Gabrielle Gachet, née Magnenat (born 17 February 1980), is a
Swiss ski mountaineer
Ski mountaineering (abbreviated to skimo) is a skiing discipline that involves climbing mountains either on skis or carrying them, depending on the steepness of the ascent, and then descending on skis. There are two major categories of equipmen ...
.
Gachet was born in
Vaulion
Vaulion is a municipality in the district of Jura-Nord Vaudois in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.
History
Vaulion is first mentioned in 1097 as ''Vallis Leonis''. In 1160 it was mentioned as ''Valleuni'' and in 1316 as ''Vaulion''.
Geograph ...
. In 2011, she married
Grégory Gachet
Grégory Gachet (born 9 December 1976) is a French ski mountaineer.
Gachet was born in Beaufort, Savoie. He is member of the ''Club Multisports Arêches-Beaufort'' and has been member of the national selection since 2002. In 2011, he married Ga ...
. She started ski mountaineering in 1998 and competed first in the
Nocturne Morgins race in the same year. She has been member of the national team since 2000.
Selected results
* 2002:
** 10th,
World Championship
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team race (together with
Andréa Zimmermann
Andréa Ursina Zimmermann (born 18 August 1976) from Monthey is a female Swiss ski mountaineer and mountain runner.
Zimmermann was born in Biel/Bienne. She competed first in the 2000 Trophée du Muveran race and has been member of the national t ...
)
* 2003:
** 7th,
European Championship single race
* 2004:
** 8th,
World Championship
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team race (together with Andréa Zimmermann)
* 2005:
** 1st, World Cup team
** 1st,
European Championship relay race (together with
Cristina Favre-Moretti and
Isabella Crettenand-Moretti)
** 2nd, European Championship team race (together with
Catherine Mabillard
Catherine Mabillard (born 9 June 1964) from Troistorrents VS is a Swiss ski mountaineer and marathon mountain biker.
Mabillard was born in Bex. She started ski mountaineering in 1985 and competed first in the Trophée de Valerette race in 198 ...
)
** 2nd,
Mountain Attack
The "Mountain Attack" is an annual Austrian ski mountaineering
Ski mountaineering (abbreviated to skimo) is a skiing discipline that involves climbing mountains either on skis or carrying them, depending on the steepness of the ascent, and the ...
marathon
** 4th, European Championship single race
* 2006:
** 1st,
Tour du Rutor (together with
Gloriana Pellissier)
** 2nd,
World Championship
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relay race (together with
Nathalie Etzensperger
Nathalie Etzensperger-Nanzer, née Nanzer (born 6 August 1968), is a female Swiss ski mountaineer and long-distance runner.
Etzensperger was born in Gamsen, where she grew up. She started top-class sports at the age of 24 years, and is married ...
, Catherine Mabillard and
Séverine Pont-Combe)
** 2nd, Mountain Attack marathon
** 3rd,
Trophée des Gastlosen
The Trophée des Gastlosen ("trophy of the Gastlosen") is a Swiss competition of ski mountaineering, which is carried out annually in the Gastlosen, near Jaun, since 1993.
The history of the Trophée des Gastlosen goes back to 1987, when Erha ...
, together with
Jeanine Bapst
Jeanine Bapst (born September 11, 1968) is a Swiss ski mountaineer.
Selected results
* 2001:
** 2nd, Swiss Cup, scratch
* 2003:
** 2nd, Trophée des Gastlosen, together with Maroussia Rusca
* 2004:
** 2nd, World Championship
A world cha ...
** 6th, World Championship team race (together with Andréa Zimmermann)
* 2007:
** 3rd,
European Championship relay race (together with Catherine Mabillard and Nathalie Etzensperger)
** 6th, European Championship team race (together with
Marie Troillet)
** 7th, European Championship single race
** 8th, European Championship combination ranking
* 2008:
** 1st,
World Championship
A world championship is generally an international competition open to elite competitors from around the world, representing their nations, and winning such an event will be considered the highest or near highest achievement in the sport, game, ...
relay race (together with Marie Troillet, Nathalie Etzensperger, Séverine Pont-Combe)
** 2nd, World Championship long distance race
** 3rd, World Championship team race (together with Catherine Mabillard)
** 8th, World Cup race,
Val d'Aran
Aran (; ; ) (previously officially called in Occitan Val d'Aran, Catalan: ''Vall d'Aran'', Spanish: ''Valle de Arán'') is an administrative entity (formerly considered a comarca) in Lleida, Catalonia, Spain, consisting of the Aran Valley, in ...
* 2009:
** 2nd,
European Championship relay race (together with Nathalie Etzensperger and Séverine Pont-Combe)
** 2nd, European Championship team race (together with Nathalie Etzensperger)
** 5th, European Championship combination ranking
** 6th, European Championship single race
* 2010:
** 2nd,
World Championship
A world championship is generally an international competition open to elite competitors from around the world, representing their nations, and winning such an event will be considered the highest or near highest achievement in the sport, game, ...
relay race (together with Marie Troillet and Gabrielle Magnenat)
* 2011:
** 1st,
World Championship
A world championship is generally an international competition open to elite competitors from around the world, representing their nations, and winning such an event will be considered the highest or near highest achievement in the sport, game, ...
relay race (together with Nathalie Etzensperger and
Mireille Richard
Mireille Richard (born 4 May 1989) is a Swiss ski mountaineer.
Mireille was born and lives in Evionnaz. She started ski mountaineering in 1994, and competed first in the 2003 ''Diamir race''. She has been member of the Swiss team since 2005.
...
)
** 3rd, World Championship sprint
** 3rd, World Championship team race (together with Séverine Pont-Combe)
** 5th, World Championship single race
** 5th, World Championship vertical, total ranking
* 2012:
** 2nd, Patrouille de la Maya, together with Marie Troillet and Nathalie Etzensperger
Patrouille des Glaciers
* 2004: 2nd, together with Andréa Zimmermann and Jeanine Bapst
* 2006: 1st and course record, together with Catherine Mabillard and Séverine Pont-Combe
* 2008: 1st and course record, together with Nathalie Etzensperger and Séverine Pont-Combe
Pierra Menta
* 2007: 5th, together with Andréa Zimmermann
* 2008: 3rd, together with Séverine Pont-Combe
* 2009: 2nd, together with Séverine Pont-Combe
* 2010: 4th, together with Marie Troillet
* 2011: 3rd, together with Marie Troillet
* 2012: 3rd, together with Mireille Richard
Trofeo Mezzalama
* 2011: 4th, together with
Émilie Gex-Fabry
Émilie Gex-Fabry (born 21 May 1986) is a Swiss ski mountaineer.
Gex-Fabry was born in Vevey. She started ski mountaineering in 1991, and competed first in the 2000 Trophée des Gastlosen event. She has been member of the Swiss team since 2003, ...
and
Corinne Favre
Corinne Favre (born 15 December 1970) is a French professional ski instructor, competitive ski mountaineer, ''2011 Trofeo Mezzalama - women results''
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References
External links
Gabrielle Magnenat
at ''skimountaineering.org''
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1980 births
Living people
Swiss female ski mountaineers
World ski mountaineering champions
People from Jura-North Vaudois District
Sportspeople from the canton of Vaud