportAlpine skiing

Peter Boumphrey (10 April 1919 – 10 November 2004) was a British alpine skier. He competed in the men's downhill at the 1948 Winter Olympics.[1] Boumphrey was an officer in the British Army.[2] Boumphrey went on to build the Isola 2000 ski resort in the Southern French Alps in the early 1970s.[2][3]

References

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  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Peter Boumphrey Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 2 March 2018.
  2. ^ a b Allen, Peter (23 February 2014). "Two children crushed to death by giant boulder as they lay sleeping in French ski chalet". ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 5 December 2019.
  3. ^ Greenburg, Al (January 1973). "To the French Riviera to Ski?". Skiing: 54.