Benjamin Cavet | |
Nationality: | French |
Birth Date: | 1 January 1994 |
Birth Place: | Maidstone, England |
Height: | 1.80 m |
Weight: | 70 kg |
Country: | France |
Sport: | Freestyle skiing |
Event: | Moguls |
Club: | Chatel |
Benjamin Cavet (born 1 January 1994) is a freestyle skier specialising in mogul skiing.
At age 10, he moved to France with his parents and joined the Chatel ski club. He became a French citizen in 2012, after not having been offered funding from the UK.[1] He competed for France in the moguls at the Winter Olympics 2014.[2]
In 2014, he placed eighth in the Sochi Winter Olympics, had his first podium in World Cup in La Plagne, France, and became Junior World Champion in dual moguls.[3]
In 2016, Cavet was on the podium three times and finished third overall in the FIS World Cup series. The season 2016–17 was the most successful yet for Cavet; he was on the podium six times in World Cup Moguls and finished 2nd overall. At the World Championships in Sierra Nevada, Spain, he was crowned vice-world champion.[4]