Valentin
Delluc
Date of birth | 7 April 1992 |
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Age | 31 |
Nationality | France |
Career start | 2013 |
Disciplines | Speed Riding |
Valentin Delluc's trajectory as a teenager is a classic one for a sports-mad mountain kid. Alpine skiing on the slopes of Morzine came first. Then, at about 13, he moved on to freeskiing and began taking part in contests, where he stood out because of his talent. Around the same time, he discovered another passion: paragliding. If there's such a thing as a paragliding bug, it bit Delluc directly after his maiden flight aged just 11.
As a teenager, when he wasn't on his skis, he was spending hours learning the basics of this demanding discipline. Why did Valentin take to the skies? There's no need to have spent years studying psychology to realise it's closely linked to the desire for freedom. This is also probably why he started to freeride at 17-years-old.