Jules Lefebvre (snowboarder)

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Jules Lefebvre
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Born (1996-01-12) 12 January 1996 (age 27)
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Sport
CountryFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Sport Snowboarding
Event(s)Parallel giant slalom, Parallel slalom

Jules Lefebvre (born 12 January 1996) is a Canadian snowboarder who competes internationally in the alpine snowboard discipline. [1] [2]

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Career

Lefebvre has competed at one Senior World Championships in 2021. Lefebvre's best performances came in the parallel slalom event, 26th overall. [2]

In January 2022, Lefebvre was initially not named to Canada's 2022 Olympic team. [3] [4] [5] However, after an appeal process Lefebvre along with three other snowboarders were added to the team in the parallel giant slalom event. [6] [7]

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References

  1. "Jules Lefebvre". www.canadasnowboard.ca. Snowboard Canada. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
  2. 1 2 "Jules Lefebvre". www.olympic.ca. Canadian Olympic Committee . Retrieved 31 January 2022.
  3. Nichols, Paula (19 January 2022). "19 snowboarders nominated to Team Canada for Beijing 2022". www.olympic.ca. Canadian Olympic Committee . Retrieved 31 January 2022.
  4. Dichter, Myles (19 January 2022). "'Strongest team in all of snowboarding': Canadian squad named for Beijing Olympics". www.cbc.ca. CBC Sports . Retrieved 31 January 2022.
  5. "Toutant, McMorris, Parrot, Blouin return as Canada's Olympic snowboard team announced". Canadian Press . Toronto, Ontario, Canada. 19 January 2022. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
  6. "Four Athletes Added to the Beijing 2022 Canadian Olympic Snowboard Team". www.canadasnowboard.ca. Snowboard Canada. 27 January 2022. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
  7. "Quatre athlètes de surf des neiges s'ajoutent à Équipe Canada" [Four snowboard athletes join Team Canada]. ici.radio-canada.ca (in French). Radio Canada. 27 January 2022. Retrieved 31 January 2022.