Julia Pereira de Sousa Mabileau
Personal information
NationalityFrench
Born (2001-09-20) 20 September 2001
Quincy-sous-Sénart, France[1]
Height1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight60 kg (132 lb)
Sport
CountryFrance
SportSnowboarding
EventSnowboard cross
Medal record
Women's snowboarding
Representing  France
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place2018 PyeongchangSnowboard cross
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place2021 IdreMixed team snowboard cross
Updated on 12 February 2021.

Julia Pereira de Sousa Mabileau (born 20 September 2001) is a French snowboarder competing in snowboard cross.[2]

She qualified for the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang and won the silver medal in the snowboard cross.[3] She competed at the 2022 Winter Olympics, in Women's snowboard cross.[4]

Career

She was 16 years old when she competed at Pyeongchang, making her the youngest French National to win a Winter Olympic medal.[5] 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."[6]

References

  1. ↑ Profile at the website of French Olympic Committee
  2. ↑ Julia Pereira de Sousa Mabileau at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation
  3. ↑ Julia Pereira de Sousa Mabileau – France – Pyeongchang 2018 Olympics
  4. ↑ "Julia PEREIRA DE SOUSA MABILEAU". olympics.com.
  5. ↑ "Julia Pereira snowboard cross star shares the secrets of her success". Retrieved 9 June 2019.
  6. ↑ "Julia Pereira snowboard cross star shares the secrets of her success". Retrieved 9 June 2019.


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