Marie Bochet

Marie Bochet

Bochet in 2013
Personal information
Nationality	French
Born	Marie Isabelle Élise Bochet (1994-02-09) 9 February 1994 Chambéry, France
Sport
Country	France
Sport	Alpine skiing
Events	Downhill Slalom Giant slalom Super combined Super-G
Medal record Event 1st 2nd 3rd Paralympic Games 8 1 0 World Championships 22 5 1 Total 30 6 1 Women's para alpine skiing Representing France Winter Paralympic Games 2014 Sochi Downhill, standing 2014 Sochi Super-G, standing 2014 Sochi Combined, standing 2014 Sochi Giant, standing 2018 Pyeongchang Downhill, standing 2018 Pyeongchang Super-G, standing 2018 Pyeongchang Giant slalom, standing 2018 Pyeongchang Slalom, standing 2022 Beijing Super-G, standing IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships 2013 La Molina Downhill, standing 2013 La Molina Giant slalom, standing 2013 La Molina Slalom, standing 2013 La Molina Super-G, standing 2013 La Molina Super combined, standing 2015 Panorama Downhill, standing 2015 Panorama Giant slalom, standing 2015 Panorama Slalom, standing 2015 Panorama Super-G, standing 2015 Panorama Super combined, standing 2017 Tarvisio Downhill, standing 2017 Tarvisio Super-G, standing 2017 Tarvisio Super combined, standing 2017 Tarvisio Giant slalom, standing 2017 Tarvisio Slalom, standing

Marie Isabelle Élise Bochet (French pronunciation: [maʁi bɔʃɛ]; born 2 February 1994) is a French alpine skier and Paralympic champion. She has won a total of 8 gold medals across four Winter Paralympic Games, and a further 22 gold medals across six World Championships.

Career

Bochet was born in Chambéry in the French Alps in 1994 to Yvon and Françoise, both cheesemakers. She was five when she started skiing. She has a disability, as her left forearm suffers from agenesis.

She competed at the 2010 Winter Paralympics in Vancouver but did not make the podium. She skied at the 2011 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships and was the second skier to finish in the standing women's downhill race and the Super-G.

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

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.

Honours

• Officer of the Legion of Honour (2018)

External links

• Marie Bochet at the International Paralympic Committee
• Marie Bochet at IPC.InfostradaSports.com (archived)
• Marie Bochet at Équipe de France (in French)
• Marie Bochet at France Paralympique (in French)