Camille Balanche

Camille Balanche (born 1 March 1990) is a Swiss cyclist. In 2020, she won the women's downhill race at the UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships held in Leogang, Austria. She is the first Swiss rider to win a Downhill world title. At the age of 12, she began her sporting career in ice hockey at the La Chaux-de-Fonds Hockey Club, before joining Montréal once she could no longer play in men's teams. In 2010, she was selected to play for Switzerland in the Olympic Games.

Personal life Balanche is a lesbian and has been in a relationship since 2017 with Emilie Siegenthaler, a fellow downhill mountain bike racer.

Palmarès

2018

2019

UCI Mountain Bike World Cup (DH) 3rd Round 6 (Val di Sole, Italy) 2020

2021

UCI Mountain Bike World Cup (DH) 1st Round 1 (Leogang, Austria) 3rd Round 2 (Les Gets, France) 3rd Round 3 (Maribor, Slovenia) 2nd Round 5 (Snowshoe, United States) 3rd Round 6 (Snowshoe, United States) 2022 1st Overall UCI Mountain Bike World Cup (DH) 1st Round 1 (Lourdes, France) 2nd Round 2 (Fort William, Scotland) 1st Round 3 (Leogang, Austria) 2nd Round 4 (Lenzerheide, Switzerland) 3rd Round 5 (Vallnord, Andorra) 1st Round 6 (Snowshoe, United States)

2023 UCI Mountain Bike World Cup (DH) 2nd Round 1 (Lenzerheide, Switzerland)