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Justine Dufour-Lapointe

Alpine skier
Justine Dufour-Lapointe in March 2015
Disciplines	Moguls, Dual Moguls
Born	(1994-03-25) March 25, 1994 (age 31) Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Height	1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
World Cup debut	11 December 2010 (age 16)
Olympics
Teams	3 – (2014–2022)
Medals	2 (1 gold)
World Championships
Teams	5 – (2013–2021)
Medals	4 (1 gold)
World Cup
Seasons	12 – (2011–2022)
Wins	15
Podiums	49
Overall titles	0 – (3rd in 2014)
Discipline titles	0 – (2nd in moguls in 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016)
Medal record Women's freestyle skiing Representing  Canada International freestyle skiing competitions Event 1st 2nd 3rd Olympic Games 1 1 0 World Championships 1 1 2 Total 2 2 2 Olympic Games Gold 2014 Sochi Moguls Silver 2018 Pyeongchang Moguls World Championships Gold 2015 Kreischberg Moguls Silver 2015 Kreischberg Dual Moguls Bronze 2013 Voss Moguls Bronze 2017 Sierra Nevada Moguls

Justine Dufour-Lapointe (born March 25, 1994) is a Canadian freestyle skier. She is famous for competing in the moguls event. Justine won a gold medal at the 2014 Winter Olympics and a silver medal at the 2018 Winter Olympics.

At the 2014 Olympics, she and her sister Chloe Dufour-Lapointe both won medals. This was the first time Canadian sisters stood on the podium together at the Winter Olympics. Justine was also the youngest freestyle skiing Olympic champion ever, winning at just 19 years old. She was named the "rookie of the year" for the FIS World Cup in the 2010–11 season. Justine has also won a gold, a silver, and two bronze medals at the Freestyle World Ski Championships.

Skiing Career Highlights

Justine Dufour-Lapointe began her professional skiing career in the 2010–11 FIS Freestyle Skiing World Cup season. At just 16 years old, she became the youngest female to win a FIS World Cup moguls event. This big win happened in Mont Gabriel, Quebec. Justine has two older sisters, Chloe Dufour-Lapointe and Maxime Dufour-Lapointe, who are also mogul skiers.

First Big Medal Win

Justine won her first major medal at the 2013 FIS Freestyle Skiing World Championships. She earned a bronze medal, finishing third behind the strong skier Hannah Kearney. Justine had a tough start, falling during her first qualification run. However, she managed a great second run to make it to the final. She was very proud of this achievement, saying, "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."

Olympic Success in Sochi

At the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Justine competed in moguls with her sisters Chloé and Maxime. It was a special moment, as it was only the fifth time that three siblings competed in the same event at the Winter Games. Justine won the gold medal with a score of 22.44. Her sister Chloé took the silver medal, scoring 21.66.

This made Justine the youngest freestyle skiing champion in Winter Games history. Their wins also gave Canada its first gold and silver medals of the 2014 Sochi Olympics. Justine shared her feelings about the moment with her sister: "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."

World Championship Gold

The 2015 FIS World Championships were another big success for Justine. She won the World Championship title in the moguls event. She explained her strategy: "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."

Winning both an Olympic gold and a World Championship gold was a dream come true for her. She also earned a silver medal in the dual moguls event at the same championships in Kreischberg, Austria.

Pyeongchang Olympic Silver

Justine went into the 2018 Winter Olympics as an underdog. She had not been winning as often as before. However, she still made it to the finals and competed against five other skiers for a medal. She finished in second place, earning a silver medal. She was very close to gold, just one-tenth of a second away.

Justine reflected on how different this Olympics felt compared to Sochi. She said, "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."

Justine was also part of Canada's 2022 Olympic team.

About Justine's Life

Justine Dufour-Lapointe studied humanities through distance education at a Cégep (a type of college in Quebec). She is the youngest of three sisters who are all skiers.

World Cup Results Summary

Justine's results are from the International Ski Federation (FIS).

Season Standings

Olympic Medals

Justine has won 2 Olympic medals: 1 gold and 1 silver.

Year	Age	Moguls
2014 Sochi	19	1
2018 Pyeongchang	23	2
2022 Beijing	27	20

World Championships Medals

Justine has won 4 World Championships medals: 1 gold, 1 silver, and 2 bronze.

Year	Age	Moguls	Dual Moguls
2013 Voss	18	3	15
2015 Kreischberg	20	1	2
2017 Sierra Nevada	22	3	14
2019 Deer Valley	24	5	12
2021 Almaty	26	12	9

See also

In Spanish: Justine Dufour-Lapointe para niños

• List of Olympic medalist families