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Local Ski star in Running for Top Award
Ophelie David in running for top honour
Local ski-cross racer Ophelie David is among the nominees for the prestigious Le Dauphine sportsperson of the year award for 2015. It comes in the year when she won silver medal at the World Championships in Kreischberg, Austria.
The 39 year old former world number one, married mum of one, who lives in Alpe d’Huez is a 4 times X-Games winner (2007, 08, 09 and 10) and was also World Champion in 2011.
She has represented France in ski cross the last two winter Olympic Games (Vancouver and Sochi).
The awards are a prestigious annual sporting award given by one of France's leading regional newspapers, Le Dauphine.
Ophelie finds herself up against stiff competition from top athletes from the worlds of cycling, rugby and swimming and is the only female nominee.
She is a keen mountain biker who regularly hits the trails in the summer time being an Alpe d’Huez native and in 2008 she won the super-competitive and prestigious Megavalanche race in resort.
You can register your vote for Alpe d’Huez’ favourite daughter at the following link and simply follow the “voter” prompts.
To keep tabs on the career of Ophelie you can follow her on the following social media:
Twitter: @ophelie_david
Facebook: Ophlie David Racz
Voting closes on 29th December so get your vote in quick and help our girl seal victory!
