Marie Hoyau (born 12 March 1997, in
Poissy) is a French ski jumper.
Sports career
In 2012, Hoyau won her first gold medal at a national competition in Les Tuffes (7 October 2012).
On the small ski jump ''Le Grépon'' in Chamonix she set the women’s record on 20 January 2013.
From 2012/13 on, Hoyau also takes part in international FIS competitions. At the ''European Youth Olympic Festival'' in Romania (19 February 2013) she placed 6th, at the two ''Alpen Cup'' events in
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Ziri she achieved mid-table positions.
At the ''FIS Cup'' competition in
Villach (13 and 14 July 2013), which like all ''FIS Cups'' was not restricted to junior ski jumpers, Hoyau placed 27th.
The ''Summer Grand Prix'' in Courchevel (15 August 2013) was the first international ''elite'' competition for which she was nominated by the French Ski Association FFS ''(Féderation française de ski)'' as the new talent side by side with the French jumpers
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,
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. So at the age of barely 16 she could beat several international professional jumpers and placed 34th (among 47 elite participants).
Hoyau represents her hometown's ''Ski Club St. Gervais''. Her coach is Thierry Revillod.
[See http://www.stgervais-skiclub.com/groupe.php?groupe=13&tg=Nordique. Retrieved 18 August 2013.]
External links
Ski Club St. Gervais
References
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1997 births
Living people
French female ski jumpers