# Sami VIOLLET

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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Sami Viollet had 2 passions: Mountains and Physics</span>

<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">He passed away too soon on February, 2nd 2025. </span>

<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Though so young he left us quite a legacy. </span>

<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">This site is dedicated to him through his 2 passions. <span style="color: rgb(35, 111, 161);"> </span></span>

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</details><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Sami was born in Grenoble (France) on January 9th, 1997. </span>

<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">He spent his first childhood, with his elder brother </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">and his twin sisters, in Saint Pancrasse, </span>

<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">just below the Dent de Crolles </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">in the Massif of Chartreuse</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">, </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">not far from a climbing school, </span>

<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">and the paragliding take-off of Saint Hilaire du Touvet. </span>

<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">He also spent many of his holidays </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">in Les Contamines Montjoie, </span>

<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">close to the Mont Blanc. <span style="color: rgb(35, 111, 161);"> </span></span>

<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">His mother is an electronics engineer </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">and a management consultant, <span style="color: rgb(35, 111, 161);"> </span></span>

<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">and his father a Mountain Guide </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">and a paragliding instructor. <span style="color: rgb(35, 111, 161);"> </span></span>

<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">He studied at Lycée Berthollet in Annecy </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">for his scientific preparatory classes. </span>

<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">He entered the Ecole Normale Supérieure </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">of Paris-Saclay in 2017 </span>

<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">where he obtained the Agrégation of Physics in 2020. <span style="color: rgb(35, 111, 161);"> </span></span>

<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">He joined the University of Luminy in Marseille </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">to complete a Master degree in theoretical physics <span style="color: rgb(53, 152, 219);"> </span></span>

<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">followed by a Phd he obtained on December 10th, 2024. </span>

<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">During all this time he never stopped </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">skiing, hiking, climbing, paragliding. </span>