Tess Ledeux

Tess Ledeux
Ledeux in 2025
Personal information
Born (2001-11-23) 23 November 2001
Bourg-Saint-Maurice, France
Height1.58 m (5 ft 2 in)
Weight51 kg (112 lb)
Sport
CountryFrance
SportFreestyle skiing
Event
Big air
ClubC.S La Plagne
Medal record
Women's freestyle skiing
Representing  France
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place2022 BeijingBig air
World Championships
Gold medal – first place2017 Sierra NevadaSlopestyle
Gold medal – first place2019 UtahBig air
Gold medal – first place2023 BakurianiBig air
Winter X Games
Gold medal – first place2019 NorwayBig air
Gold medal – first place2020 AspenBig air
Gold medal – first place2024 AspenSlopestyle
Gold medal – first place2022 AspenSlopestyle
Gold medal – first place2022 AspenBig air
Silver medal – second place2017 AspenSlopestyle
Silver medal – second place2017 NorwaySlopestyle
Silver medal – second place2023 AspenBig air
Bronze medal – third place2018 AspenBig air

Tess Ledeux (born 23 November 2001) is a French freestyle skier who competes internationally.[1][2][3]

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.[4]

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.[5]

Ledeux represented France at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Peking, 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.[6]

Personal life

Tess Ledeux is the cousin of French freestyle skier Kevin Rolland.

References

  1. ↑ "Tess LEDEUX". FIS-ski.com. International Ski and Snowboard Federation.
  2. ↑ "Tess LEDEUX". Beijing 2022 Olympics. Archived from the original on 19 March 2022. Date of Birth: 23 Nov 2001 / Place of birth: BOURG-SAINT-MAURICE
  3. ↑ "Tess Ledeux". equipedefrance.com (in French). Née le 23 novembre 2001 / Bourg-Saint-Maurice (Savoie) / 1,58 m / 55 kg
  4. ↑ "Big air results" (PDF). FIS-ski.com. International Ski and Snowboard Federation.
  5. ↑ "Tess Ledeux : un double cork 1620 pour entrer dans l'histoire ?". Olympics.com (in French). International Olympic Committee.
  6. ↑ "Big air medalist Ledeux out of Games due to concussion effects". ESPN.com. Associated Press. 8 January 2026.
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