Léa Casta (born 10 February 2006) is a French

snowboarder Snowboarding is a recreational and competitive activity that involves descending a snow-covered surface while standing on a snowboard that is almost always attached to a rider's feet. It features in the Winter Olympic Games and Winter Paralympic ...

who specializes in

snowboard cross Snowboard cross, also known as boardercross, is a snowboard competition in which four to six competitors race down a course. Snowboard cross courses are typically quite narrow and include cambered turns, various types of jumps, berms, rollers, ...

Career

In January 2024, Casta represented France at the

2024 Winter Youth Olympics The 2024 Winter Youth Olympics (), officially known as the IV Winter Youth Olympic Games and commonly known as Gangwon 2024 (), were a Winter sports, winter multi-sport event, cultural festival, and fourth edition of the Winter Youth Olympics he ...

where she served as the flag bearer during the

opening ceremony An opening ceremony, grand opening, or ribbon-cutting ceremony marks the official opening of a newly constructed location or the start of an event.

and won a gold medal in the mixed team snowboard cross and a bronze medal in the

events. In April 2024, she then competed at the FIS Snowboarding Junior World Championships where she won gold medals in the snowboard cross and snowboard cross team events. Casta represented France at the 2025 Snowboarding World Championships and finished in fourth place in the mixed snowboard team cross event and fifth place in the

events. During the 2024–25 FIS Snowboard World Cup, Casta won the crystal globe in the snowboard cross with 805 points, becoming the fourth French woman to win the crystal globe in the discipline. Charlotte Bankes was the discipline leader for the majority of the World Cup, however, she missed the last two races after suffering a broken collarbone in a season-ending training crash on 4 April 2025.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Casta, Léa 2006 births Living people French female snowboarders Snowboarders at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics Youth Olympic gold medalists for France Youth Olympic bronze medalists for France 21st-century French sportswomen