Perrine Laffont is a French mogul skier,she is the present world number one in women moguls skiing.The 2017 Dual Moguls world champion and moguls silver medalist. She won the gold medal at the 2018 Winter Olympic Games in the moguls event. On 8 March 2021, Perrine Laffont won the single mogul skiing event at the world championships on the Almaty piste in Kazakhstan.
Originally from Ariège, she went on skis for the first time at the age of two. With a father who was a ski instructor and a mother who was president of the Boss Club des Monts d’Olmes. At 5 years old, she took her first bumps and took a liking to it. And a year later, she took part in her first competition in the Pyrenees in slopestyle and mogul skiing. Her childhood dream was to become a ski instructor. So I signed up for alpine skiing study sport. But later returned to her favorite discipline quickly.
It was in 2014 that her Olympic dream began, at the Sochi Olympic Games, at the age of 15. She was the youngest representative of the French delegation. Her 5th place in qualifying gives gave her direct access to the final. She finished 14th in the Final, a good performance for that age. At 16, she became the first French world champion in parallel mogul skiing. And a year later, she went even further into the history of the sport by becoming Olympic champion in mogul skiing.
Medal record: Women’s freestyle skiing: Representing France
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2018 Pyeongchang Moguls
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2017 Sierra Nevada Dual moguls
Gold medal – first place 2019 Utah Dual moguls
Gold medal – first place 2021 Almaty Moguls
Silver medal – second place 2017 Sierra Nevada Moguls
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Utah Moguls
Women Fitness President Ms. Namita Nayyar catches up with Perrine Laffont, a French Freestyle Skier, an Olympic Games Gold medalist, three times World Champion here she talks about her workout, diet, hair care, skincare routine and her success story.
Namita Nayyar:
Your father, Jean-Jacques, introduced moguls skiing in France to the Pyrenees region, setting up the “Boss Club” (“bosses” means “moguls” in French) with your mother. Your love for moguls skiing must have started early in life. Tell us more about your journey of exceptional hard work, tenacity, and endurance?
Perrine Laffont:
Mogul skiing has always been a big part of my family. I was born with skis on my feet I like to say. I used to ski with a dummy in my mouth! My parents educated me with great values of hard work and enjoyment whilst pursuing my passion.
Namita Nayyar:
You at the age of fifteen years competed in your first Winter Games in Sochi in 2014. Tell us how you were drawn to this sport of moguls skiing and your meteoric rise to be a member of the French National Skiing team?
Perrine Laffont:
During the spring of 2013, the French Team coaches informed us that maybe a girl will be able to go to the Olympic Games, so after hearing this exciting news I trained very hard for the next 7 months. I asked my parents to transform the attic into a fully equipped gym and every day I was up there training. My parents bought me a running machine, I use to run on it for hours but seeing the clock tick slowly would drive me crazy so instead I printed a photo of the Sochi Mogul stadium to cover it and used this for motivation! 4 months later I was at the top of this same course reaching my dream of becoming an Olympian.
Namita Nayyar:
You became an Olympic champion at the age of 19 years, at Pyeong Chang 2018. Tell us more about your experience of this exceptional achievement in the world of Skiing?
Perrine Laffont:
That was my dream as a little girl. For an athlete to win the Olympics Games is the pinnacle of sporting achievements so when I became Olympic Champion in 2018 it was crazy, unbelievable but so hard too. Dealing with the pressure during the 8 days that we stayed there was hard and I was so exhausted after the Games. But this medal completely changed my life and I’ll never forget it.
Namita Nayyar:
Today you are the world number one in women moguls skiing. You won World Championships Gold medal at 2017 Sierra Nevada, 2019 Utah and 2021 Almaty in Dual Moguls and Moguls respectively, what has been a catalyst to these exceptional achievements in your professional career?
Perrine Laffont:
I have a stable environment around me, a great support system with my coaches and family. I manage to push hard in training because I have a great balance in life. When at training camp all I have on my mind is skiing, and then after when at home I tend to rest from skiing and pursue my other interests (fashion, interior design) and just having fun with friends and family.
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Namita Nayyar:
What exercises comprise your fitness regime or workout routine you may wish to share?
Perrine Laffont:
The primary goal for physical training for a high level athlete is to avoid injury, so I spend a lot of time doing corrective posture exercises and mobility so my body can move freely through all ranges of motion. Once this work is done I can move onto more compound movements: lots of functional exercises to develop strength balance and coordination.
Namita Nayyar:
What is your fitness routine in such pandemic times?
Perrine Laffont:
For the first lockdown we were in off season (rest and recovery time) after the winter so I did a lot of yoga just to recovery and to keep my body fresh. And for the other lockdowns luckily thanks to the French National Team and the government we were able to have access to the gym so we were keeping up with the gym sessions we do normally.
Namita Nayyar:
How do you train your abs? One secret to your toned body.
Perrine Laffont:
In my sport core strength is one of the most important components to being successful. Lots of forces are exerted on the body. Especially the oblique’s muscles need to be strong to keep the upper body facing down the fall-line whilst the bumps try to push the skier off course. Big functional moves like a farmer walk, Turkish get-up are great as the abs work hard to protect the spine during complexexercises like these.
Namita Nayyar:
Do you take a special diet or have a strict menu that you follow to remain healthy and physically fit?
Perrine Laffont:
I don’t have a strict diet I just try to eat as healthily as I can, to eat a lot of vegetables and fruit but sometimes it’s complicated whilst traveling or when you are staying somewhere where there is no good food. So that’s why I’m not too strict with my diet, I want my body to be ready to sometimes not eat good food and be able to quickly adapt. And to be honest I like to eat a burger or ice cream because sometimes it is just good for my mental health ahha!
Namita Nayyar:
Five foods you absolutely love and five you keep to a minimum.
Perrine Laffont:
Chocolate for sure, mango, raspberries, lasagna, peach! And for the foods I don’t like so much: brocoli, lamb, oysters, aubergine and leeks.
Namita Nayyar:
You have glowing skin and gorgeous hair. Share with us your haircare and skincare routine. What special care do you take for both during extreme winter weather?
Perrine Laffont:
“Easy for hair” hair mask or oil applied once a week, left in over night. And for the skin once or twice a week whilst showering I do an exfoliating scrub and after when my skin is dry I use pink clay for a mask; that’s all! 🙂
Namita Nayyar:
Share with us your personal struggles with any physical sports and Skiing injuries and what you may wish to share with other individuals who may feel motivated by your experience to win over physical sports injuries in their career?
Perrine Laffont:
Luckily I have never been injured and I think it’s because I eat healthily, I drink a lot of water, I sleep a lot and I train my body five times a week. With experience I know which days I can push hard in my training and which days I need to release a bit of pressure just to stay safe.
Namita Nayyar:
Athletic leisure brand you love to wear.
Perrine Laffont:
I love to wear clothing from my sponsor Rossignol Apparel.
Namita Nayyar:
Advice and motivational words to the inspiring and budding professional mogul skiers who all are your fans and shall like to know from you for their climb to the ladder of success in the field of moguls skiing?
Perrine Laffont:
All your hard work will pay off! Even a hard day skiing is still a great day. See every experience as a possibility to learn and even in uncomfortable situations think to yourself “how is the best way to confront this challenge”.
Namita Nayyar:
A message for your Instagram followers.
Perrine Laffont:
Thank you all so much for following my journey! It’s just the beginning, lots of fun stuff to come!
Namita Nayyar:
What do you wish to say about the website Womenfitness.net and the message for its visitors?
Perrine Laffont:
Congratulations on pursuing your fitness. There is so much power and self-confidence ready to be unlocked through sport! You go girl.
Perrine Laffont Social Media Presence
Perrine Laffont Official website: https://www.laffontperrine.eu/
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