Tomorrow marks the start of the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympic Games. A total of 162 athletes will participate under the French delegation, including two athletes registered with clubs in the Alpes-Maritimes.
The wait is almost over! The 2026 Winter Olympics return tomorrow. The competition will take place from February 6 to February 22 and will include 16 Olympic disciplines. For this 25th edition of the Olympics organized in Italy, 162 athletes, including two alternates, have been selected. This is a record delegation, surpassing the previous one set in Sochi in 2014 with 116 athletes. Within the delegation, 90 men and 72 women will represent France, including four who will be participating in their 4th Winter Olympics, Benjamin Cavet (freestyle skiing – moguls), Perrine Laffont (freestyle skiing – moguls), Chloé Trespeuch (snowboard cross), and Romain Heinrich (bobsleigh). Although none of the athletes on the list are natives of the Alpes-Maritimes region, two athletes registered with clubs from the area will honor the department.
The two athletes representing the Alpes-Maritimes
Licensed at the Isola 2000 club, Julia Pereira will represent the region in the snowboarding discipline. The youngest French athlete to win a medal at the Winter Olympics at the age of 16, the Azuréenne is determined to go for gold and has every chance. This is because the Frenchwoman won the last stage of the World Cup on January 18. A result that has certainly boosted the athlete’s confidence, “It’s my second World Cup victory in almost nine years of career, so it’s cool […] I am even more thrilled that it’s three weeks before the Olympic Games. I think I needed this little boost,” she stated on RMC.
The other athlete is Adam Siao Him Fa, licensed at the Nice Baie des Anges Association and a double European champion in figure skating, with his eyes set on the Olympics. “I want to have an exceptional competition […] The Games are the holy grail for any athlete, it’s the highest level of competition,” he shared with Eurosport. A goal he wanted to prepare for thoroughly. “I really wanted to have a real preparation phase before the Olympic Games, a big six-week training phase, to prepare myself under the best conditions.” The French skater also chose not to participate in the European Championships to optimize his preparation.
The 162 French athletes going to Italy
Biathlon:
Women: Camille Bened, Justine Braisaz-Bouchet, Lou Jeanmonnot, Océane Michelon, Jeanne Richard, Julia Simon
Men: Emilien Claude, Fabien Claude, Quentin Fillon Maillet, Emilien Jacquelin, Oscar Lombardot, Eric Perrot
Bobsleigh
Women: Margot Boch, Carla Senechal, Luna Goureau (alternate)
Men: Nils Blairon, Dorian Hauterville, Romain Heinrich, Antoine Riou, Lionel Lefebvre (alternate)
Nordic Combined
Men: Marco Heinis, Laurent Mühlethaler, Maël Tyrode
Ice Hockey
Women: Chloé Aurard, Jade Barbirati, Lore Baudrit, Léa Berger, Clémence Boudin, Gabrielle de Serres, Estelle Duvin, Sehana Galbrun, Margot Huot-Marchand, Manon Le Scodan, Sophie Leclerc, Margaux Mameri, Julia Mesplede, Emma Nonnenmacher, Marie-Pierre Pelissou, Anaïs Peyne-Dingival, Alice Philbert, Violette Pianel-Couriaut, Lucie Quarto, Clara Rozier, Anaé Simon, Léa Villiot, Elina Zilliox
Men: Justin Addamo, Yohann Auvitu, Pierre-Edouard Bellemare, Charles Bertrand, Jules Boscq, Louis Boudon, Kevin Bozon, Enzo Cantagallo, Florian Chakiachvili, Pierre Crinon, Stéphane Da Costa, Aurélien Dair, Floran Douay, Dylan Fabre, Hugo Gallet, Enzo Guebey, Julien Junca, Antoine Keller, Martin Neckar, Jordann Perret, Anthony Rech, Nicolas Ritz, Alexandre Texier, Thomas Thiry, Sacha Treille
Freestyle Skiing
Ski Jumping:
Women: Emma Chervet, Joséphine Pagnier
Men: Jules Chervet, Valentin Foubert, Enzo Milesi
Moguls:
Women: Camille Cabrol, Marie Duaux, Perrine Laffont
Men: Benjamin Cavet, Thibaud Mouille, Paul Andréa Gay
Skicross:
Women: Mylène Ballet-Baz, Marielle Berger-Sabbatel, Anouck Errard, Jade Grillet-Aubert
Men: Youri Duplessis-Kergomard, Evan Klufts, Melvin Tchiknavorian, Terence Tchiknavorian
Slopestyle/Big Air
Women: Kim Dumont-Zanella
Men: Matias Roche, Timothé Sivignon
Halfpipe
Men: Vincent Maharavo
Alpine Skiing
Women: Camille Cerutti, Marion Chevrier, Clara Direz, Doriane Escané, Laura Gauché, Marie Lamure, Caitlin McFarlane, Romane Miradoli
Men: Nils Allègre, Nils Alphand, Steven Amiez, Léo Anguenot, Alban Elezi Cannaferina, Maxence Muzaton, Clément Noël, Paco Rassat
Ski Mountaineering
Women: Emily Harrop, Margot Ravinel
Men: Thibault Anselmet, Pablo Giner Dalmaso
Cross-Country Skiing
Women: Delphine Claudel, Mélissa Gal, Léonie Perry, Julie Pierrel, Clémence Didierlaurent, Justine Gaillard, Cloé Pagnier
Men: Lucas Chanavat, Jules Chappaz, Mathis Desloges, Richard Jouve, Hugo Lapalus, Jules Lapierre, Théo Schely, Victor Lovera
Snowboarding
Snowboard Cross
Women: Léa Casta, Julia Nirani-Pereira, Chloé Trespeuch, Maja-Li Iaftrate-Danielsson
Men: Aidan Chollet, Jonas Chollet, Loan Bozzolo, Merlin Surget
Slopestyle and Big Air
Men: Romain Allemand, Enzo Valax
Figure Skating
Women: Lorine Schild, Evgeniia Lopareva (ice dance), Laurence Fournier Beaudry (ice dance), Camille Kovalev (pair skating)
Men: Kevin Aymoz, Adam Siao Him Fa, Geoffrey Brissaud (ice dance), Guillaume Cizeron (ice dance), Pavel Kovalev (pair skating)
Speed Skating
Women: Violette Braun
Men: Mathieu Belloir, Germain Deschamps, Timothy Loubineaud, Valentin Thiebault, Giovanni Trebouta
Short Track
Women: Bérénice Comby, Eva Grenouilloux, Aurélie Lévêque, Cloé Ollivier
Men: Etienne Bastier, Quentin Fercoq
Skeleton
Men: Lucas Defayet.
