Justine Dufour-Lapointe

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Justine Dufour-Lapointe
Alpine skier
FIS Moguls World Cup 2015 Finals - Megeve - 20150315 - Justine Dufour-Lapointe 4.jpg
Justine Dufour-Lapointe in March 2015
Disciplines Moguls, Dual Moguls
Born (1994-03-25) March 25, 1994 (age 27)
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Height1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
World Cup debut11 December 2010 (age 16)
Olympics
Teams2 – (2014, 2018)
Medals2 (1 gold)
World Championships
Teams3 – (201317)
Medals4 (1 gold)
World Cup
Seasons8th – (201100)
Wins14
Podiums41
Overall titles0 – (3rd in 2014)
Discipline titles0 – (2nd in moguls in 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016)

Justine Dufour-Lapointe (born March 25, 1994) is a Canadian freestyle skier. She was the Olympic champion in the moguls event at the 2014 Winter Olympics and won a silver medal in moguls at the 2018 Winter Olympics. The gold and silver she and her sister Chloe Dufour-Lapointe won in 2014 was the first time that Canadian sisters stood together on the podium, and the fourth time ever by all nations. [1] In winning the Olympics, she became the youngest freestyle skiing Olympic champion ever at nineteen years of age. Dufour-Lapointe was the FIS World Cup rookie of the year for the 2010–11 season. [2] Dufour-Lapointe was the world champion in moguls at the 2015 World Championships has also won a silver and two other bronze medals in the moguls event at the Freestyle World Ski Championships.

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Career

Justine Dufour-Lapointe started her young career during the 2010–11 FIS Freestyle Skiing World Cup. During that season, she became the youngest female winner of an FIS World Cup moguls event at the age of 16, winning the event in Mont Gabriel. [3] She has two older sisters, Chloe Dufour-Lapointe and Maxime Dufour-Lapointe, who also compete in moguls. [4]

She won her first major medal the 2013 FIS Freestyle Skiing World Championships where she placed third, winning the bronze behind the dominant Hannah Kearney, who had won the gold medal. Dufour-Lapointe had fallen during her qualification but managed to place a second run good enough to qualify for the final. This was a proud result for Dufour-Lapointe; given the adversity required to win the bronze, she stated, "I’m so happy about my medal today, but in fact, it’s not the medal so much as the path that I took to get it. The path was tough but I made it." [5]

At the 2014 Sochi Olympics, Dufour-Lapointe competed in Moguls along with her sisters Chloé and Maxime. This was the fifth time that three siblings have competed at the Winter Games in the same event. [6] Justine finished first overall in the event with a score of 22.44, with her sister Chloé placing second with a score of 21.66. [1] With the result, she became the youngest freestyle skiing champion ever at the Winter Games. [7] Thanks to the win, this earned the sisters' and Canada's first gold and silver medals of the 2014 Sochi Olympics. Dufour-Lapointe said of the event with her sister and her excitement that "Holding Chloe's hand meant that I wasn't alone. I was in shock. I saw Chloe and I felt calm. Holding her hand, I knew it would feel more like home." [1]

The 2015 FIS World Championships were another event to for Dufour-Lapointe to build her elite status. At these championships, she began by first winning the World Championship title in the mogul's event, of her win she said "My plan was simple. I wanted to find a balance between speed and technique. I stayed calm and focused during the day. I was really in a zone. To get the Olympic gold medal and now the World Championship gold medal is a dream come true. I’ve grown so much since the Olympic and learned a lot. That experience helped me here." [8] She accompanied her gold medal with a silver medal performance in the dual moguls in Kreischberg, Austria.

Dufour-Lapointe went in to the 2018 Winter Olympics as an underdog and having trouble finding the podium with her usual regularity. [9] She would qualify for the finals and the third run against five other competitors for the medal. In the final run she finished in second place just one tenth of a second away from the gold medal. Dufour-Lapointe noted the distinction of her two Olympics saying "I feel so different than I was in Sochi. In Sochi, I was completely a kid, enjoying this life, not knowing what's going on around. But today... I know what to do, to focus on myself, my ski, my line, my moment, and that's all. Because if not, I won't be proud of me." [9]

On January 24, 2022, Dufour-Lapointe was named to Canada's 2022 Olympic team. [10] [11]

Personal life

Dufour-Lapointe studied Cégep distance education in humanities. [12] She is the youngest of three skiing sisters.

World Cup results

All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS). [13]

Season standings

 Season  Age OverallMoguls
2011 16134
2012 1742
2013 1872
2014 1932
2015 2042
2016 2182
2017 23123
2018 24145
2019 25306
2020 26144

Race Podiums

No.SeasonDateLocationDisciplinePlace
1 2010–11 15 December 2010 Flag of France.svg Méribel, France Dual Moguls 3rd
215 January 2011 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Mont Gabriel, CanadaDual Moguls1st
312 March 2011 Flag of Sweden.svg Åre, SwedenDual Moguls2nd
420 March 2011 Flag of Norway.svg Myrkdalen-Voss, NorwayDual Moguls3rd
5 2011–12 20 December 2011 Flag of France.svg Méribel, FranceDual Moguls2nd
614 January 2012 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Mont Gabriel, CanadaDual Moguls2nd
719 January 2012 Flag of the United States.svg Lake Placid, USA Moguls 2nd
828 January 2012 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Calgary, CanadaMoguls2nd
94 February 2012 Flag of the United States.svg Deer Valley, USADual Moguls2nd
1012 February 2012 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Beida Lake, ChinaMoguls2nd
1118 February 2012 Flag of Japan.svg Naeba, JapanMoguls3rd
1218 March 2012 Flag of France.svg Megève, FranceDual Moguls1st
13 2012–13 15 December 2012 Flag of Finland.svg Ruka, FinlandDual Moguls2nd
1422 December 2012 Flag of Austria.svg Kreischberg, AustriaDual Moguls3rd
1526 January 2013 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Calgary, CanadaMoguls1st
162 February 2013 Flag of the United States.svg Deer Valley, USADual Moguls2nd
17 2013–14 14 December 2013 Flag of Finland.svg Ruka, FinlandMoguls2nd
184 January 2014 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Calgary, CanadaMoguls1st
199 January 2014 Flag of the United States.svg Deer Valley, USAMoguls3rd
2015 January 2014 Flag of the United States.svg Lake Placid, USAMoguls1st
2119 January 2014 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Val St. Côme, CanadaMoguls2nd
221 March 2014 Flag of Japan.svg Inawashiro, JapanMoguls1st
2315 March 2014 Flag of Norway.svg Voss-Myrkdalen, NorwayMoguls1st
2416 March 2014Dual Moguls2nd
25 2014–15 3 January 2015 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Calgary, CanadaMoguls3rd
269 January 2015 Flag of the United States.svg Deer Valley, USAMoguls2nd
2710 January 2015Dual Moguls1st
2829 January 2015 Flag of the United States.svg Lake Placid, USAMoguls1st
2915 March 2015 Flag of France.svg Megève, FranceDual Moguls3rd
30 2015–16 23 January 2016 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Val St. Côme, CanadaMoguls1st
3130 January 2016 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Calgary, CanadaMoguls2nd
324 February 2016 Flag of the United States.svg Deer Valley, USAMoguls1st
336 February 2016Dual Moguls1st
34 2016–17 21 January 2017 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Val St. Côme, CanadaMoguls1st
3528 January 2017 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Calgary, CanadaMoguls2nd
362 February 2017 Flag of the United States.svg Deer Valley, USAMoguls2nd
3711 February 2017 Flag of South Korea.svg Pyeongchang, South Korea Moguls2nd
3825 February 2017 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Thaiwoo, ChinaMoguls2nd
3926 February 2017Dual Moguls3rd
40 2017–18 6 January 2018 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Calgary, CanadaMoguls3rd
4120 January 2018 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Tremblant, CanadaMoguls1st
423 March 2018 Flag of Japan.svg Tazawako, JapanMoguls2nd
4318 March 2018 Flag of France.svg Megève, FranceDual Moguls3rd

Olympic results

 Year  Age Moguls
Flag of Russia.svg 2014 Sochi 19 1
Flag of South Korea.svg 2018 Pyeongchang 23 2

World Championships results

 Year  Age MogulsDual Moguls
Flag of Norway.svg 2013 Voss 18 3 15
Flag of Austria.svg 2015 Kreischberg 20 1 2
Flag of Spain.svg 2017 Sierra Nevada 22 3 14
Flag of the United States.svg 2019 Deer Valley 24 5 14

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