Joséphine Pagnier (born 4 June 2002) is a French

ski jumper Ski jumping is a winter sport in which competitors aim to achieve the farthest jump after sliding down on their skis from a specially designed curved ramp. Along with jump length, competitor's aerial style and other factors also affect the fin ...

. She won two medals at the

2020 Winter Youth Olympics The 2020 Winter Youth Olympic Games (; ; ; ), officially known as the III Winter Youth Olympic Games and commonly known as Lausanne 2020 (Italian and Romansh: ''Losanna 2020''), were the third edition of the Winter Youth Olympics; a major int ...

and won the French national championship in 2019 and 2020. She competed in the normal hill event at the

2022 Winter Olympics The 2022 Winter Olympics, officially called the XXIV Olympic Winter Games () and commonly known as Beijing 2022 (2022), were an international winter multi-sport event held from 4 to 20 February 2022 in Beijing, China, and surrounding areas wit ...

and came third at a

2021–22 FIS Ski Jumping World Cup The 2021–22 FIS Ski Jumping World Cup was the 43rd FIS Ski Jumping World Cup, World Cup season in ski jumping for men, the 25th official World Cup season in ski flying, and the 11th World Cup season for women. The men's season started in Novemb ...

event in

Aigner-Schanze Aigner-Schanze, officially called Energie AG-Skisprung Arena for sponsorship reasons, is a ski jumping venue located in Hinzenbach, Austria. It is due to be used in the World Cup at the end of February 2024. References

Ski jumping venues ...

Career

In 2016, Pagnier jumped over for the first time in her career, during a junior event at

Fichtelbergschanzen Fichtelbergschanzen are ski jumping hills in Oberwiesenthal, Germany. History Original hill was opened in 1938 and demolished in 1972. They built a totally new steel inrun in 1974 and again totally reconstructed in 1991. It hosted FIS Ski jumping ...

, Germany. She was aged 14 at the time. She won the two

2016–17 FIS Ski Jumping Continental Cup The 2016/17 FIS Ski Jumping Continental Cup was the 26th in a row (24th official) FIS Ski Jumping Continental Cup, Continental Cup winter season in ski jumping for men and the 13th for ladies. This is also the 15th summer continental cup season f ...

events in

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, Norway. She made her

FIS Ski Jumping World Cup The FIS Ski Jumping World Cup is the world's highest level of ski jumping and the FIS Ski Flying World Cup as the subdivisional part of the competition. It was founded by Torbjørn Yggeseth for the 1979/80 season and organized by the Internationa ...

debut in 2017 in

Hinterzarten Hinterzarten is a resort village in the Black Forest (German: ''Schwarzwald''), located in the southwest of the state of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Although Hinterzarten is mostly famous for its ski jumping, it has many other tourist attractions. ...

, Germany. She was part of the French team that won the ladies' team event at the

2018 Nordic Junior World Ski Championships The FIS Nordic Junior and U23 World Ski Championships 2018 took place in Kandersteg and Goms, Switzerland from 27 January to 4 February 2018. This was the 41st Junior World Championships and the 13th Under-23 World Championships in nordic skiin ...

. Pagnier won the French National Ski Jumping Championships in 2019 and 2020. She was promoted to the French senior team ahead of the 2019–20 season; she was the only French female ski jumper added to the senior team that season. At the

, Pagnier won a silver in the girls' individual event and a bronze medal in the mixed team event. She also competed in the ski jumping part of the mixed team Nordic Combined event, where France finished fourth. At the 2021 Nordic Junior World Ski Championships, Pagnier came second in the girl's individual event. At the

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, Pagnier came 16th in the women's individual event. She won one 2021–22 FIS Cup summer event in

Gérardmer Gérardmer (; or archaic ''Geroldsee'', and ''Giraumoué'' in local Lorrain language, Vosgian) is a communes of France, commune in the Vosges (department), Vosges Department, Grand Est (before 2016: Lorraine (region), Lorraine), France. It is nic ...

, France, and finished third in another. She came fourth at one

event in

Willingen Willingen (official name: ''Willingen (Upland)'') is a municipality in Waldeck-Frankenberg in northern Hesse, Germany, some 80 km west of Kassel. Geography Location Willingen is found in Waldeck-Frankenberg district in the Upland. Its main ...

, Germany, and sixth in another event at the same venue. Pagnier qualified to compete in the normal hill event at the

. A few days before the Games, she finished fourth in a World Cup event. At the Games, Pagnier finished seventh overall in the first round and finished 11th after the second and final round. She was unable to compete in the mixed team event at the Games, as there were too few French athletes to compete with. After the Games, Pagnier was described as the future of French ski jumping. Pagnier finished third in a normal hill event at the

meeting in

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. During the 2023-24 season, she first finished 2nd and won the next event, taking the World Cup lead.

World Cup

Standings

Wins

Personal life

Pagnier is from

Chaux-Neuve Chaux-Neuve () is a Communes of France, commune in the Doubs Departments of France, department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté Regions of France, region in eastern France. Population See also * Communes of the Doubs department References

...

, and as of 2022, she lives in

Franche-Comté Franche-Comté (, ; ; Frainc-Comtou dialect, Frainc-Comtou: ''Fraintche-Comtè''; ; also ; ; all ) is a cultural and Provinces of France, historical region of eastern France. It is composed of the modern departments of France, departments of Doub ...

, France. She is coached by her father Joël.

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Pagnier, Josephine 2002 births Living people French female ski jumpers Ski jumpers at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics Ski jumpers at the 2022 Winter Olympics Olympic ski jumpers for France Sportspeople from Doubs Skiers from Bourgogne-Franche-Comté 21st-century French sportswomen European Games competitors for France Ski jumpers at the 2023 European Games