Valentin Foubert

French ski jumper (born 2002) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Valentin Foubert (French pronunciation: [valɑ̃tɛ̃ fubɛʁ]; born 17 August 2002) is a French ski jumper. Placing fifth on the normal hill individual event in Milano Cortina at the 2026 Winter Olympics, he set the best ever French men's ski jumping individual result in Winter Olympics history.

Born (2002-08-17) 17 August 2002 (age 23)
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Valentin Foubert
Personal information
Born (2002-08-17) 17 August 2002 (age 23)
Sport
SportSki jumping
World Cup career
Indiv. starts75
Team starts11
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)230 m (750 ft)
Kulm, 1 March 2026
Medal record
Men's ski jumping
Representing  France
Winter Youth Olympics
Bronze medal – third place2020 LausanneMixed team NH
Updated on 15 March 2026
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Career

Foubert represented France at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics and won a bronze medal in the mixed team normal hill. He also finished in fourth place in the Nordic mixed team normal hill.[1]

On 29 December 2020, he made a World Cup debut at the 4H Tournament in Oberstdorf where he took 55th place. During the opening event of the 2024 FIS Ski Jumping Grand Prix on 13 August 2024, he earned his first career FIS Ski Jumping Grand Prix podium, finishing in second place.[2] The next day he again finished in second place.[3]

During the 2025/26 World Cup season he earned four top-10 finishes in the World Cup, including fifth place on 29 November 2025, and his best finish, fourth place on 14 December 2025. He was subsequently selected to represent France at the 2026 Winter Olympics.[4][5][6][7]

Major tournament results

Winter Olympics

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Year Year Individual Team
Normal Large Super Mixed
2026 Italy Milano Cortina 5 17 12 9
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FIS Nordic World Ski Championships

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Year Year Individual Team
Normal Large Men Mixed
2025 Norway Trondheim 27 36 9
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FIS Ski Flying World Championships

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Year Place Individual Team
2026 Germany Oberstdorf 21
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World Cup results

Standings

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 Season  Overall 4H SF RA
2020–21 65N/A
2021–22
2023–24 615348
2024–25 27293725
2025–26 202211N/A
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Individual starts

winner (1); second (2); third (3); did not compete (–); failed to qualify (q); disqualified (DQ)
Season 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 Points
2020–21 Wisła Ruka Ruka Nizhny Tagil Nizhny Tagil Engelberg Engelberg Oberstdorf Garmisch-Partenkirchen Innsbruck Bischofshofen Titisee-Neustadt Titisee-Neustadt Zakopane Lahti Willingen Willingen Klingenthal Klingenthal Szczyrk Szczyrk Râșnov Planica Planica Planica 0
55 q q 42 44 DQ q 63
2021–22 Nizhny Tagil Nizhny Tagil Ruka Ruka Wisła Klingenthal Klingenthal Engelberg Engelberg Oberstdorf Garmisch-Partenkirchen Bischofshofen Bischofshofen Bischofshofen Zakopane Titisee-Neustadt Titisee-Neustadt Willingen Willingen Lahti Lahti Lillehammer Oslo Oslo Oberstdorf Oberstdorf Planica Planica 0
42 48 q q q q q 44 45 q q q
2023–24 Ruka Ruka Lillehammer Lillehammer Klingenthal Klingenthal Engelberg Engelberg Oberstdorf Garmisch-Partenkirchen Innsbruck Bischofshofen Wisła Zakopane Willingen Willingen Lake Placid, New York Lake Placid, New York Sapporo Sapporo Oberstdorf Oberstdorf Lahti Lahti Oslo Oslo Trondheim Trondheim Vikersund Vikersund Planica Planica 8
47 42 42 46 32 43 44 23 q 36 49 49 47 36 q 36
2024–25 Lillehammer Lillehammer Ruka Ruka Wisła Wisła Titisee-Neustadt Titisee-Neustadt Engelberg Engelberg Oberstdorf Garmisch-Partenkirchen Innsbruck Bischofshofen Zakopane Oberstdorf Oberstdorf Willingen Willingen Lake Placid Lake Placid Sapporo Sapporo Oslo Vikersund Vikersund Lahti Planica Planica 173
q 21 20 23 24 31 46 23 16 20 28 21 39 34 12 27 35 39 34 23 q 13 20 18 23 42 44 36 27
2025–26 Lillehammer Lillehammer Falun Falun Ruka Wisła Wisła Klingenthal Klingenthal Engelberg Engelberg Oberstdorf Garmisch-Partenkirchen Innsbruck Bischofshofen Zakopane Sapporo Sapporo Willingen Willingen Bad Mitterndorf Bad Mitterndorf Lahti Lahti Oslo Oslo Vikersund Vikersund Planica Planica 371
25 16 q 19 5 10 10 12 4 12 44 30 27 27 21 12 26 41 35 16 14 7 8 45 35 DQ

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