Get to know....Florian Pinel!

• Since when do you practice the sport of Nordic Combined?

• Since the age of 15 meaning since the year 2000.

• How come that you choose Nordic Combined as your sport?

• I wanted to change the discipline since I did alpine skiing until then. And so I came to ski jumping and cross country skiing.

• How did you prepare yourself for the season 2009/2010?

• It is the first season I do Nordic Combined full time. Therefore I trained hard and made a lot of hours.

• What are your goals for the season 2009/2010?

• All depends for me on the first World Cup in Chaux-Neuve. I think I can be under the best five French skiers.

• Your favourite jumping hill

• The K 90 jumping hill in Chamonix: it's only a K90 but you fly like on a big hill!

• Your favourite cross country skiing track?

• The track in Chaux-Neuve – it is one of the hardest in the World Cup circuit and I have some good memories of it from last year.

• Your longest jump?

• 127m

• Your best competition?

• WC Seefeld 2009: 9^th fastest skiing time

• Your goals in the sport of Nordic Combined?

• I take what comes, I don't make any specific goals for myself.

• Your motto?

• Nothing is impossible!

• Your hobbies?

• All kinds of sports, reading, having fun with friends

• Your favourite meal?

• I like everything!

• Your favourite drink?

• A cocktail:grenadine/pulco bloodorange /badoit

• Your favourite book?

• The Lord of the rings

• Your favourite film?

• La vie est belle

• What kind of music would we find on your ipod?

• I ask others to put music on my ipod – I myself don't know anything!

• What are your plans for the time after the sport?

• The plan is to find a job which pays for a nice family life.