Coralie BENTZ

France

Cross-Country Skiing

Date of Birth: 21 May 1996

Age: 25

Gender: Female

Place of birth: AMBILLY

Birth Country:

France

Residence: SAINT-GERVAIS-LES-BAINS

Residence Country:

France

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank
Cross-Country Skiing	Women's 10km Classic	40
	Women's 7.5km + 7.5km Skiathlon	38
	Women's 30km Mass Start Free	44

Schedule

Location	Event	Status
Zhangjiakou National Cross-Country Skiing Centre	Women's 7.5km + 7.5km Skiathlon	Finished
Zhangjiakou National Cross-Country Skiing Centre	Women's 10km Classic	Finished
Zhangjiakou National Cross-Country Skiing Centre	Women's 30km Mass Start Free	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Athlete:

Historical Results

World Cup Rankings
Season	All	Distance
2021/2022	64	49
2019/2020	94	67

Best performances per season in World Cup events from 2018/2019 - Individual events until 15km

Season	SP C	SP F	10km C	10km F	10km P	7.5/7.5km C/F
2021/22	1 x 49th	1 x 50th	1 x 25th	1 x 23rd
2020/21		1 x 59th	1 x 53rd	1 x 44th	1 x 46th
2019/20		1 x 47th		1 x 23rd	1 x 35th	1 x 32nd
2018/19				1 x 43rd

Best performances per season in World Cup events from 2018/2019 - Individual events longer than 15km

Season	>30km F	30km P
2021/22
2020/21		1 x 48th
2019/20	1 x 54th
2018/19

Ten Best World Cup Performances in Current Season
Rank	Event	Season	Location
29	FIS Tour de Ski Ladies	2021/2022	FIS Tour de Ski, FIS

Hobbies:

Likes spending time outdoors and enjoying nature. Motorcycling, road cycling, mountain biking.

Occupation:

Athlete

Education:

Attended IUT in Annecy, France for business management. (ski-nordique.net, 30 Jun 2020)

Family:

Mother, Sonia. Partner, Antoine Tarantola.

Languages spoken:

French

Club name:

CS Argentiere (Chamonix-Mont-Blanc, FRA)

Coach:

National: Thibaut Chene (FRA)
Personal: Christophe Perrillat Colomb (FRA)
Club: Amaury Boschat (FRA)

Sporting relatives:

Partner Antoine Tarantola (Cross-country skiing): Competing at the junior level.

Other sports:

Roller Ski: In October 2021 she won the Challenge Vittoz.

Debut:

2018 World Cup in Seefeld (10km - 36th)

National team:

2016

Start:

Started cross-country skiing at age three on the Plateau of Plaine Joux. (ski-nordique.net, 30 Jun 2020)

Reason:

Started mountain biking at age eight and was very successful in local mountain bike competitions. At age 15, she had to decide which of the sports she wanted to do professionally. (cubebikes.fr, 12 Oct 2021)

Memorable:

Her first World Cup points at the 2020 World Cup in Nove mesto. (ski-nordique.net, 30 Jun 2020)

Hero:

Cross-country skier Petter Northug (NOR), two-time Olympic, 13-time World champion.

Cross-country skier Marit Bjoergen (NOR), 15-time Olympic cross-country ski medallist (eight gold, four silver, three bronze) - the most-decorated Winter Olympian in history; 18-time world champion.

General Interest

BUMPY ROAD TO BEIJING
The French Ski Federation announced in May 2021 that after five years on the team she will not be part of the selection for the Olympic year due to missing good results. She decided to prepare for the upcoming Olympic Winter Games season by training with the Haute Savoie Nordic team, with plans to rejoin the French team later in the 2021/22 season. (Instagram, 19 May 2021/ 6 Oct 2021; nordicmag.info, 21 May 2021)

COVID-19
In December 2021, along with three French teammates, she had to leave Davos, Switzerland just before the start of the World Cup due to a COVID-19 infection inside the French team. (ledauphine.com, 11 Dec 2021)

Milestones

Competed at the 2016 Junior World Championships, and at two U23 World Championships (2018, 2019), where she had four top-15 finishes, with a best of 10th in skiathlon.

In 19 World Cup races (end of 2020/21), her best result is 23rd in 2020 (10km free in Nove Mesto).

2017 Winter Universiade relay bronze medallist, with four more top-10 finishes.

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Legend

:: Gold Medal Event

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