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Perrine Laffont

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Perrine Laffont
Perrine Laffont at the 2018 Olympics
Personal information
Born (1998-10-28) 28 October 1998 (age 27)
Lavelanet, France
OccupationAlpine skier
Height1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)
Sport
Skiing career
DisciplinesMoguls, dual moguls
ClubBoss Club des Monts d'Olmes
World Cup debut4 January 2014
Olympics
Teams3 – (2014–2022)
Medals2 (1 gold)
World Championships
Teams6 – (2015–2025)
Medals8 (6 gold)
World Cup
Wins24
Podiums40
Overall titles79
Medal record
Women's freestyle skiing
Representing  France
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2018 Pyeongchang Moguls
Bronze medal – third place 2026 Milano Cortina Moguls
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2017 Sierra Nevada Dual moguls
Gold medal – first place 2019 Utah Dual moguls
Gold medal – first place 2021 Almaty Moguls
Gold medal – first place 2023 Bakuriani Moguls
Gold medal – first place 2023 Bakuriani Dual moguls
Gold medal – first place 2025 St. Moritz Moguls
Silver medal – second place 2017 Sierra Nevada Moguls
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Utah Moguls

Perrine Laffont (French pronunciation: [peʁin lafɔ̃]; born 28 October 1998) is a French mogul skier. She is the 2018 Olympic Champion[1] and a six times World Champion.[2]

Career

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She won the gold medal at the 2018 Winter Olympic Games in the moguls event,[3][4] and was back-to-back overall winner of the FIS Freestyle Ski World Cup in the 2018–19 and 2019–20 seasons.[citation needed]

On 8 March 2021, Laffont won the single mogul skiing event at the world championships on the Almaty piste in Kazakhstan.[5][6]

On 11 February 2026, Laffont won the bronze medal in moguls at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Valtellina.[7][8]

Results

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Olympics

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  • 2 medals – (1 gold, 1 bronze)
 Year   Age   Moguls   Dual Moguls 
Russia 2014 Sochi 15 14 N/a
South Korea 2018 Pyeongchang 19 1
China 2022 Beijing 23 4
Italy 2026 Milano Cortina 27 3 4

World Championships

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  • 8 medals – (6 gold, 1 silver and 1 bronze)
 Year   Age   Moguls   Dual Moguls 
Austria 2015 Kreischberg 16 13 6
Spain 2017 Sierra Nevada 18 2 1
United States 2019 Utah 20 3 1
Kazakhstan 2021 Almaty 22 1 7
Georgia (country) 2023 Bakuriani 24 1 1
Switzerland 2025 St. Moritz 26 1 5

Junior World Championships

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  • 5 medals – (3 gold and 2 bronze)
 Year   Age   Moguls   Dual Moguls 
Italy 2013 Chiesa in Valmalenco 14 5 3
Italy 2014 Chiesa in Valmalenco 15 3 4
Italy 2015 Chiesa in Valmalenco 16 1 1
Sweden 2016 Åre 17 1 DNS

Season standings

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Season Age Overall Overall Moguls Moguls Dual Moguls
2014 16 88 19 N/a
2015 17 61 16
2016 18 11 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
2017 19 9 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
2018 20 4 1st place, gold medalist(s)
2019 21 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s)
2020 22 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s)
2021 23 N/a 1st place, gold medalist(s)
2022 24 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
2023 25 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s)
2025 27 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s)

References

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  1. ^ "Perrine Laffont, ski acrobatique". Equipe de France. Retrieved 11 February 2026.
  2. ^ "Ski freestyle. « Celui-là, il est grand » Perrine Laffont savoure son sixième titre mondial". Ouest-France. Retrieved 11 February 2026.
  3. ^ "Perrine Laffont wins France's first Pyeongchang medal with snowy moguls win". ESPN. Retrieved 27 March 2026.
  4. ^ "Freestyle skiing - Laffont wins moguls gold for France". Reuters. Retrieved 27 March 2026.
  5. ^ "Perrine Laffont remporte le titre de championne du monde de ski de bosses". Le Monde (in French). 8 March 2021. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
  6. ^ "Perrine Laffont, Mikael Kingsbury add to dominance with moguls world titles". NBC Sports. Retrieved 27 March 2026.
  7. ^ "Elizabeth Lemley, Jaelin Kauf take gold, silver for U.S. in Olympic women's moguls". ESPN. Retrieved 6 March 2026.
  8. ^ "Freestyle skiing-America's Lemley takes moguls gold to deny Anthony repeat". Reuters. Retrieved 6 March 2026.
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