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
Medal record
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Paralympic Games 8 0 0
World Championships 13 2 0
Total 21 2 0
Women's para alpine skiing
Representing  France
Winter Paralympic Games
2014 SochiDownhill, standing
2014 SochiSuper-G, standing
2014 SochiCombined, standing
2014 SochiGiant, standing
2018 PyeongchangDownhill, standing
2018 PyeongchangSuper-G, standing
2018 PyeongchangGiant slalom, standing
2018 PyeongchangSlalom, standing
IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships
2013 La MolinaDownhill, standing
2013 La MolinaGiant slalom, standing
2013 La MolinaSlalom, standing
2013 La MolinaSuper-G, standing
2013 La MolinaSuper combined, standing
2015 PanoramaDownhill, standing
2015 PanoramaGiant slalom, standing
2015 PanoramaSlalom, standing
2015 PanoramaSuper-G, standing
2015 PanoramaSuper combined, standing
2017 TarvisioDownhill, standing
2017 TarvisioSuper-G, standing
2017 TarvisioSuper combined, standing
2017 TarvisioGiant slalom, standing
2017 TarvisioSlalom, standing

Life

Bochet was born in Chambery 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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