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France At The 2022 Winter Olympics
France competed at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China, from 4 to 20 February 2022. On January 26, 2022, freestyle skier Kevin Rolland and alpine skier Tessa Worley were announced as the French flagbearers during the opening ceremony. Biathlete Quentin Fillon Maillet was the flagbearer during the closing ceremony. Medalists The following French competitors won medals at the games. In the discipline sections below, the medalists' names are bolded. , width="78%" align="left" valign="top" , , width="22%" align="left" valign="top" , Competitors The following is a list of the number of competitors participating at the Games per sport/discipline. Alpine skiing By meeting the basic qualification standards, France has qualified at least one male and one female alpine skier. CNOSF announced the 5 men and 7 women participating on 19 January 2022. One more woman and four more men were announced on 23 January 2022. One more man was announced on 24 January 2022 f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French National Olympic And Sports Committee
The French National Olympic and Sports Committee (french: Comité national olympique et sportif français, CNOSF) is the National Olympic Committee of France. It is responsible for France's participation in the Olympic Games, as well as for all of France's overseas departments and territories except French Polynesia. History The French Olympic Committee was established in 1894 in Paris. In 1972, by the merging with the National Sports Committee, has changed its name to the ''French National Olympic and Sports Committee''. List of presidents This is following list of presidents: Presidents of French Olympic Committee Presidents of National Sports Committee Presidents of French National Olympic and Sports Committee Member federations The French National Federations are the organizations that coordinate all aspects of their individual sports. They are responsible for training, competition and development of their sports. There are currently 33 Olympic Summer and three ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alpine Skiing At The 2022 Winter Olympics
Alpine skiing at the 2022 Winter Olympics was held at the Yanqing National Alpine Ski Centre in Yanqing District, China. The competitions took place from 6 to 20 February 2022. Speed events were held on "Rock" course and technical events on "Ice River" course, for both men and women. Team event was held on "Rainbow." A total of 306 quota spots (153 per gender) were distributed to the alpine skiing, a reduction of 14 from 2018. Eleven events were contested: five for men, five for women, and one mixed (team). Qualification A maximum of 306 quota spots were available to athletes to compete at the games. A maximum of twenty-two athletes could be entered by a National Olympic Committee, with a maximum of eleven men or eleven women. On January 24, 2022, the IOC granted four extra male quotas while the FIS began investigating the legitimacy of some low level qualifying events. Competition schedule The competition schedule was altered from the original schedule due to weather con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Freestyle Skiing At The 2022 Winter Olympics – Women's Big Air
The women's big air competition in freestyle skiing at the 2022 Winter Olympics was held on 7 February (qualification) and 8 February (final), at the Big Air Shougang in Beijing. This will be the inaugural freestyle skiing women's big air competition at the Olympics. Eileen Gu, representing China, became the champion, Tess Ledeux of France won the silver medal, and Mathilde Gremaud Mathilde Gremaud (born 8 February 2000) is an Olympic Swiss freestyle skier and eight time X Games medalist. On February 28, 2023, she became the first freestyle skier to hold both slopestyle World and Olympic Champion titles after winning gold ... of Switzerland the bronze medal. For Gu and Ledeux, this was their first Olympic medal. At the 2021–22 FIS Freestyle Ski World Cup, only two big air events were held before the Olympics. Ledeux won one of them and was second in the other one, and Gu won another event. Anastasia Tatalina was the 2021 world champion. Gremaud was the 2021 X-Games ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Freestyle Skiing At The 2022 Winter Olympics
Freestyle skiing at the 2022 Winter Olympics were held at the Genting Snow Park in Zhangjiakou and Big Air Shougang in Beijing, China. The events were held between 3 and 19 February 2022. A total of 13 freestyle skiing events were held. In July 2018, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) officially added three events to the Olympic program: big air for men and women, along with a mixed team aerials event. A total of 284 quota spots (142 per gender) were distributed to the sport, a decline of 4 from the 2018 Winter Olympics. A total of 13 events were contested, six for men, six for women and one mixed. Qualification A maximum of 284 quota spots are available to athletes at the games. A maximum of 30 athletes could be entered by a National Olympic Committee, with a maximum of 16 men or 16 women. If a NOC has qualified enough athletes to enter the mixed team event in aerials then they may extend their total to 32 athletes. Each event has a specific quota amount allocated to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tess Ledeux
Tess Ledeux (born 23 November 2001) is a French freestyle skier who competes internationally. She competed for France at the FIS Freestyle Ski and Snowboarding World Championships 2017 in Sierra Nevada, Spain, where she won a gold medal in slopestyle. She participated at the FIS Freestyle Ski and Snowboarding World Championships 2019, winning a medal. She has earned four gold medals at the Winter X Games: three in big air and one in slopestyle. At the 2022 X Games, she won two gold medals, in slopestyle and big air Big air is a high-injury-risk sports discipline where the competitor rides a vehicle, such as a motocross motorcycle, a skateboard, a snowboard, or a pair of skis, down a hill or ramp and performs aerial tricks after launching off very large jumps ..., becoming the first woman to land a double cork 1620 in competition. Ledeux represented France at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China, winning a silver medal in the women's big air. References External li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Biathlon At The 2022 Winter Olympics – Women's Individual
The Women's individual competition of the Beijing 2022 Olympics was held on 7 February, at the National Biathlon Centre, in the Zhangjiakou cluster of competition venues, north of Beijing, at an elevation of . The Olympic champion was Denise Herrmann of Germany. Anaïs Chevalier-Bouchet of France won the silver medal, and Marte Olsbu Røiseland of Norway the bronze. For Herrmann and Chevalier-Bouchet it was the first individual Olympic medal. Summary The defending champion was Hanna Öberg. The 2018 silver medalist, Anastasiya Kuzmina, and bronze medalist, Laura Dahlmeier, retired from competitions. The overall leader of the 2021–22 Biathlon World Cup before the Olympics was Røiseland, and the leader in the individual was Markéta Davidová Markéta Davidová (born 3 January 1997) is a Czech biathlete. She competed in the 2018 and 2022 Winter Olympics. Biathlon results All results are sourced from the International Biathlon Union The International Biathlon Union (IBU ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anaïs Chevalier-Bouchet
Anaïs Chevalier-Bouchet (born 12 February 1993) is a retired French biathlete. She competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, 2018 Winter Olympics and 2022 Winter Olympics. She retired at the end of the 2022/23 season. Her sister Chloé Chevalier Chloé Chevalier (born 2 November 1995) is a French biathlete. She has competed in the Biathlon World Cup since 2017. She is the younger sister of fellow biathlete Anaïs Chevalier Anaïs, Anais or ANAIS may refer to: People * Anaïs (given ... is also a biathlete. Career Olympic Games ''3 medals (2 silver, 1 bronze)'' World Championships ''7 medals (3 silver, 4 bronze)'' :''*The single mixed relay was added as an event in 2019.'' World Cup ;World Cup rankings ;Individual victory 1 victory ;Relay victories 12 victories Personal life On 9 September 2017, Chevalier married with the former biathlete Martin Bouchet. On 29 October 2019 they had a baby called Emie. References External links * 1993 births ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alpine Skiing At The 2022 Winter Olympics – Men's Downhill
The men's downhill competition of the Beijing 2022 Olympics was held on Monday, 7 February, at Yanqing National Alpine Ski Centre ski resort in Yanqing District. Beat Feuz of Switzerland was the champion, Johan Clarey of France was the silver medalist, and Matthias Mayer of Austria took the bronze. This was the first Olympic gold for Feuz and the first Olympic medal for Clarey. The men's downhill at the Olympics has yet to have a repeat champion. At the age of 41, Clarey became the oldest medalist in Olympic alpine skiing history. The 2018 Olympic champion, Aksel Lund Svindal, retired from competitive skiing. Prior to the Olympics, eight World Cup downhill events were held: Aleksander Aamodt Kilde was leading the ranking, followed by Feuz, Mayer (2014 downhill and 2018 Super-G Olympic champion), and Marco Odermatt. Vincent Kriechmayr was the reigning world champion. The "Rock" course was in length, with a vertical drop of from a starting elevation of above sea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johan Clarey
Johan Clarey (born 8 January 1981) is a French World Cup alpine ski racer. He specializes in the speed events of downhill and super-G. Born in Annecy, Haute-Savoie, Clarey made his World Cup debut in November 2003 and has ten World Cup podiums through He set a World Cup speed record in 2013 at the classic downhill race in Wengen, Switzerland, with a maximum speed of at the ''Haneggschuss'', the fastest section of the Lauberhorn slope. Clarey finished fifth and was injured the following week at Kitzbühel and missed the remainder of the 2013 season, including the world championships. In the winter of 2014–15, Clarey was in the top 10 three times in World Cup races and twice in the winter of 2015–16. He was again on the podium on January 2017 in Kitzbühel. At age forty in January 2021, Clarey finished second in the downhill at Kitzbühel to become the oldest ever to make a World Cup podium, his eighth. One year later he again finished second in a Kitzbühel downhill race, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Biathlon At The 2022 Winter Olympics – Mixed Relay
The mixed relay competition of the 2022 Winter Olympics was held on 5 February, at the National Biathlon Centre, in the Zhangjiakou cluster of competition venues, north of Beijing, at an elevation of . The event was won by Norway. France was second, and the Russian Olympic Committee third. Summary The defending champions were France, and the 2018 silver and bronze medalists were Norway and Italy, respectively. There was only one mixed relay in the 2021–22 Biathlon World Cup before the Olympics, won by Norway, with Belarus second and France third. Norway were also the 2021 world champion. Marte Olsbu Røiseland comfortably won the first leg for Norway, who was 15 seconds ahead of Italy, followed by Belarus, Sweden, and the Russian Olympic Committee. For France, Anaïs Chevalier-Bouchet had to ski two penalty loops and was in the ninth position. However, in the second leg Norway's Tiril Eckhoff got three penalty loops and dropped to the fifth position. Julia Simon brought Fra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julia Simon (biathlete)
Julia Simon (born 9 October 1996) is a French biathlete. She competes in the Biathlon World Cup. Biathlon results All results are sourced from the International Biathlon Union.International Biathlon UnionJulia Simon IBU Datacenter. Retrieved 19 January 2019. Olympic Games ''1 medal (1 silver)'' World Championships ''4 medals (2 gold, 2 bronze)'' World Cup ;World Cup rankings ;Individual victories 8 victories (1 Sp, 4 Pu, 3 MS) ;Relay victories 9 victories :''*Results are from IBU races which include the Biathlon World Cup, Biathlon World Championships and the Winter Olympic Games The Winter Olympic Games (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques d'hiver) is a major international multi-sport event held once every four years for sports practiced on snow and ice. The first Winter Olympic Games, the 1924 Winter Olympics, were he ....'' References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Simon, Julia 1996 births Living people French female biathletes Sportspeople from Al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Émilien Jacquelin
Émilien Jacquelin (born 11 July 1995) is a French biathlete. He competed in the 2018 Winter Olympics and the 2022 Winter Olympics. Biathlon results All results are sourced from the International Biathlon Union. Olympic Games ''2 medals (2 silver)'' World Championships ''6 medals (3 gold, 3 bronze)'' :''*The single mixed relay was added as an event in 2019.'' Biathlon World Cup ;World Cup rankings ;Individual victories 3 victories ;Relay victories 6 victories :''*Results are from IBU races which include the Biathlon World Cup, Biathlon World Championships and the Winter Olympic Games The Winter Olympic Games (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques d'hiver) is a major international multi-sport event held once every four years for sports practiced on snow and ice. The first Winter Olympic Games, the 1924 Winter Olympics, were h ....'' References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Jacquelin, Emilien 1995 births Living people French male biathletes Sportspeop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
