Marie Bochet

Marie Bochet (born 2 February 1994) is a French alpine skier and Paralympic Champion.

Marie Bochet
Marie Bochet in 2013
Personal information
NationalityFrench
Born (1994-02-09) 9 February 1994
Chambéry, France
Sport
CountryFrance
SportAlpine skiing
Event(s)Downhill
Slalom
Giant slalom
Super combined
Super G

Life

Bochet was born in Chambéry in 1994. She was five when she started skiing.[1] She has a disability and she was the first skier to finish in the Giant Slalom race. She skied at the 2011 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships and she was the second skier to finish in the standing women's downhill race and the Super G.[2]

Bochet competed in the 2014 Winter Paralympics in Sochi, Russia, where she won four gold medals.[3]

At the 2018 Winter Paralympics in PyeongChang, Bochet won four further gold medals.

At the PyeongChang Games she is elected a member of the International Paralympic Committee and joins the athlete's commission.

References

  1. Arnaud Bevilacqua (30 December 2010). "Marie Bochet, une volonté à toute épreuve". la-croix.com (in French). Retrieved 18 April 2018.
  2. "Historical Results". Germany: International Paralympic Committee Alpine Skiiing. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
  3. "No. 11 France's Marie Bochet wins four gold medals at the Sochi 2014 Paralympics". Paralympic.org. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
Awards
Preceded by
Daniel Dias
Laureus World Sportsperson with a Disability of the Year
2014
Succeeded by
Tatyana McFadden


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