France at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics

France at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics
Flag of France
IOC code	FRA
NOC	French Olympic Committee
in Gangwon, South Korea 19 January 2024 (2024-01-19) – 1 February 2024 (2024-02-01)
Competitors	65 in 12 sports
Flag bearer (opening)	Frank Tekam & Lea Casta
Flag bearer (closing)	TBD
Medals Ranked 4th	Gold 7 Silver 5 Bronze 6 Total 18
Winter Youth Olympics appearances
2012 2016 2020 2024

France competed at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics in Gangwon, South Korea, from 19 January to 1 February 2024. This was France's fourth appearance at the Winter Youth Olympic Games, having competed at every Games since the inaugural edition in 2012.

Short track speed skater Frank Tekam and snowboarder Lea Casta were the country's flagbearers during the opening ceremony. ^[1]

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors (per gender) participating at the games per sport/discipline.

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Alpine skiing	3	3	6
Biathlon	4	4	8
Bobsleigh	1	0	1
Cross-country	3	3	6
Figure skating	2	2	4
Freestyle skiing	2	2	4
Ice hockey	0	18	18
Luge	0	1	1
Nordic combined	2	2	4
Short track speed skating	2	1	3
Ski jumping	2	2	4
Snowboarding	4	2	6
Total	25	40	65

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Jonas Chollet	Snowboarding	Men's snowboard cross	20 January
Gold	Antonin Guy	Biathlon	Men's individual	20 January
Gold	Antonin Guy Alice Dusserre	Biathlon	Single mixed relay	21 January
Gold	Jonas Chollet Léa Casta	Snowboarding	Mixed team snowboard cross	21 January
Gold	Antonin Guy	Biathlon	Men's sprint	23 January
Gold	Nash Huot-Marchand	Alpine skiing	Men's giant slalom	24 January
Gold	Ambre Perrier Gianesini Samuel Blanc Klaperman	Figure skating	Ice dance	30 January
Silver	Maja-Li Iafrate Danielsson	Snowboarding	Women's snowboard cross	20 January
Silver	Benjamin Niel Maja-Li Iafrate Danielsson	Snowboarding	Mixed team snowboard cross	21 January
Silver	Alice Dusserre Louise Roguet Flavio Guy Antonin Guy	Biathlon	Mixed relay	24 January
Silver	Agathe Margreither	Cross-country skiing	Women's 7.5 km classical	30 January
Silver	Agathe Margreither Gaspard Cottaz Annette Coupat Quentin Lespine	Cross-country skiing	4 × 5 kilometres mixed relay	1 February
Bronze	Léa Casta	Snowboarding	Women's snowboard cross	20 January
Bronze	Flavio Guy	Biathlon	Men's sprint	23 January
Bronze	Nash Huot-Marchand	Alpine skiing	Men's slalom	25 January
Bronze	Romain Allemand	Snowboarding	Men's slopestyle	25 January
Bronze	Annette Coupat	Cross-country skiing	Women's 7.5 km classical	30 January
Bronze	Quentin Lespine	Cross-country skiing	Men's 7.5 km classical	30 January

Alpine skiing

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics

France qualified six alpine skiers (three per gender). ^[2]

Men

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Nash Huot-Marchand	Super-G	—	57.07	33
	Giant slalom	48.88	2	45.49	1	1:34.37
	Slalom	47.14	4	51.73	1	1:38.87
	Combined	54.68	5	56.05	13	1:50.73	8
Zacchaeus Poulsen	Super-G	—	55.95	22
	Giant slalom	50.93	18	46.32	9	1:37.25	9
	Slalom	48.26	11	Did not finish
	Combined	55.36	12	55.85	11	1:51.21	13
Romeo Rogue	Super-G	—	55.20	11
	Giant slalom	50.66	14	46.69	15	1:37.35	12
	Slalom	48.64	19	Did not finish
	Combined	55.69	16	Did not finish

Women

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Lola Blanc	Super-G	—	56.52	28
	Giant slalom	50.17	14	Did not finish
	Slalom	53.00	24	50.30	19	1:43.30	20
	Combined	57.92	15	Did not finish
Leontine Curdy	Super-G	—	54.37	9
	Giant slalom	Did not finish
	Slalom	54.56	30	Did not finish
	Combined	57.09	9	Did not finish
Sara Testut-G'Styr	Super-G	—	54.38	10
	Giant slalom	50.53	17	54.18	12	1:44.71	14
	Slalom	52.48	20	49.65	16	1:42.13	17
	Combined	58.20	18	53.53	17	1:51.73	17

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Sara Testut-G'Styr Nash Huot-Marchand	Parallel mixed team	Canada W 3–1	Sweden L 2–2*	Did not advance

Biathlon

Main article: Biathlon at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Misses	Rank
Antonin Guy	Sprint	20:57.7	1 (0+1)
	Individual	41:45.2	3 (1+1+0+1)
Flavio Guy	Sprint	21:55.2	4 (3+1)
	Individual	45:48.4	9 (2+2+1+4)	21
Camille Grataloup Manissolle	Sprint	21:59.5	2 (1+1)	4
	Individual	44:49.1	7 (0+2+2+3)	14
Clément Pirès	Sprint	23:42.2	5 (2+3)	25
	Individual	44:14.4	5 (3+0+2+0)	11

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Misses	Rank
Lola Bugeaud	Sprint	23:09.7	7 (4+3)	34
	Individual	41:08.3	6 (0+2+1+3)	20
Alice Dusserre	Sprint	21:52.2	2 (1+1)	17
	Individual	39:09.5	3 (2+1+0+0)	7
Léna Moretti	Sprint	22:33.9	3 (0+3)	28
	Individual	43:20.6	7 (3+1+2+1)	34
Louise Roguet	Sprint	28:37.5	9 (4+5)	79
	Individual	39:37.6	4 (0+3+0+1)	10

Mixed

Athletes	Event	Time	Misses	Rank
Antonin Guy Alice Dusserre	Single mixed relay	44:08.2	0+5
Alice Dusserre Louise Roguet Flavio Guy Antonin Guy	Mixed relay	1:16:25.4	2+13

Bobsleigh

Main article: Bobsleigh at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics

France qualified one male bobsledder. ^[3]

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Ivan Boteff-Wallace	Men's monobob	56.03	13	56.20	12	1:52.23	14

Cross-country skiing

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics

France qualified six cross-country skiers (three per gender). ^[4]

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Johan Calandry	7.5 km classical	—	20:55.1	23
	Sprint freestyle	3:09.45	18 Q	3:08.47	5	Did not advance
Gaspard Cottaz	7.5 km classical	—	20:09.5	4
	Sprint freestyle	3:13.48	29 Q	3:04.83	3 LL	3:10.49	6	Did not advance
Quentin Lespine	7.5 km classical	—	19:54.1
	Sprint freestyle	3:06.39	7 Q	3:08.83	2 Q	3:10.09	5	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Annette Coupat	7.5 km classical	—	22:32.3
	Sprint freestyle	3:32.31	5 Q	3:40.16	1 Q	3:39.12	3	Did not advance
Lina Levet	7.5 km classical	—	24:12.3	27
	Sprint freestyle	3:38.22	10 Q	3:44.54	5	Did not advance
Agathe Margreither	7.5 km classical	—	22:30.1
	Sprint freestyle	3:39.86	16 Q	3:41.52	3	Did not advance

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Agathe Margreither Gaspard Cottaz Annette Coupat Quentin Lespine	Mixed relay	53:13.0

Figure skating

Main article: Figure skating at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics

Athlete	Event	SP/SD		FS/FD		Total
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Gianni Motilla	Men's singles	51.79	17	104.47	15	156.26	15
Eve Dubecq	Women's singles	47.69	13	80.48	15	128.17	15
Ambre Perrier-Gianesini Samuel Blanc-Klaperman	Ice dance	62.39	1	92.96	1	155.35

Team event

Athlete	Event	Free skate / Free dance				Total
		Men's	Women's	Pairs	Ice dance	Points	Rank
		Points Team points	Points Team points	Points Team points	Points Team points
Gianni Motilla (M) Eve Dubecq (W) Ambre Perrier-Gianesini / Samuel Blanc-Klaperman (ID)	Team event	94.10 1	87.70 1	–	97.69 5	7	5

Freestyle skiing

Main article: Freestyle skiing at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics

Dual moguls

Individual

Athlete	Event	Group Stage						Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Points	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Paul Andrea Gay	Men's dual moguls	Moberg  (SWE) L 2–3	Verdaguer Forn  (ESP) L 2–3	Cohen  (USA) L 2–3	Zvalený  (CZE) DNF 1–3	7	5	Did not advance
Lily Joly	Women's dual moguls	Lodge  (AUS) W 3–2	Sakai  (JPN) L 2–3	Feklistova  (KAZ) L 2–3	Kisil  (UKR) W 3–2	10	4	Did not advance

Team

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Lily Joly Paul Andrea Gay	Mixed team	Feklistova / Rastruba  (KAZ) W 50–20	McLarnon / Cohen  (USA) L 31–39	Did not advance

Halfpipe, Slopestyle & Big Air

Athlete	Event	Qualification				Final
		Run 1	Run 2	Best	Rank	Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Best	Rank
Timothé Roch	Men's big air	64.00	17.25	64.00	15	Did not advance
	Men's slopestyle	35.00	61.50	61.50	12	Did not advance
Honey Smith	Women's big air	Did not start				Did not advance
	Women's slopestyle	17.50	55.25	55.25	11	Did not advance

Ice hockey

Main article: Ice hockey at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics

France qualified a team of eighteen ice hockey players for the women's six-team tournament. ^[5]

Roster

Marion Allemoz served as head coach, Sébastien Roujon and Alisson Obré were assistant coaches, and Christophe Renard  [ fr ] was goalkeeper coach. ^{[6] [7] [8]}

• Chloé Bened
• Clémence Boudin – C
• Alice Chevrier
• Camille Cunin-Hogly
• Isabella De Gaulmyn
• Manon Demessine – A
• Emy Denis
• Agathe Eitenschenck
• Victoria Falco
• Louna Ivaldy
• Maëli Moussier
• Lysa Nogaretto
• Jeanne Paul-Constant
• Louison Pastre
• Maéli Raigneau
• Domitille Ratto
• Maeva Sadoun – A
• Maud Tessier Maniere

Summary

Key:

• GWS – Game winning shots
• E – Eliminated

Team	Event	Group stage			Semifinal	Final
		Opponent Score	Opponent Score	Rank	Opponent Score	Opponent Score	Rank
France	Women's tournament	Switzerland L 0–2	Germany L 0–4	E	Did not advance		5

Women's tournament

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	SOW	SOL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Switzerland	2	2	0	0	0	4	1	+3	6	Semifinals
2	Germany	2	1	0	0	1	5	2	+3	3
3	France	2	0	0	0	2	0	6	−6	0

Source: IOC ^{[9] [10]}

27 January 2024 17:00

France

0–2 (0–1, 0–0, 0–1)

Switzerland

Gangneung Hockey Centre Attendance: 1,742

Game reference
	Louna Ivaldy	Goalies	Valentina Camenzind	Referees: María Chávez Beatrice Fortin Linesmen: Domenica Maurer Laura Schmidlein
	0–1 13:20 – Tschannen (SH) 0–2 36:43 – Müller
	3 min	Penalties	3 min
	13	Shots	29

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28 January 2024 17:00

Germany

4–0 (1–0, 3–0, 0–0)

France

Gangneung Hockey Centre Attendance: 1,391

Game reference
	Hanna Bugl	Goalies	Louna Ivaldy Lysa Nogaretto	Referees: Maria Gherardi Wan Mei Wah Linesmen: Lara Fischer Domenica Maurer
	Wintgen – 13:00 1–0 Weichenhain (Birka) – 18:54 2–0 Heine (Pfalz, Poindl) – 26:37 3–0 Mayr (Wintgen, Weichenhain) – 29:44 4–0
	1.5 min	Penalties	7.5 min
	32	Shots	15

Luge

Main article: Luge at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics

France qualified one female luger, Thiméa Ginet. ^[11]

Women

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Thiméa Ginet	Singles	50.253	21	50.364	23	1:40.617	24

Nordic combined

Main article: Nordic combined at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics

Individual

Athlete	Event	Ski jumping				Cross-country
		Distance	Points	Rank	Deficit	Time	Rank
Luc Balland	Men's normal hill/6 km	95.5	109.8	12	+2:05	16:07.8	16
Lubin Martin		88.5	89.5	22	+3:26	16:12.6	17
Romane Baud	Women's normal hill/4 km	94.5	110.3	6	+1:32	12:25.7	8
Marion Droz Vincent		86.5	96.8	12	+2:26	13:14.3	12

Team

Athlete	Event	Ski jumping			Cross-country
		Points	Rank	Deficit	Time	Rank
Romane Baud Luc Balland Lubin Martin Marion Droz Vincent	Mixed team	394.3	7	+0:54	35:42.3	6

Short track speed skating

Main article: Short track speed skating at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Tymeo Libeau	500 m	43.576	3	Did not advance
	1000 m	1:50.737	3 ADV	1:29.743	5	Did not advance
	1500 m	—	2:31.613	5	Did not advance
Franck Tekam	500 m	42.503	2 Q	42.869	3	Did not advance
	1000 m	1:37.562	2 Q	1:30.844	3	Did not advance
	1500 m	—	2:25.920	4	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Maiwenn Langevin	500 m	47.377	3	Did not advance
	1000 m	1:38.924	3	Did not advance
	1500 m	—	2:35.484	5	Did not advance

Ski jumping

Main article: Ski jumping at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics

France qualified four ski jumpers (two per gender). ^[12]

Individual

Athlete	Event	First round			Final			Total
		Distance	Points	Rank	Distance	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Mathéo Vernier	Men's normal hill	82.5	63.8	28	88.0	70.7	21	134.5	25
Sébastien Woodbridge		87.0	71.5	23	92.0	80.5	17	152.0	18
Mathilde Bacconnier	Women's normal hill	69.5	30.9	24	73.5	39.8	24	70.7	25
Lilou Zepchi		90.5	82.0	9	95.5	89.7	9	171.7	10

Team

Athlete	Event	First round				Final				Total
		Distance	Points	Team points	Rank	Distance	Points	Team points	Rank	Points	Rank
Mathilde Bacconnier Mathéo Vernier Lilou Zepchi Sébastien Woodbridge	Mixed team	80.5 89.5 92.0 86.0	55.2 77.0 84.3 76.6	293.1	10	73.0 81.5 91.5 87.0	51.0 71.3 83.3 79.6	285.2	11	578.3	11

Snowboarding

Main article: Snowboarding at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics

Snowboard cross

Individual

Athlete	Event	Group heats		Semifinal	Final
		Points	Rank	Rank	Rank
Jonas Chollet	Men's snowboard cross	19	1 Q	1 FA
Benjamin Niel		19	2 Q	3 FB	6
Léa Casta	Women's snowboard cross	20	1 Q	1 FA
Maja-Li Iafrate Danielsson		18	2 Q	2 FA

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Pre-heats	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
		Position	Position	Position	Position
Jonas Chollet Léa Casta	Team snowboard cross	—	1 Q	1 FA
Benjamin Niel Maja-Li Iafrate Danielsson		—	1 Q	1 FA

Halfpipe, Slopestyle & Big Air

Athlete	Event	Qualification				Final
		Run 1	Run 2	Best	Rank	Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Best	Rank
Romain Allemand	Men's slopestyle	71.25	40.50	71.25	4 Q	85.50	89.25	34.25	89.25
	Men's big air	85.75	89.25	89.25	3 Q	23.75	24.50	94.75	94.75	7
Luca Mérimée-Mantovani	Men's slopestyle	36.00	5.50	36.00	13	Did not advance
	Men's big air	90.50	24.25	90.50	2 Q	76.00	48.50	31.50	124.50	4

See also

• France at the 2024 Summer Olympics

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