Margot Boch

Margot Boch
Boch in 2025
Personal information
Born (1999-06-13) 13 June 1999
Height1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)
Weight65 kg (143 lb)
Sport
CountryFrance
SportBobsleigh
Event(s)
Two-woman, monobob
Coached byBruno Mingeon

Margot Boch (born 13 June 1999) is a French bobsledder. She represented France at the 2022 and 2026 Winter Olympics.

Career

Boch made her international debut for France at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics. She then competed at the 2022 Winter Olympics and finished in eleventh place in the monobob.[1] She also finished in twelfth place in the two-woman event. This marked the first time a French women's bobsled team qualified for the Winter Olympics.[2]

In February 2023, she competed at the IBSF World Championships 2023 and finished in fifth place in the two-woman event, with a time of 4:35.78.[3]

She was again selected to represent France at the 2026 Winter Olympics.[4] Boch finished 10th in the monobob[5][6] and 17th in two-woman.[7][8]

Personal life

Boch's grandfather and father are both former bobsledders.[9]

References

  1. ^ "Margot Boch et Carla Sénéchal dans l'histoire - Moment de la journée aux Jeux Olympiques de Beijing 2022 - 19 février". olympics.com (in French). 19 February 2022. Retrieved 15 February 2026.
  2. ^ Merle, Apolline (25 January 2022). "JO 2022 : Margot Boch et Carla Sénéchal, le binôme féminin français de bobsleigh entré dans l'histoire à Pékin". franceinfo.fr (in French). Retrieved 15 February 2026.
  3. ^ "Margot Boch et Carla Sénéchal cinquièmes des Mondiaux de bobsleigh". L'Équipe (in French). 4 February 2023. Retrieved 15 February 2026.
  4. ^ Lalevee, Paul (6 February 2026). "Fer de lance du bobsleigh français, Margot Boch vise un coup d'éclat aux JO d'hiver 2026". dicodusport.fr (in French). Retrieved 15 February 2026.
  5. ^ "Un Top 10 pour Margot Boch". Sports Fr (in French). Retrieved 19 February 2026.
  6. ^ "Margot Boch dans le top 10 du monobob, incroyable dénouement pour la médaille d'or". ledauphine.com. Retrieved 19 February 2026.
  7. ^ "JO 2026 : Margot Boch et Carla Sénéchal loin de la médaille en bob à deux, le titre pour l'Allemagne". Le Figaro (in French). Retrieved 22 February 2026.
  8. ^ "Boch et Senechal 17es en bobsleigh à deux femmes aux JO 2026, l'Allemagne réalise le doublé et menace la France au tableau des médailles". L'Equipe (in French). Retrieved 22 February 2026.
  9. ^ Dorgan, Sophie (12 February 2022). "Le bobsleigh, une véritable transmission familiale chez les Boch". dicodusport.fr (in French). Retrieved 15 February 2026.