Justine Dufour-Lapointe
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Justine Dufour-Lapointe (born March 25, 1994 in Montreal, Quebec) is a Canadian freestyle skier. She skied in the moguls events for Canada at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi where she won a gold medal. Her sister Chloé Dufour-Lapointe also won a silver medal in the event which was the first time that Canadian sisters stood together on the podium.[1] When she won the gold medal, she became the youngest freestyle skiing Olympic champion ever at 19.[2] She also won a bronze medal in the moguls event at the 2013 FIS World Championships. It was the first gold medal win for Canada at the 2014 Winter Olympics.
References[change | change source]
- ↑ "Justine, Chloé Dufour-Lapointe win gold, silver in women's moguls". CBC Sports. http://olympics.cbc.ca/news/article/canadians-2nd-run-women-moguls-final.html. Retrieved 2014-2-18.
- ↑ "Dufour-Lapointe sisters win gold and silver in Olympic moguls". CTV News. http://www.ctvnews.ca/sochi/dufour-lapointe-sisters-win-gold-and-silver-in-olympic-moguls-1.1677142. Retrieved 2014-2-18.
Other websites[change | change source]
- profile at the International Ski Federation
- Justine Dufour-Lapointe on Twitter
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