Denise Dupont

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Denise Dupont
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Denise Dupont at the 2010 Winter Olympics
Medal record
Women's curling
Representing Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark
World Curling Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2007 Aomori
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2009 Gangneung
European Curling Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 Östersund
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2002 Grindelwald
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2003 Courmayeur
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2005 Garmisch-Partenkirchen
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2008 Örnsköldsvik
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2009 Aberdeen

Denise Kanstrup Dupont (born 24 May 1984) is a Danish curler. She is currently the alternate on the Danish National Women's Curling Team skipped by her sister Madeleine Dupont.

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After several years of limited success in the Junior ranks, Dupont joined Dorthe Holm's team and was a member of the silver medal-winning European Curling Championships team in 2002. (Throwing second rocks). The following year, the team won a bronze medal. Her success at the European Championships never translated to Junior success or World Championship success at the time. In 2004, she was promoted to the third position, and the team won another bronze at the European Championships in 2005. She played third in the 2006 Olympics in Torino, Italy, where they finished 9th — following that, she left the team and joined up with Jensen. The new team succeeded at the 2007 World Women's Curling Championship, where they won silver. Denise Dupont returned to the world championships in 2008, where she played third for Angelina Jensen, finishing fifth after losing a tiebreaker to Japan's Moe Meguro.


Personal life

Dupont was born in Copenhagen and lives in Dragør. She is employed as a teacher and child behaviour specialist and has two children. [1] She is the sister of teammate Madeleine Dupont. [2] She competed in the 2015 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship with brother Oliver Dupont, just before that they also won 2015 Danish Mixed Doubles Curling Championship.

Teammates

2007 Aomori World Championships

2008 Vernon World Championships

2009 Gangneung World Championships

Curling at the 2010 Winter Olympics 2010

Madeleine Dupont, fourth

Angelina Jensen, skip

Camilla Jensen, lead

Ane Hansen, alternate

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References

  1. "2024 World Women's Curling Championship Media Guide" (PDF). Curling Canada . Retrieved 11 March 2024.
  2. "Renee meets her Olympic mates: Sonnenberg takes Danish team on tour". Grande Prairie Daily Herald-Tribune . 9 October 2009. Archived from the original on 15 March 2014. Retrieved 15 March 2014.