Sophie Villeneuve

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.

Sophie Villeneuve
Country France
Born (1969-11-06) November 6, 1969
Mulhouse, France
World Cup career
Seasons19901999
Team wins0
Indiv. podiums0
Team podiums1
Indiv. starts94
Team starts18
Overall titles0 – (14th in 1998)
Discipline titles0

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 
1992224931185
1994242391011
19982832271711

World Championships

 Year   Age   5 km  15 km  Pursuit  30 km  4 × 5 km 
 relay 
1993233820229
199525311816
19972750920357
199929101910219

Season standings

 Season   Age 
Overall Long Distance Sprint
199020NCN/AN/A
19912146N/AN/A
199222NCN/AN/A
19932329N/AN/A
19942421N/AN/A
19952536N/AN/A
19962618N/AN/A
199727151814
199828141712
199929182322

Team podiums

  • 1 podium – (1 TS)
No. Season Date Location Race Level Place Teammate
11997–9810 March 1998 Falun, Sweden6 × 1.6 km Team Sprint FWorld Cup2ndLaurent 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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