 In 1937 he was a triple world champion at Chamonix, France, winning all three events (downhill, slalom, and combined).The following year at Engelberg, Switzerland, he won the combined, and took silver in the downhill and slalom.He created the École Française de Ski which taught innovative methods of Anton Seelos (who was his trainer and instructor), characterised by parallel turns, controlling the speed by sideslipping, and turning by "ruade" ("French"