Candice Gilg (born 27 July 1972) is a French

freestyle skier Freestyle skiing is a skiing discipline comprising aerials, moguls, cross, half-pipe, slopestyle and big air as part of the Winter Olympics. It can consist of a skier performing aerial flips and spins and can include skiers sliding rails ...

. She was born in

Dakar Dakar ( ; ; wo, Ndakaaru) (from daqaar ''tamarind''), is the capital and largest city of Senegal. The city of Dakar proper has a population of 1,030,594, whereas the population of the Dakar metropolitan area is estimated at 3.94 million in ...

, Senegal. She competed in the

1992 Winter Olympics ) , nations = 64 , athletes = 1,801 (1313 men, 488 women) , events = 57 in 6 sports (12 disciplines) , opening = 8 February 1992 , closing = 23 February 1992 , opened_by = President François Mitterrand , cauldron ...

in Albertville, and at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, where she placed fifth in women's moguls. Her brother Youri Gilg is also a freestyle skier.

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* 1972 births Sportspeople from Dakar Living people French female freestyle skiers Olympic freestyle skiers of France Freestyle skiers at the 1992 Winter Olympics Freestyle skiers at the 1994 Winter Olympics Freestyle skiers at the 1998 Winter Olympics {{France-freestyle-skiing-bio-stub