Fernande Bochatay

Fernande Bochatay

Fernande Bochatay in 1968
Personal information
Born	(1946-01-23) 23 January 1946 (age 78) Les Marécottes, Valais, Switzerland
Height	1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Weight	57 kg (126 lb)
Sport
Sport	Alpine skiing
Medal record Representing  Switzerland Winter Olympics 1968 Grenoble Giant slalom

Fernande Bochatay (born 23 January 1946) is a former Swiss alpine skier. At the 1968 Winter Olympics, she won the bronze medal in Giant slalom.^[1]

Bochatay was the aunt of Swiss speed skier Nicolas Bochatay, who was killed on a training run at the 1992 Winter Olympics. She married in 1968 and next year retired from competitions. The year after she gave birth to her first child, and two more followed later. She was still skiing in her late sixties with her grandchildren.^[2]

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