Boulangeat grew up in the winter sports resort of Tignes . On January 7, 2004, she took part in a ski cross World Cup race for the first time in Les Contamines and came in 26th. Eleven days later she finished first in the top ten when she finished seventh in Laax . This finally secured her admission to the French national team. The breakthrough to the top of the world did not initially materialize. In the 2004/05 season she was never better than eleventh, at the 2005 World Cup in Ruka she was only 23rd.
The 2005/06 season went much better for Boulangeat: She stayed in the top 10 in all five races (including three second places), plus she won the silver medal at the Junior World Championship. On February 2, 2007 she was able to win a world cup race for the first time in Les Contamines. With another podium she secured third place in the discipline ranking. In the same season, she won the silver medal at the 2007 World Championships in Madonna di Campiglio (behind Ophélie David ), plus the French championship title. She also took part in the X Games , where she finished third.
On January 16, 2008, Boulangeat won the second World Cup victory of her career in Flaine ; two months later, she came in two third places, making her third-best ski crosser of the 2007/08 season. Boulangeat's performance in the 2008/09 World Cup season was very mixed and ranged from third to 43rd place. At the 2009 World Cup in Inawashiro , another medal was added, the bronze one behind Ashleigh McIvor and Karin Huttary . A few weeks before the 2010 Winter Olympics , Boulangeat tore a cruciate ligament in his knee, which meant she was out for the rest of the season.
After she had not achieved any top World Cup placements in the following year and a half, Boulangeat was dismissed from the squad of the French Ski Association in January 2012. She started in the European Cup until the end of the 2011/12 season and announced her resignation in May 2012.
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