Lunn, Sir Arnold (1888-1974), was a British pioneer of the sport of skiing. He was a champion skier, and in 1922, he invented the slalom, a competition in which the skier has to follow an obstacle course. The slalom has been an Olympic event since 1936. He founded the Alpine Ski Club and Kandahar Ski Club, and was knighted in 1952 for his services to skiing. Lunn wrote more than 60 books, including The Harrovians (1913), a book about independent school life. He edited the British Ski Year Book from 1919 to 1971. Lunn was also active in religious affairs and wrote numerous books on Christian theology.
Arnold Henry Moore Lunn was born in Madras (present-day Chennai), India, on April 18, 1888. He died on June 2, 1974.
