Val di Sole crowns Camille Balanche the new winner of the Down Hill World Cup. But who is this 32-year-old Swiss girl?
History
His sporting career began at the age of 12 with ice hockey, which culminated in the call-up for the winter Olympics. Returning from those competitions he enrolled in the Macolin sports school and at the same time he abandoned the competitive activity on skates.
A new life
In 2014, parallel to his studies, he discovered cycling and thus began a new career. Her beginnings see her as a protagonist in enduro, where she managed to win the first Swiss Cup, then landed in international competitions.
In 2017 a new gearbox, starting to compete in DH. a dazzling career that of Camille, who in 2018 won the bronze at the Europeans, which she won the following year. in 2020 the absolute consecration with the victory of the iris.
A victory over injuries
During the tests of Mont Saint Anne Camille broke her collarbone. A fracture that could have frustrated the efforts of this season. But with great determination she managed to recover in record time
This year a new victory for this biker who has approached the fat wheels after a bumpy path like the tracks she faces in Word Cup.