Tess Ledeux (born 23 November 2001) 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 ...

who competes internationally. She competed for France at the

FIS Freestyle Ski and Snowboarding World Championships 2017 The 2017 FIS Freestyle Ski and Snowboarding World Championships were held in Sierra Nevada, Spain, from March 6–19, 2017. Snowboard cross team events for men and women were introduced to the championships schedule for the first time, bringin ...

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, Spain, where she won a gold medal in slopestyle. She participated at the FIS Freestyle Ski and Snowboarding World Championships 2019, winning a medal. 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 Slopestyle is a winter sport in which athletes ski or snowboard down a course including a variety of obstacles including rails, jumps and other terrain park features. Points are scored for amplitude, originality and quality of tricks. The disc ...

and big air, becoming the first woman to land a double cork 1620 in competition. Ledeux represented France at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China, winning a silver medal in the women's big air.

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* * 2001 births Living people French female freestyle skiers People from Bourg-Saint-Maurice Sportspeople from Savoie X Games athletes Freestyle skiers at the 2018 Winter Olympics Freestyle skiers at the 2022 Winter Olympics Olympic freestyle skiers of France Medalists at the 2022 Winter Olympics Olympic silver medalists for France Olympic medalists in freestyle skiing {{France-freestyle-skiing-bio-stub