Rider`s Profile
Rollerblade I.B.U. Speedodrom
Name : BOUCHER
First name: THOMAS Date of birth : 23/06/1982
Hometown : NANTES (France) Club: A.L. St Sébastien s/loire
Height : 178cm Weight : 73kg
Sentimental Situation : with somebody Coach: Pascal Briand
Profession: student Sisters: 1 sister and 1 brother
Languages: french, spanish, english
Other sports : cycling, soccer, running
How do you feel about joining the Rollerblade I.B.U. Speedodrom? What are your expectations ?
I’m verry happy to join this new team. I will be again with an old teammate (Mathieu) from 2000. It will be a new experience for me because i was always in very big team like Salomon, Powerslide…and to start a new history with a young team and with people who love inline it’s very nice and i’m very exciting. I will do my best for the team and hope win some races and show the color of the team highest as possible with a great image of fair-play, respect of adversary, rules…
How long have you been skating ?
I practiced inlineskating for 18 years now.
What do you prefer in your sport ?
There are lots of things…like the speed, freedom feeling when you skate outside. And i like to be a « outdoor sport » because it’s very nice to skate under the sun during the summer.
What gave you the desire to begin skating ?
I just only wanted to do like my brother and it’s why i have started inline
The summary of your 2007 skating season ?
I was in Matter-World Inline center team with Yann Guyader, Jorge Cifuentes, Nelson Garzon and Ewen Fernandez. I started the season with a victory in the french championship «long distance » where i won the 5km time trial. After a long marathon season began with the French inline cup, World Inline cup and Swiss inline cup. For the french cup my results were 1 victory,2 x2nd, 1x 3rd. For the WIC and SIC, i did some good places in the Top 10 but my marathon’s season was not as i hoped before. For the french championships, it was almost good but there was Yann, and he was very impressive last year, so i finished lots of time second. At the european, i won 1gold (relay),1silver (1000m) and 1 bronce (500m). At Worlds, i did one bronce medal.
Your sport goals for the coming years ?
I really want to show that i can be a very good skater on marathon. Since i’m in the WIC circuit, i am close to the podiums with severals times 4th,5th…but never better. For the championships, i would like to win at least one other world’s title in the 2 next years. I already won one individual in 2004 but since Italy i only won silver and bronce and i want an oser one.
One line to describe what you feel when you skate ?
I feel a fluidity and a freedom to skate.
How do you see the evolution of Inline skating in the coming years ?
All the past wear i was very optimist for inline skating but now i’m much reserved on the évolution. I think, inline is in a period like mounda bike 10years ago with a market going down but even with this market, there are always more skaters at a race like Berlin or even in France, so i think that the people are presents and there is a possibility of a good evolution. The best evolution i can see it’s a national level with circuits like FIC, German Blade Challenge…
Your best memory ?
When I crossed first the line in 2002 for my first european gold and i saw my parents and some friends close to cry, i was verry surprise of this and also verry happy
Favorite film ?
Gladiator, Heat, Godfather trilogy…
Favorite food ?
Gastronomic french food (duck’s liver…)
Favorite music ?
All
Last CD you bought ?
Latin music from. Colombia
What kind of car do you have ?
Fiat Punto
The car of your dream ?
None
How is a perfect day for you ?
Without problems,lol
Favorite clothes brand ?
EdenPark
If you could be anyone you want for one day, who would it be ?
Zidane in the 2 World cup finals (1998 for the victory and 2006 for oser thing,lol)
If you were an animal what would it be ?
A tiger
Getting out of bed, what are your first thoughts ?
First I go to the toilets and i eat my breakfast
If I tell you these words, what are you thinking of ?
Rollerblade….. a historic brand of inline skating which let me dream when i was young
Berlin…The best marathon of the year
Olympics.....ihave to do annoter sport…
Wish......to see races with more respect of the rules, of the adversaires fair-play…
Professionalism.... we are far from this, few skaters practise only inline
Sun… not in Nantes during the winter
Austria…a country i don’t know but looks very nice and with sportsmen and women very present in winter sport
Freedom.....happy to live in a country where is a reality
Your living MOTTO : « Celui qui renonce à devenir meilleur, cesse déjà d’être bon » (moto from. my sport school when i was Young) it means the one who doesn’t want to be better, he is already bad.
What you want to say, to your fans, friends and family ?
My fans, i don’t know if i have…if yes, thank you to trust in me and support me. My family supports me for a long time now and they know what i am thinking about them,but one time more tank you for all they have done, and all they will do in the future.
Palmares: Marathons/ Championships
World championship : 4 times Gold medal (3xrelay in 2005 and 2006 ; 1x1000m track in 2004)
Eurpean championship : 9 times Gold mal (2002x2, 2005x4, 2006x2, 2007x1)
French championship : More than 10 golds since 2000
World Games : One Gold in 2005
Marathons :
2006 : FIC : 2nd in Nîmes
WIC :8th Overall ranking : (4th in Seoul, 4th in Basel, 6th in Rennes…)
2007 : FIC : 3rd overall ranking : 1st in Plouha ; 2nd in Nîmes and Pontarlier, 3rd in Les Herbiers ; 3r
7th in Seoul, 8th in Basel
Victory of International Trophy Lagos
3rd overall ranking in Gross-Gerau
