Margot BOCH

France

Bobsleigh

Date of Birth: 13 Jun 1999

Age: 22

Gender: Female

Place of birth: MACOT LA PLAGNE

Birth Country:

France

Residence: LE BOURGET-DU-LAC

Residence Country:

France

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Bobsleigh	Women's Monobob	11
	2-woman FRA France	13

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Yanqing National Sliding Centre	Women's Monobob Official Training Heat 1	Finished
After Heat 1	Yanqing National Sliding Centre	Women's Monobob Official Training Heat 2	Finished
	Yanqing National Sliding Centre	Women's Monobob Official Training Heat 3	Finished
After Heat 3	Yanqing National Sliding Centre	Women's Monobob Official Training Heat 4	Finished
	Yanqing National Sliding Centre	Women's Monobob Official Training Heat 5	Finished
	Yanqing National Sliding Centre	Women's Monobob Official Training Heat 6	Finished
	Yanqing National Sliding Centre	Women's Monobob Heat 1	Finished
	Yanqing National Sliding Centre	Women's Monobob Heat 2	Finished
	Yanqing National Sliding Centre	Women's Monobob Heat 3	Finished
	Yanqing National Sliding Centre	Women's Monobob Heat 4	Finished
	Yanqing National Sliding Centre	2-woman Official Training Heat 1	Finished
After Heat 1	Yanqing National Sliding Centre	2-woman Official Training Heat 2	Finished
	Yanqing National Sliding Centre	2-woman Official Training Heat 3	Finished
After Heat 3	Yanqing National Sliding Centre	2-woman Official Training Heat 4	Finished
	Yanqing National Sliding Centre	2-woman Official Training Heat 5	Finished
After Heat 5	Yanqing National Sliding Centre	2-woman Official Training Heat 6	Finished
	Yanqing National Sliding Centre	2-woman Heat 1	Finished
	Yanqing National Sliding Centre	2-woman Heat 2	Finished
	Yanqing National Sliding Centre	2-woman Heat 3	Finished
	Yanqing National Sliding Centre	2-woman Heat 4	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Athlete:

Historical Results

Youth Olympic Games
Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
17	Singles	2016	Lillehammer, NOR	00:01:51.587

World Championships
Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
15	2-woman	2021	Altenberg, GER	3:51.51

Junior World Championships
Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
5	2-woman	2021	St. Moritz, SUI	2:21.92
8	2-woman	2020	Winterberg, GER	1:54.70
DNF	2-woman	2019	Koenigssee, GER

Junior World Championships U23
Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
1	2-woman	2021	St. Moritz, SUI	2:21.92

World Cup Rankings
Season	2-woman
2021/22	23
2020/21	11
2019/20	19

World Cup Rankings
Season	Women's Monobob
2021/22	25
2020/21	34

World Cup - Best Achievements
Season	2-woman
2021/22	2 x 13th, 1 x 15th
2020/21	1 x 5th, 1 x 6th, 1 x 8th
2019/20	1 x 6th, 1 x 13th

World Cup - Best Achievements
Season	Women's Monobob
2021/22	1 x 1st, 2 x 3rd, 1 x 13th
2020/21	1 x 8th, 1 x 9th

Ten Best World Cup Performances in Current Season
Rank	Event	Season	Location	Result
1	Women's Monobob	2021/22	Innsbruck, AUT	1:52.17
3	Women's Monobob	2021/22	Winterberg, GER	2:00.59
3	Women's Monobob	2021/22	Innsbruck, AUT	1:52.13
13	2-woman	2021/22	Winterberg, GER	1:54.95
13	2-woman	2021/22	Innsbruck, AUT	1:47.27
13	Women's Monobob	2021/22	Innsbruck, AUT	1:52.39
15	2-woman	2021/22	Innsbruck, AUT	1:48.04
17	Women's Monobob	2021/22	Innsbruck, AUT	1:51.74
20	Women's Monobob	2021/22	Winterberg, GER	1:59.64

Nickname:

Twin Sisters and The Robbers (with brakewoman Carla Senechal).

Hobbies:

Music, sport, skiing.

Occupation:

Athlete, Student

Education:

Business Studies and Sports Management at the National and International Sports Studies Center (Chambery, FRA)

Family:

Father, Laurent.

Languages spoken:

French, English

Club name:

CBLS La Plagne

Coach:

Personal: Nicolae Istrate (ROU), Max Robert (FRA)

Position style:

Pilot

Sporting relatives:

Grandfather (Bobsleigh): 1959 French road bobsleigh champion.

Father Laurent Boch (Bobsleigh): Competed internationally at the Europe Cup from 2012--13.

Uncle (Alpine skiing): Competed internationally for France.

Other sports:

Artistic Gymnastics: Competed up until the age of 12.

Luge: Competed from age 14, and spent one year on the senior international circuit. Her top result was 19th in her only World Cup appearance in Sigulda in 2017. Decided to give up the sport after not qualifying for the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic Winter Games.

Debut:

2020 World Cup in La Plagne (Two-woman - 6th)

Injuries:

August 2021: Achilles tendon injury.
February 2019: Broken collarbone in a crash at the Junior World Championships in Koenigssee.

Start:

Took up bobsleigh at age 18 when she was finally old enough to follow in her father's and grandfather's footsteps. (savoie.fr; ablock.fr, 30 Dec 2020)

Reason:

She was hooked on the speed and the adrenaline on her first descent with her father at age 15. (ablock.fr, 30 Dec 2020; lasavoie.fr, 8 Dec 2020)

Ambition:

Finish in the top-10 at the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games.
Win a medal at the Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games. (savoie.fr; 20minutes.fr, 21 Jan 2021)

Memorable:

Finishing sixth in her World Cup debut on her home ice in La Plagne in front of friends and family in 2019. (ablock.fr, 30 Dec 2020)

Hero:

Gymnast Nadia Comaneci (ROM), five-time Olympic champion, the first gymnast to receive a perfect score of 10.0.

Her uncle who competed for the French ski team. (ablock.fr, 30 Dec 2020)

General Interest

"TWIN SISTERS"
Boch and brakewoman Carla Senechal, who initially connected on Facebook, found they had chemistry with each other immediately and, due to their blonde hair, blue eyes, and similar stature - shorter and leaner than most bobsledders - people began asking if they were sisters. “We get along very, very well. We complement each other physically. Immediately, there was something between us. From the first winter, we were often asked if we were sisters or twins, although we did not know each other before.” (ablock.fr, 30 Dec 2020; lasavoie.fr, 8 Dec 2020; 20minutes.fr, 21 Jan 2021)

Milestones

Competed in luge at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympic Games, finishing 17th in a field of 22.

Winning bobsleigh gold at the 2021 U23 Junior World Championships (in her first race with brakewoman Madison Stringer) is the first world title won by any French woman in the sport.

At the 2021 World Championships, became the first women's team to represent France at a senior world championships, placing 15th.

At Beijing 2022, they will be the first French female bobsledders to compete at an Olympic Winter Games.

Has five World Cup top-10 finishes, with best of fifth.

Social Media

https://www.facebook.com/margot.boch
Facebook Team: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100058297927428
https://www.instagram.com/margotboch
https://twitter.com/margotboch
Team Website: https://www.instagram.com/bobteamboch

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event

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