Tess Ledeux
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| Nationality | French | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | Bourg-Saint-Maurice, France | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.58 m (5 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 51 kg (112 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | France | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Freestyle skiing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Big air | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | C.S La Plagne | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Tess Ledeux is a French freestyle skier who competes internationally.[1]
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.[2]
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, becoming the first woman to land a double cork 1620 in competition.[3]
Ledeux represented France at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China, winning a silver medal in the women's big air.
In March 2025, during one of the World Cup competitions, Ledeux crashed and suffered a concussion. She did not fully recover and had to miss the whole 2025-26 season including the Winter Olympics.[4]
References
- ^ Tess Ledeux at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation
- ^ Big air results
- ^ "Tess Ledeux : un double cork 1620 pour entrer dans l'histoire ?". Olympics.
- ^ "Big air medalist Ledeux out of Games due to concussion effects". ESPN. Associated Press. 8 January 2026.
External links
- Tess Ledeux at FIS (freestyle)
- Tess Ledeux at Olympics.com
- Tess Ledeux at Team France (in French)
- Tess Ledeux at the French Olympic Committee (archived) (in French)
- Tess Ledeux at Olympedia
- Tess Ledeux at InterSportStats
- Tess Ledeux at the X Games (archive)