Said Housni


Said Housni is a Moroccan alpine ski racer who competed in the technical events of Alpine [skiing at the 1968 Winter Olympics – Men's giant slalom|giant slalom] and Alpine skiing at the 1968 [Winter Olympics – Men's slalom|slalom] at the Alpine skiing at the 1968 [Winter Olympics|1968 Winter Olympics] in France. In the giant slalom, Housni finished in 83rd place, and did not advance out of the slalom qualifying round.
Earlier at those Olympics, eighteen-year-old American Karen Budge was testing her wax on a practice course an hour before the Alpine skiing at the 1968 Winter Olympics – [Women's downhill|women's downhill] at Chamrousse, and narrowly avoided a full collision with Housni, who had been warned once before to stay off the hill. She fell, suffered a dislocated shoulder, and did not start.