Editing Jean-Claude Killy (section)

== Post-Olympic career ==
Killy's success in Grenoble could not have come at a more opportune time for him: the 1968 Winter Olympics were the first to be extensively televised, in color, by the [[American Broadcasting Company]]. His all-conquering success, combined with his Gallic flair and looks, made him an overnight celebrity in the United States, especially amongst young women. In May 1968, Killy signed with [[IMG (business)|International Management Group]], the sports management firm headed by [[Mark McCormack]]. After racing on Dynamic VR17 and [[Skis Rossignol|Rossignol]] skis during the part of his career when he was dominant, Killy signed a deal with [[Head (company)|Head Ski]] in the fall 1968 to endorse a metal and [[fiberglass]] ski named for him, the ''Killy 800''.<ref name=ksahsk>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=7ZYwAAAAIBAJ&sjid=dEkDAAAAIBAJ&pg=7118%2C2535046 |newspaper=Deseret News |last=Miller |first=Hack |title=Killy signs at Head Skis |date=11 November 1968 |page=C-1}}</ref><ref name=ftriob>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=e4MuAAAAIBAJ&sjid=pKAFAAAAIBAJ&pg=2912%2C238101 |newspaper=Montreal Gazette |title=French trio backs new ski |date=1 April 1969 |page=45}}</ref> Head, which was acquired by [[American Machine and Foundry|AMF]] the following year, manufactured a line of Killy skis for at least two years.

In April 1969, he was awarded the [[Helms World Trophy]].<ref>{{cite web  | title=Jean Claude Killy receives helms world trophy; The famous French ski champion received the award from the hands | website=Alamy |format=photo| url=https://www.alamy.com/apr-04-1969-jean-claude-killy-receives-helms-world-trophy-the-famous-image69440208.html | access-date=3 January 2024}}</ref>

In television advertisements, Killy promoted the [[American Express]] card. He also became a [[spokesman]] for [[Schwinn Bicycle Company|Schwinn]] bicycles, [[United Airlines]], and [[Chevrolet]] automobiles; the last, a role detailed by journalist [[Hunter S. Thompson]] in his 1970 article "[[The Temptations of Jean-Claude Killy]]" for ''[[Scanlan's Monthly]]''.

Killy starred as a ski instructor in the 1972 crime movie [[Snow Job (film)|''Snow Job'']], released in the UK as ''The Ski Raiders'', and US TV as ''The Great Ski Caper''. American children in the early 1970s knew Killy from a TV commercial where he introduces himself, his thick accent making his name into ''"Chocolate Kitty."''  Killy played himself in the [[1983 in film|1983]] movie [[Copper Mountain (film)|Copper Mountain: A Club Med Experience]], starring [[Jim Carrey]] and [[Alan Thicke]], set at [[Copper Mountain (Colorado)|Copper Mountain]], [[Colorado]]. Killy also stars in the noteworthy TV movie [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0359821/?ref_=nv_sr_2 Peggy Fleming at Sun Valley (1971)], in which he performs some remarkable skiing tricks alongside the three-time ice skating World Champion [[Peggy Fleming]].

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Although Killy did not compete in the 1972 Olympic Winter Games in Sapporo, Japan, he was a celebrity guest, and used a classic [[stiff-arm fend]] to knock a 5'-2", 17-year-old female American exchange student from out of the path of his entourage, into a snowbank. -->
Jean-Claude Killy also had a short career as a [[car racing|racing driver]] between 1967 and 1970, participating in several car races including at Monza. Killy entered the [[24 Hours of Le Mans]] in [[1969 24 Hours of Le Mans|1969]], partnered with [[Bob Wollek]], another former skier turned racing driver. Killy and Wollek's car led its class for a while before pulling out of the race with only four hours to go. In team with fellow Frenchman Bernard Cahier, Killy was 7th overall in the 1967 [[Targa Florio]] in a [[Porsche 911 (classic)|Porsche 911]] S and first in the GT classification.

In November 1972, Killy came out of ski racing retirement at age 29 to compete on the pro circuit in the U.S. for two seasons. After a spirited challenge from two-time defending champion [[Spider Sabich]], Killy won the 1973 season title, taking $28,625 in race winnings and a $40,000 bonus for the championship.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://vault.sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1135580/index.htm |magazine=Sports Illustrated |last=Brown |first=Gwilym S. |title=Goodby, &#91;sic&#93; Broadway, Hello, Schranz |date=16 April 1973 |page=66 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140414042709/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1135580/index.htm |archive-date=14 April 2014 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=kpch>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=VMQqAAAAIBAJ&sjid=YLkFAAAAIBAJ&pg=5320%2C2109868 |newspaper=Montreal Gazette |title=Killy pro champion |date=9 April 1973 |page=18}}</ref>
He missed the next season, won by Hugo Nindl,<ref name=tphndl>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=y4cxAAAAIBAJ&sjid=uKEFAAAAIBAJ&pg=2029%2C1929552 |newspaper=Montreal Gazette |agency=Associated Press |title=Top pro Hugo Nindl wins in final slalom |date=4 April 1974 |page=23}}</ref> due to a recurring stomach ailment, then returned in the fall of 1974.<ref name=Ffkr>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=1BMyAAAAIBAJ&sjid=-KEFAAAAIBAJ&pg=2226%2C2813434 |newspaper=Montreal Gazette |last=Moss |first=Marv |title={{Sic |hide=y|Fully|-}}fit Killy set for season |date=25 October 1974|page=26}}</ref><ref name=kefpscb>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=_4IuAAAAIBAJ&sjid=saEFAAAAIBAJ&pg=6558%2C3310188 |newspaper=Montreal Gazette |agency=Associated Press |title=Killy eager for pro ski comeback |date=26 November 1974 |page=9}}</ref><ref name=ksnmo>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=IAohAAAAIBAJ&sjid=eXIFAAAAIBAJ&pg=4405%2C3118233 |newspaper=Schenectady (NY) Gazette |title=Killy, Sabich, Nindl, and many others to compete in Mt. Snow Pro Classic |date=31 January 1975 |page=23}}</ref> Injuries slowed him and he finished well out of the 1975 standings, won by [[Hank Kashiwa]].

In addition to trying his skill as a car racer, Killy made two television series. One, ''The Killy Style'', was a thirteen-week series that showcased various ski resorts, and the other, ''The Killy Challenge'', featured him racing against celebrities, who were all given handicaps. He was also sponsored by a champagne company, [[Moët & Chandon]], which paid him to be seen with a bottle of their champagne on his table everywhere he went.
In 1974 Killy, as part of this sponsorship deal was paid to ski down the previously unskied eastern slope of [[Mount Ngauruhoe|Mt Ngauruhoe]] (Peter Jackson's "Mt Doom") in [[New Zealand]]. The average slope on this side of the active volcano is 35 degrees. Radar recorded his speed at over {{convert|100|mph|abbr=on}}, and it took two takes, as cloud cover spoiled the first.

In 1975, Killy was hired to lead the new ski operations at [[Shawnee Mountain Ski Area]], a resort in the foothills of the [[Pocono Mountains]] in northeastern [[Pennsylvania]].<ref name="Ski2">{{cite magazine |last1=Gillen |first1=Bob |title=Feisty With Flair |magazine=Ski |date=February 1983}}</ref><ref name="PoconoRecord1">{{cite news |title=Killy to head Shawnee ski operations| url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/44423416/ |access-date=December 21, 2020 |work=The Pocono Record |location=Allentown, Pennsylvania |date=November 29, 1975}}</ref><ref name="Ski1">{{cite magazine |title=Where To Ski in Your Region |magazine=Ski |date=January 1976}}</ref> In 1983, Bob Gillen wrote in ''Ski'' magazine about the growing reputation of Shawnee Mountain as a ski area.  He stated, "Some of the initial interest was stimulated by hiring Jean-Claude Killy to represent the facility, and for several seasons he spent a number of days there.  The first time my wife ever skied with me, I saw Killy flash by at Shawnee—he was fast and smooth and he stopped frequently to check the time on his [[Rolex]]."<ref name="Ski2" />

From 1977 to 1994, he was a member of the Executive board of the Alpine Skiing Committee of the [[Federation Internationale de Ski|FIS]]. Killy served as co-president of the [[1992 Winter Olympics]], held in [[Albertville]], France, and as the President of the Société du [[Tour de France]] cycling race between 1992 and 2001. From 1995 to 2014, he was a member of the [[International Olympic Committee]] and chaired the coordination committee for Turin 2006 and Sochi 2014.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.olympic.org/news/jean-claude-killy-resigns-as-ioc-member-after-overseeing-successful-sochi-olympic-winter-games/228229 |publisher=International Olympic Committee |title=Jean-Claude Killy resigns as IOC member after overseeing successful Sochi Olympic Winter Games |date=28 March 2014}}</ref> He has been an Honorary Member since then.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.olympic.org/news/127th-ioc-session-comes-to-close-in-monaco/242155 |publisher=International Olympic Committee |title=127th IOC Session comes to close in Monaco |date=9 December 2014}}</ref>

Killy tried his hand at distance running and competed in the [[1983 New York City Marathon]], finishing in 3:58:33.<ref>{{cite web|title=Jean-Claude Killy:1983 New York City Marathon Results and Info|url=http://results.nyrr.org/runner/1243221/races|access-date=2022-02-03|website=results.nyrr.org}}</ref>

The [[ski resort|ski area]] of [[Val-d'Isère]] and [[Tignes]] in the French [[Alps]] was given the name [[Espace Killy|l'Espace Killy]], in his honor.<ref name="Figaro Killy">{{cite book |title=Le figaro magazine |date=December 1983 |publisher=Le Figaro |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XTU7AQAAIAAJ |access-date=14 February 2024 |language=fr}}</ref><ref name="Paris Match Killy">{{cite book |title=Paris Match |date=October 1983 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-opNAQAAIAAJ |access-date=14 February 2024 |language=fr}}</ref>

Killy became Grand Officer of the [[Légion d'honneur]] in 2000.

[[Intrawest]] credits Killy with the design of a ski trail, "Cupp Run", at their [[Snowshoe Mountain|Snowshoe]] resort in [[West Virginia]].