Benjamin Cavet

Ben Cavet skiing the moguls

Benjamin Cavet, born 1 January 1994 in Maidstone, Kent, is a freestyle skier specialising in mogul skiing. He became a French citizen in 2012. He had not been offered funding from the UK.[1] HIs family had moved to the country when he was 10. He competed for France in the moguls at the Winter Olympics 2014.[2]

In 2014 he was placed 8th in the Sochi Winter Olympics, had his first podium in World Cup in La Plagne, France and also became Junior World Champion in dual moguls.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Ben Cavet: Teenage mogul skier takes French nationality, BBC, retrieved 10 February 2014
  2. ↑ Sochi 2014: British-born Ben Cavet to compete for France, Rob Stevens, BBC
  3. ↑ http://bencavet.com/en/results/

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