Sophie Villeneuve Explained

Sophie Villeneuve
Birth Date:6 November 1969
Birth Place:Mulhouse, France
Seasons:10 – (19901999)
Teamwins:0
Totalpodiums:0
Teampodiums:1
Individual Starts:94
Team Starts:18
Wcoveralls:0 – (14th in 1998)
Wctitles:0

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 
22 5
24
28 17

World Championships

 Year   Age   5 km  15 km  Pursuit  30 km  4 × 5 km 
 relay 
23 38 20 22 9
25 31 18 16
27 50 9 20 35 7
29 10 1910 219

World Cup

Season standings

 Season  Age 
OverallLong DistanceSprint
20
21 46
22
23 29
24 21
25 36
26 18
27 1518 14
28 14 17 12
29 182322

Team podiums

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Sophie Villeneuve Olympic Results . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417193656/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/vi/sophie-villeneuve-1.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 9 March 2020.
  2. Web site: VILLENEUVE Sophie . . FIS-Ski . International Ski Federation . 5 January 2020.