Léa Casta

Léa Casta
Personal information
Born (2006-02-10) 10 February 2006
Thonon-les-Bains, France[1]
Sport
CountryFrance
SportSnowboarding
Event
Snowboard cross
Medal record
Women's snowboarding
Representing  France
Olympic Games
2026 Milano Cortina Mixed team snowboard cross
Winter Youth Olympics
2024 Gangwon Mixed team snowboard cross
2024 Gangwon Snowboard cross

Léa Casta (French pronunciation: [lea kasta]; born 10 February 2006) is a French snowboarder who specializes in snowboard cross. She won a bronze medal at the 2026 Winter Olympics.

Career

In January 2024, Casta represented France at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics where she served as the flag bearer during the opening ceremony and won a gold medal in the mixed team snowboard cross and a bronze medal in the snowboard cross events.[2] In April 2024, she then competed at the FIS Snowboarding Junior World Championships where she won gold medals in the snowboard cross and snowboard cross team events.[3][4]

Casta represented France at the 2025 Snowboarding World Championships and finished in fourth place in the mixed snowboard team cross event and fifth place in the snowboard cross events.[5][6] During the 2024–25 FIS Snowboard World Cup, Casta won the crystal globe in the snowboard cross with 805 points, becoming the fourth French woman to win the crystal globe in the discipline.[7][8] Charlotte Bankes was the discipline leader for the majority of the World Cup, however, she missed the last two races after suffering a broken collarbone in a season-ending training crash on 4 April 2025.[9][10]

In April 2025, she competed at the FIS Snowboarding Junior World Championships where she won gold medals in the snowboard cross and snowboard cross team event, along with Jonas Chollet.[11] She won the opening race of the 2025–26 FIS Snowboard World Cup on 13 December 2025.[12]

In January 2026, she was selected to represent France at the 2026 Winter Olympics.[13] She finished eighth in the individual event,[14] before winning the bronze medal in the mixed team event alongside Loan Bozzolo.[15]

References

  1. ^ "Lea CASTA". Milano Cortina 2026 Olympics. Retrieved 5 February 2026.
  2. ^ Merrell, Chloe (22 January 2024). "Gangwon 2024 update: France triumph in snowboard cross with stellar medal haul, including mixed team gold and silver". olympics.com. Retrieved 7 April 2025.
  3. ^ "Young talents shone at the FIS Snowboard Cross Junior World Championships in Gudauri". fis-ski.com. 15 April 2024. Retrieved 7 April 2025.
  4. ^ "Léa Casta, France shining star". sporteurope.org. 17 December 2024. Retrieved 7 April 2025.
  5. ^ "France take Snowboard Cross Mixed Team title as Switzerland seize home bronze". fis-ski.com. 29 March 2025. Retrieved 7 April 2025.
  6. ^ "Moioli and Grondin claim debut Snowboard Cross world titles in thrilling racing". fis-ski.com. 28 March 2025. Retrieved 7 April 2025.
  7. ^ "Snowboardcross. La Française Léa Casta remporte la Coupe du monde à seulement 19 ans". Ouest-France (in French). 5 April 2025. Retrieved 7 April 2025.
  8. ^ "Casta and Grondin cap off Snowboard Cross Crystal Globes with final wins". fis-ski.com. 6 April 2025. Retrieved 7 April 2025.
  9. ^ "Crystal Globes safe for Grondin and Casta – but Dusek wins Bataille Royale". fis-ski.com. 5 April 2025. Retrieved 7 April 2025.
  10. ^ Belhassen, Antoine (7 April 2025). ""Je n'en reviens pas" : à 19 ans, Léa Casta remporte son premier titre de championne du monde de snowboardcross" (in French). France 3. Retrieved 7 April 2025.
  11. ^ "Next snowboard cross generation takes the stage at Isola 2000 Junior Worlds". fis-ski.com. 15 April 2025. Retrieved 20 December 2025.
  12. ^ "Lauréate du gros globe l'hiver dernier, Léa Casta lance idéalement sa saison en s'imposant à Cervinia, doublé des frères Chollet chez les hommes". L'Équipe (in French). 13 December 2025. Retrieved 13 December 2025.
  13. ^ "Winter Olympics 2026 in Milan-Cortina: The Full List of Qualified French Athletes". sortiraparis.com. 27 January 2026. Retrieved 27 January 2026.
  14. ^ "Snowboard - Women's Snowboard Cross Finals Live Results". TNT Sports. Retrieved 16 February 2026.
  15. ^ "Great Britain seize historic win in Mixed Team Snowboard Cross". FIS. 15 February 2026. Retrieved 16 February 2026.
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