Paul-Henri de Le Rue 
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nation
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France France
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birthday
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17th April 1984 (age 36)
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place of birth
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Lannemezan , France
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size
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176 cm
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Weight
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82 kg
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| Career
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discipline
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Snowboard cross
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society
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SNCF / SC de St. Lary Soulan
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National squad
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since 2001
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status
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resigned
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End of career
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2015
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| Medal table
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| Olympic medals
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0 × 
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0 × 
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1 × 
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| Universiade medals
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0 × 
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0 × 
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1 × 
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| JWM medals
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1 ×
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0 ×
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0 ×
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| National championships
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0 ×
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3 ×
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0 ×
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Placements
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 World cup
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Debut in the World Cup
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January 13, 2001
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Overall World Cup
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25th ( 2005/06 )
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Snowboard cross world cup
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07th ( 2004/05 , 2010/11 )
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| Podium placements
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1.
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2.
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3.
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Snowboard cross
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0
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2
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4th
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Paul-Henri de Le Rue (born April 17, 1984 in Lannemezan ) is a former French snowboarder .
Career
De Le Rue made his World Cup debut on January 13, 2001 in Morzine , where he finished 43rd. Around two years later, he finished sixth in San Candido for the first time in the top ten. In his third participation in the Snowboard Junior World Championships , de Le Rue won the title in Oberwiesenthal from Francesco Sandrini and Markus Schairer . He won the bronze medal at the Winter Universiade 2005 in Innsbruck . Two months later he reached the podium in the World Cup for the first time in second in Lake Placid .
In the first Olympic snowboard cross competition, de Le Rue won the bronze medal at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin and only had to admit defeat to Seth Wescott and Radoslav Židek . At the Snowboard World Championships 2007 in Arosa , however, he narrowly missed the medal ranks in fifth. At the Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver , de Le Rue took 25th place. Four years later, when he took part in the Olympics for the third time, he once again set an exclamation point when he finished fourth at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi .
De Le Rue ended his career in 2015.
Personal
His brothers Xavier and Victor are also snowboarders. He is married and has two children. Paul-Henri was a graduate of the University of Savoy .
statistics
De Le Rue in the World Cup (second from left)
Participation in Winter Olympics 
Participation in snowboard world championships
Web links
Individual evidence
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^ First Olympic Gold Medal in Snowboard Cross , on olympic.org, February 16, 2006, accessed on December 2, 2019.
World cup
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2006 Turin / Bardonecchia
2010 Vancouver / Cypress
2014 Sochi / Rosa Khutor
2007 Arosa
2009 Gangwon
2011 La Molina
2015 Kreischberg
