Photoset Meet Tess Ledeux, the Youngest French Athlete at the Winter Olympics To see more from Tess, follow @ tessledeux on Instagram. Sixteen-year-old Tess Ledeux (@ tessledeux ) still remembers her first backcountry ski experience in her hometown in the French Alps: “I was following much older friends and decided to drop off a small cliff with them,” says Tess, who was 9 years old at the time. “The result was a broken nose, but it didn’t stop my love of jumps and tricks!” Tess is the youngest French athlete representing her country at the Winter Olympics this year in # Pyeongchang2018 . “It’s just so cool to see all these athletes from so many different countries and cultures, all reunited by their love for winter sports,” says the slopestyle skier, a sport that combines downhill skiing with terrain park obstacles, like jumps and rails. “After the Olympics, I’ll probably take a short break from skiing. But I’ll soon get back to practicing.…