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Marie Bochet

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Marie Bochet
Marie Bochet in 2013
Personal information
NationalityFrench
Born (1994-02-09) 9 February 1994 (age 30)
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 1 0
World Championships 13 2 0
Total 21 3 0
Women's para alpine skiing
Representing  France
Winter Paralympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2014 Sochi Downhill, standing
Gold medal – first place 2014 Sochi Super-G, standing
Gold medal – first place 2014 Sochi Combined, standing
Gold medal – first place 2014 Sochi Giant, standing
Gold medal – first place 2018 Pyeongchang Downhill, standing
Gold medal – first place 2018 Pyeongchang Super-G, standing
Gold medal – first place 2018 Pyeongchang Giant slalom, standing
Gold medal – first place 2018 Pyeongchang Slalom, standing
Silver medal – second place 2022 Beijing Super-G, standing
IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2013 La Molina Downhill, standing
Gold medal – first place 2013 La Molina Giant slalom, standing
Gold medal – first place 2013 La Molina Slalom, standing
Gold medal – first place 2013 La Molina Super-G, standing
Gold medal – first place 2013 La Molina Super combined, standing
Gold medal – first place 2015 Panorama Downhill, standing
Gold medal – first place 2015 Panorama Giant slalom, standing
Gold medal – first place 2015 Panorama Slalom, standing
Gold medal – first place 2015 Panorama Super-G, standing
Gold medal – first place 2015 Panorama Super combined, standing
Gold medal – first place 2017 Tarvisio Downhill, standing
Gold medal – first place 2017 Tarvisio Super-G, standing
Gold medal – first place 2017 Tarvisio Super combined, standing
Silver medal – second place 2017 Tarvisio Giant slalom, standing
Silver medal – second place 2017 Tarvisio Slalom, standing

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

Life

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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 was elected a member of the International Paralympic Committee and joined the athlete's commission. She is also a member of the athlete's commission for the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

References

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  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 skiing. 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.
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Awards
Preceded by Laureus World Sportsperson with a Disability of the Year
2014
Succeeded by