Benjamin Cavet

Benjamin Cavet (born 1 January 1994) is a freestyle skier specialising in mogul skiing.

Benjamin Cavet

Cavet skiing the moguls
Personal information
Nationality	French
Born	(1994-01-01) 1 January 1994 (age 31) Maidstone, England
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	70 kg (154 lb)
Sport
Country	France
Sport	Freestyle skiing
Event	Moguls
Club	Chatel
Medal record Representing  France World Championships 2017 Sierra Nevada Moguls 2021 Almaty Moguls Winter Universiade 2019 Krasnoyarsk Moguls 2019 Krasnoyarsk Dual moguls Junior World Championships 2014 Chiesa in Valmalenco Dual Moguls 2014 Chiesa in Valmalenco Moguls Representing  United Kingdom Junior World Championships 2011 Jyväskylä Moguls

Biography

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]