Manon
Loschi
France
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Freeskiing
Date of birth | February 23, 2002 |
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Birthplace | La Clusaz |
Age | 23 |
Nationality | France |
Career start | 2021 |
Disciplines | Freeskiing Big Mountain/Freeride |
Manon Loschi describes her introduction to freeriding as an accident! She was trying it out just for fun with her local club when her home resort of La Clusaz hosted a junior freeride contest. After her coach convinced her to enter the competition, she ended up placing fourth and really enjoying the experience. She decided to spend more time training her freeride technique and entered her second competition – which this time she won!
Success in junior competitions saw Manon join the Qualifier section of the Freeride World Tour in the winter of 2021-22. In her first season as a Qualifier, she finished fifth and came back the following winter full of determination to do even better. What followed were wins at the famous Verbier and Nendaz stages and overall Qualifier victory. This result brought with it an invitation to compete at the elite-level Freeride World Tour. Now, Loschi is in the big time; she's focused on getting all she can from the experience of competing alongside the world’s best.