Sophie Villeneuve

French cross-country skier
Sophie Villeneuve
Country France
Born (1969-11-06) November 6, 1969 (age 54)
Mulhouse, France
World Cup career
Seasons10 – (1990–1999)
Starts94
Podiums0
Overall titles0 – (14th in 1998)
Discipline titles0

Sophie Villeneuve (born 6 November 1969) is a French cross-country skier who competed from 1991 to 1999. Competing in three Winter Olympics, her best career finish was fifth in the 4 × 5 km relay at Albertville in 1992 while her best individual finish was ninth in the 15 km event at Lillehammer in 1994.

Villeneuve's best finish at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships was ninth in the 15 km event at Trondheim in 1997. Her best World Cup finish was fourth in an individual sprint event in Italy in 1997.

Villeneuve's lone individual victory was in a 10 km Continental Cup event in Italy in 1992. She also competed in the women's cross-country mountain biking event at the 2000 Summer Olympics.[1]

Cross-country skiing results

All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).[2]

Olympic Games

 Year   Age   5 km   15 km   Pursuit   30 km   4 × 5 km 
 relay 
1992 22 49 — 31 18 5
1994 24 23 9 10 — 11
1998 28 32 — 27 17 11

World Championships

 Year   Age   5 km   15 km   Pursuit   30 km   4 × 5 km 
 relay 
1993 23 38 — 20 22 9
1995 25 31 — 18 16 —
1997 27 50 9 20 35 7
1999 29 10 19 10 21 9

World Cup

Season standings

 Season   Age 
Overall Long Distance Sprint
1990 20 NC — —
1991 21 46 — —
1992 22 NC — —
1993 23 29 — —
1994 24 21 — —
1995 25 36 — —
1996 26 18 — —
1997 27 15 18 14
1998 28 14 17 12
1999 29 18 23 22

Team podiums

  • 1 podium – (1 TS)
No. Season Date Location Race Level Place Teammate
1 1997–98 10 March 1998 Sweden Falun, Sweden 6 × 1.6 km Team Sprint F World Cup 2nd Laurent Philippot

See also

References

  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Sophie Villeneuve Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
  2. ^ "VILLENEUVE Sophie". FIS-Ski. International Ski Federation. Retrieved 5 January 2020.

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