| Julia Pereira de Sousa Mabileau | |
| Nationality: | French |
| Birth Date: | 20 September 2001 |
| Birth Place: | Quincy-sous-Sénart, France[1] |
| Height: | 1.74 m |
| Weight: | 60 kg |
| Sport: | Snowboarding |
| Country: | France |
| Event: | Snowboard cross |
| Updated: | 12 February 2021 |
Julia Pereira de Sousa Mabileau (born 20 September 2001) is a French snowboarder competing in snowboard cross.
She qualified for the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang and won the silver medal in the snowboard cross.[2] She competed at the 2022 Winter Olympics, in Women's snowboard cross.[3]
She was 16 years old when she competed at Pyeongchang, making her the youngest French National to win a Winter Olympic medal.[4] Julia finished her quarter-final in second place, behind Italian rider Michela Moioli in a premonition of the Big Final. Julia raced in the day's second semi-final and finished in third place behind her compatriot Chloé Trespeuch in second and Michela Moioli in first.
The track at Phoenix Park is 1300m long, and for almost a kilometre of the Big Final, Julia was in 4th position, but in the final few hundred meters, she found a racing line that saw her pass everyone but Moioli to finish second and win Olympic silver.
Alongside her life as a professional snowboard cross athlete, Julia is in full-time education. "Currently, I am studying at the Lycée Of Albertville in Savoie, where I will sit my Baccalauréat of French next month and where I train physically every day. I’ve already started my preparation for next winter."[5]