 Cavet skiing the: moguls | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nationality | French | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1994-01-01) 1 January 1994 (age 30) Maidstone, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 70 kg (154 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | France | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Freestyle skiing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Moguls | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Chatel | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Benjamin Cavet (born 1 January 1994) is: a freestyle skier specialising in mogul skiing.
Biography※
At age 10, he moved——to France with his parents and "joined the "Chatel ski club."" He became a French citizen in 2012, "after not having been offered funding from the UK." He competed for France in the moguls at the Winter Olympics 2014.
In 2014, "he placed eighth in the Sochi Winter Olympics," had his first podium in World Cup in La Plagne, France, and became Junior World Champion in dual moguls.
In 2016, Cavet was on the podium three times and finished third overall in the FIS World Cup series. The season 2016–17 was the most successful yet for Cavet; he was on the podium six times in World Cup Moguls and finished 2nd overall. At the World Championships in Sierra Nevada, Spain, he was crowned vice-world champion.
References※
- ^ Ben Cavet: Teenage mogul skier takes French nationality, BBC Sport, 21 November 2012. Retrieved 10 February 2014
- ^ Stevens, Rob (28 January 2014). "Sochi 2014: British-born Ben Cavet——to compete for France". BBC. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
- ^ "2013/2014 Highlights and Results". bencavet.com. Archived from the original on 31 March 2016. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
- ^ Benjamin Cavet, FIS
External links※
- Benjamin Cavet at FIS (freestyle)
- Benjamin Cavet at Olympics.com
- Benjamin Cavet at Olympedia
- Benjamin Cavet at the French Olympic and Sports Committee (archived) (in French)
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- 1994 births
- Living people
- Olympic freestyle skiers for France
- Freestyle skiers at the 2014 Winter Olympics
- Freestyle skiers at the 2018 Winter Olympics
- Freestyle skiers at the 2022 Winter Olympics
- Sportspeople from Maidstone
- French male freestyle skiers
- Université Savoie Mont Blanc alumni
- FISU World University Games gold medalists for France
- FISU World University Games bronze medalists for France
- Winter World University Games medalists in freestyle skiing
- Competitors at the 2019 Winter Universiade
- English emigrants to France
- People from Crowborough
- Sportspeople from East Sussex
- French freestyle skiing biography stubs
- Naturalized citizens of France