Stéphanie Gicquel (born 1982) is a French lawyer, explorer, and athlete. She is notable for taking part in a

cross-country skiing Cross-country skiing is a form of skiing where skiers rely on their own locomotion to move across snow-covered terrain, rather than using ski lifts or other forms of assistance. Cross-country skiing is widely practiced as a sport and recreation ...

expedition in

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Biography

Gicquel was born and grew up in

Toulouse Toulouse ( , ; oc, Tolosa ) is the prefecture of the French department of Haute-Garonne and of the larger region of Occitania. The city is on the banks of the River Garonne, from the Mediterranean Sea, from the Atlantic Ocean and from Par ...

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in July 1982. She later attended

HEC Paris HEC Paris (french: École des hautes études commerciales de Paris) is a business school, and one of the most prestigious and selective grandes écoles, located in Jouy-en-Josas, France. HEC offers Master in Management, MSc International Fi ...

, where she would meet her future husband Jérémie. Gicquel is most notable for taking part (along with her husband) in a cross country trek from Hercules between 14 November 2014 and 27 January 2015. The expedition (which did not use sled dogs or kites) covered 2,045 km, thus making Gicquel the record holder for the longest assisted journey across Antarctica on skis by a woman. She also participates in other athletic events such as the

North Pole Marathon The North Pole Marathon is run over the classic marathon distance at the North Pole. The race is run on small, loop about 10 times over hard snow or the frozen ice of the Arctic Ocean. There are individual competitions with male and female di ...

. In 2019, Stéphanie Gicquel finished third in the

World Marathon Challenge World Marathon Challenge is a multievent marathon competition that involves completing seven full run marathon races on seven continents in seven days. History The first World Marathon Challenge was held in 2015, beginning in Antarctica on Janua ...

, a competition of 7

marathon The marathon is a long-distance foot race with a distance of , usually run as a road race, but the distance can be covered on trail routes. The marathon can be completed by running or with a run/walk strategy. There are also wheelchair div ...

s over seven days and on seven continents. Aside from athletics, Gicquel works as a business lawyer.

References

1982 births French female marathon runners French female cross-country skiers Living people 21st-century French lawyers 21st-century French women lawyers {{France-bio-stub