Ophélie David (née Rácz, born 6 July 1976) is a retired French freestyle skier who specialized in ski cross, an event in which she has won a world championship and four consecutive Winter X Games, as well as having previously been ranked number one in the world.
David began her career as an alpine skier, competing for Hungary at the 1994 Winter Olympics in both the slalom and the combined, both of which she failed to finish.
[1] David qualified to compete in the inaugural Winter Olympic Ski Cross race in Vancouver.
She was considered the odds-on favorite for gold due to her long-time dominance in the discipline,[2] but crashed out in the quarterfinals and was placed ninth.
[4][5] Her hobbies include recreational gymnastics, basketball, windsurfing, traveling, painting, books, and cinema.