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Pierre Rémy

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Pierre has always been in the air. He has been paragliding since he was 12 years old and competing in distance events since he was 18. Pierre came across this sport, thanks to his father. Now paragliding his passion, his life, his job, his way of communion with the mountains and nature.

He is now moving towards a different mode of competition, the Hike and Fly, with his first big competition in 2022, the X-Pyr. In his spare time, he practices Trail.
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Pierre Rémy
Pierre Rémy Key Achievements
  • French under-21 champion in 2004
  • French champion 2009 and 2017
  • World FAI champion 2017
  • World champion PWCA 2018
Pierre Rémy Future Projects
  • The X-Pyr, a walking and flying race that competes on the Pyrenees crossing.
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Interview with Pierre
3 words that define you as an athlete?
Persevering. Hard worker. Sore loser (I'll take it but I work harder)!
3 values that fit you as a person?
Family, nature, fun.
Why do you feel you belong to the Cimalp family?
Cimalp is a French eco-responsible brand that joins my daily professional life and advocates values close to mine.
Your best and worst mountain memories and why?
Both are related to my main activity, flying. The best one is probably the flight that every year gives me as much pleasure: flying above the highest peaks of the Pyrenean chain, Vignemale, Balaïtous, and Circle of Gavarnie.
The worst, without a doubt, was the day I crash-landed in a steep avalanche corridor around 2500m altitude, where there was still quite a bit of snow and I got stuck and felt like a tourist in city sneakers... The tourist still managed to get out of there, reach the ridge and fly home!
What do mountains inspire you to do?
A huge playground, and freedom!
What is your relationship to the environment and ecology?
I don't really do anything personally for the environment except use my legs to go flying or skiing. But I actively participate via my work as a paraglider designer: 100% French and local production, local jobs and projects related to the environment such as traction wings for cargo ships.
Another great passion/talent than sports?
All my passions are more or less related to sports and the mountains.