Victor Muffat-Jeandet, a Winter Olympic medalist from PyeongChang in February 2018
Victor Muffat-Jeandet was born on the 5th of March 1989 in lovely city Aix-les-Bains. Aix-Les-Bains is situated on the shore of the largest natural lake of glacial origin in France, the Lac du Bourget. This city is a major French Spa Town and has the largest freshwater marina in France. It is the second-largest city in the region of Savoy.
First skiing areas are not far away. Victor Muffat-Jeandet is passionate about sports at a very young age. After trying different sports like climbing, rugby, roller skating he fell in love with Alpine Skiing.
His hobbies are reading, IT in audiovisual, travel, mountain biking, and as well as wakeboarding and surfing in the summer.
Victor Muffat-Jeandet made his debut on the 28th of February 2009, at age only 19. He is racing in the World Cup for 12 seasons (2009-2020) and he was managed to come to the podium 10 times (5 x Giant Slalom and 5 x Alpine Combined). Victor Muffat-Jeandet holds as well 1 gold medal in World Cup.
His career hight until today is a bronze medal from Winter Olympic Games in PyeongChang.
Victor is very much connected to the Alps. Not only due to his profession as a skier but as well as a person that loves nature and mountains. Have a look on his video interview about COVID19 and its effects on his life and the skiing industry.