Madeleine Dupont

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Madeleine Dupont
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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 2008 Örnsköldsvik
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2009 Aberdeen
World Junior Curling Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2007 Eveleth

Madeleine Kanstrup Dupont (born 26 May 1987 in Glostrup, Denmark [1] ) is a Danish curler from Copenhagen. [2] She won the Frances Brodie Award in 2004. She currently skips her own team with teammates Mathilde Halse, Jasmin Lander, My Larsen, and Denise Dupont (Madeleine's sister). [3]

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Dupont has competed in three Olympic Games and 13 World Championships, winning medals at the 2007 World Women's Curling Championship (silver) and the 2009 World Women's Curling Championship (bronze). She won a gold medal at the World Junior-B Curling Championships in 2004 and a silver medal in 2002 at the European Curling championships as an alternate for Dorthe Holm's team. She also won a bronze medal at the 2007 World Junior Curling Championships. She won two bronze medals at the European Championships, throwing last rocks for Denmark, in 2008 and 2009. In 2022 she became European champion after an extra-end win over Switzerland in the final. [4] [5]

At the Olympics, Dupont threw last rocks for her country at the 2010 Vancouver Games, where the team finished in fourth place. She skipped the Danish team at the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang to a 10th place finish, and again at the 2022 Beijing Olympics, finishing 9th.

On the World Curling Tour, she won the Yi Chun Ladies International event in Yichun, Heilongjiang in December 2011 and the 2021 Women's Masters Basel.

As of August 2023, Dupont is a coordinator for the Danish curling elite programme. [6]


Personal life

Dupont was featured topless in a calendar to promote curling. About the picture, she stated, "If a picture of me can get more people to watch curling on TV, that's a good thing." [7] Dupont is a client manager at TV 2 in Denmark. She is married and has one son. [8]

Dupont is part of a curling family, her father Kim Dupont competed at two World Junior Championships, and her brother Oliver Dupont won a silver medal at the 2016 World Men's Championship, and her sister Denise Dupont has been a long-time teammate. [9]

Grand Slam record

Key
CChampion
FLost in Final
SFLost in Semifinal
QFLost in Quarterfinals
R16Lost in the round of 16
QDid not advance to playoffs
T2Played in Tier 2 event
DNPDid not participate in event
N/ANot a Grand Slam event that season
Event 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24
Tour Challenge N/A T2 T2
Champions Cup Q DNPN/A

Former events

Event 2009–10
Autumn Gold Q

Teammates

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References

  1. ↑ "Madeleine Dupont," Team Dupont Curling
  2. ↑ "2020 World Women's Curling Championship Media Guide" (PDF). Curling Canada. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
  3. ↑ https://www.curlingzone.com/team.php?teamid=171267&profileid=32531
  4. ↑ "Denmark win Le Gruyère AOP European Curling Championships 2022 women's title". World Curling Federation. 26 November 2022. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
  5. ↑ "Danmark vinder EM-guld i curling for første gang i 28 år: 'Ved ikke, hvad jeg skal sige'". DR (in Danish). 26 November 2022. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
  6. ↑ "Elitecentret" (in Danish). Dansk Curling Forbund. Archived from the original on 1 August 2023. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
  7. ↑ "Kritik af fræk curling-kalender – Ekstra Bladet".
  8. ↑ "2024 World Women's Curling Championship Media Guide" (PDF). Curling Canada . Retrieved 11 March 2024.
  9. ↑ "Madeleine Dupont". NBC Olympics. Retrieved 15 April 2021.


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