Stéphanie Geyer Barneix

Stéphanie Geyer Barneix is a world champion in sports lifesaving, recordwoman of multiple paddleboard crossings (Northern Atlantic and Cape Horn) and organizer of 9 sea crossings. Stéphanie has regularly supported the Princess Charlene of Monaco Foundation since 2013: she supervised the very first Water Safety Day in Capbreton, and was most notably the Race Director of the Rivera Water Bike Challenge and the Crossing: Calvi – Monaco Water Bike Challenge.

Stéphanie is a stout advocate of sporting challenges and the values associated with sports. In 2014, she created the Hope Team East association which supports sick children thanks to the power of sport.

In 2023, Stéphanie is participating in the Cap Optimist expedition for a larger-than-life sport challenge along with 5 other “waterwomen”: to cross the Southern Pacific in relay on a paddleboard, from Peru to French Polynesia, in order to establish a new world record and raise funds for Hope Team East.