Richard Jouve (born 25 October 1994) is a French cross-country skier who has competed since 2015. He won the 2021-22 Sprint World Cup as the first Frenchman to win a discipline globe at the FIS Cross-Country World Cup.

Career

Jouve, having competed in only three previous World Cup races, placed 3rd in the freestyle sprint at Lahti in 2015. In 2016, at

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he again placed third, finishing behind

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and countryman Baptiste Gros. In the team sprint the next day, Jouve and Valentin Chauvin placed third again behind Gros and Renaud Jay to end a strong weekend for the French. Jouve closed out his 2016 season by finishing second in the sprint at Gatineau. Jouve won the sprint event at the 2016 Blink ski festival.

Cross-country skiing results

All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).

Olympic Games

* 2 medals – (2 bronze) Distance reduced to 30 km due to weather conditions.

World Championships

* 2 medals – (2 bronze)

World Cup

Season titles

* 1 title – (1 sprint)

Season standings

Individual podiums

*4 victories – (4 ) *18 podiums – (11 , 7 )

Team podiums

*1 victory – (1 ) *3 podiums – (3 )

References

External links

* Living people 1994 births French male cross-country skiers People from Briançon Cross-country skiers at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics Cross-country skiers at the 2018 Winter Olympics Cross-country skiers at the 2022 Winter Olympics Olympic cross-country skiers of France Medalists at the 2018 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 2022 Winter Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for France Olympic medalists in cross-country skiing Sportspeople from Hautes-Alpes FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in cross-country skiing {{France-crosscountry-skiing-bio-stub