Valentin Foubert (; 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.
He is the current French national record holder with , set in Planica 2026.
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.
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. The next day he again finished in second place.
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.
Major tournament results
Winter Olympics YearYearIndividualTeamNormalLargeSuperMixed2026 Milano Cortina 5 17 12 9
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships YearYearIndividualTeamNormalLargeMenMixed2025 Trondheim2736 — 9
FIS Ski Flying World Championships YearPlaceIndividualTeam2026 Oberstdorf21 —
World Cup results
Standings Season Overall 2020–21 — 65 — N/A2021–22 — — — —2023–2461 53 — 482024–2527 29 37 252025–2616 22 11 N/A
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 Points2020–21 0 – – – – – – – 55 q q – 42 44 – – – – – – – – DQ q 63 – 2021–22 0 – – 42 48 – – – – – q q q q q – – – 44 45 – – – – – q q q –2023–24 8 – – 47 42 – – 42 46 – 32 43 – – – 44 23 – – – – q 36 – – 49 49 47 36 q – 36 –2024–25 173q 21 20 23 24 31 46 23 16 20 28 21 39 34 12 27 35 39 34 23q 13 20 18 23 42 44 36 272025–26 443 25 16 q 19 5 10 10 12 4 12 44 30 27 27 21 12 26 41 35 16 14 7 8 45 35DQ 30 10 5
References
External links
Valentin Foubert at Fédération Française de Ski Valentin Foubert at Milano Cortina 2026