Justine Dufour-Lapointe

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.

Justine Dufour-Lapointe

Justine Dufour-Lapointe in March 2015
Personal information
Born	(1994-03-25) March 25, 1994 (age 30) Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Occupation	Alpine skier
Height	1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Skiing career
Disciplines	Moguls, Dual Moguls
World Cup debut	11 December 2010 (age 16)
Olympics
Teams	2 – (2014, 2018)
Medals	2 (1 gold)
World Championships
Teams	3 – (2013–17)
Medals	4 (1 gold)
World Cup
Seasons	8th – (2011–00)
Wins	14
Podiums	41
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 2014 Sochi Moguls 2018 Pyeongchang Moguls World Championships 2015 Kreischberg Moguls 2015 Kreischberg Dual Moguls 2013 Voss Moguls 2017 Sierra Nevada Moguls

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 a 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 at 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 good second run 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 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 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; 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 Olympics 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 into 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. She finished in second place in the final run, just one-tenth of a second away from the gold medal. Dufour-Lapointe noted the distinction between 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	Overall	Moguls
2011	16	13	4
2012	17	4	2
2013	18	7	2
2014	19	3	2
2015	20	4	2
2016	21	8	2
2017	23	12	3
2018	24	14	5
2019	25	30	6
2020	26	14	4

Race Podiums

• 14 wins – (10 MO, 4 DM)
• 43 podiums – (26 MO, 17 DM)

No.	Season	Date	Location	Discipline	Place
1	2010–11	15 December 2010	Méribel, France	Dual Moguls	3rd
2		15 January 2011	Mont Gabriel, Canada	Dual Moguls	1st
3		12 March 2011	Åre, Sweden	Dual Moguls	2nd
4		20 March 2011	Myrkdalen-Voss, Norway	Dual Moguls	3rd
5	2011–12	20 December 2011	Méribel, France	Dual Moguls	2nd
6		14 January 2012	Mont Gabriel, Canada	Dual Moguls	2nd
7		19 January 2012	Lake Placid, USA	Moguls	2nd
8		28 January 2012	Calgary, Canada	Moguls	2nd
9		4 February 2012	Deer Valley, USA	Dual Moguls	2nd
10		12 February 2012	Beida Lake, China	Moguls	2nd
11		18 February 2012	Naeba, Japan	Moguls	3rd
12		18 March 2012	Megève, France	Dual Moguls	1st
13	2012–13	15 December 2012	Ruka, Finland	Dual Moguls	2nd
14		22 December 2012	Kreischberg, Austria	Dual Moguls	3rd
15		26 January 2013	Calgary, Canada	Moguls	1st
16		2 February 2013	Deer Valley, USA	Dual Moguls	2nd
17	2013–14	14 December 2013	Ruka, Finland	Moguls	2nd
18		4 January 2014	Calgary, Canada	Moguls	1st
19		9 January 2014	Deer Valley, USA	Moguls	3rd
20		15 January 2014	Lake Placid, USA	Moguls	1st
21		19 January 2014	Val St. Côme, Canada	Moguls	2nd
22		1 March 2014	Inawashiro, Japan	Moguls	1st
23		15 March 2014	Voss-Myrkdalen, Norway	Moguls	1st
24		16 March 2014		Dual Moguls	2nd
25	2014–15	3 January 2015	Calgary, Canada	Moguls	3rd
26		9 January 2015	Deer Valley, USA	Moguls	2nd
27		10 January 2015		Dual Moguls	1st
28		29 January 2015	Lake Placid, USA	Moguls	1st
29		15 March 2015	Megève, France	Dual Moguls	3rd
30	2015–16	23 January 2016	Val St. Côme, Canada	Moguls	1st
31		30 January 2016	Calgary, Canada	Moguls	2nd
32		4 February 2016	Deer Valley, USA	Moguls	1st
33		6 February 2016		Dual Moguls	1st
34	2016–17	21 January 2017	Val St. Côme, Canada	Moguls	1st
35		28 January 2017	Calgary, Canada	Moguls	2nd
36		2 February 2017	Deer Valley, USA	Moguls	2nd
37		11 February 2017	Pyeongchang, South Korea	Moguls	2nd
38		25 February 2017	Thaiwoo, China	Moguls	2nd
39		26 February 2017		Dual Moguls	3rd
40	2017–18	6 January 2018	Calgary, Canada	Moguls	3rd
41		20 January 2018	Tremblant, Canada	Moguls	1st
42		3 March 2018	Tazawako, Japan	Moguls	2nd
43		18 March 2018	Megève, France	Dual Moguls	3rd

Olympic results

• 2 medals – (1 gold, 1 silver)

Year	Age	Moguls
2014 Sochi	19	1
2018 Pyeongchang	23	2

World Championships results

• 4 medals – (1 gold, 1 silver, 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	14

See also

• List of Olympic medalist families

References

1. "Justine, Chloé Dufour-Lapointe win gold, silver in women's moguls". CBC Sports. February 8, 2014.
2. "Freestyle Skiing Canada Profile". Freestyle Skiing Canada. Retrieved February 18, 2012.
3. "Bilodeau highlights 4-medal day for Canadian freestylers". CBC Sports. January 16, 2011. Retrieved January 16, 2011.
4. "Chloe Dufour-Lapointe Profile". Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved January 23, 2011.
5. "Canada's Kingsbury wins moguls world title, Bilodeau 2nd". CBC Sports. March 6, 2013.
6. Rod Perry (8 February 2014). "Dufour-Lapointe sisters could make history in women's moguls final". CBC News.
7. The Canadian Press (8 February 2014). "Dufour-Lapointe sisters win gold and silver in Olympic moguls". CTV News. Archived from the original on 9 February 2014.
8. "Justine Dufour-Lapointe queen of the moguls". January 17, 2015. Retrieved 2017-01-22.
9. "The 'heart of a lion': Justine Dufour-Lapointe held nothing back en route to podium". CBC Sports. February 11, 2018. Archived from the original on February 12, 2018. Retrieved February 11, 2018.
10. Nichols, Paula (24 January 2022). "Team Canada adds 24 freestyle skiers to the roster for Beijing 2022". www.olympic.ca/. Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
11. Ewing, Lori (24 January 2022). "Moguls star Kingsbury leads Canada's Beijing Olympic freestyle team". Canadian Press. Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
12. "Justine Dufour-Lapointe". 27 December 2013.
13. "Justine Dufour-Lapointe". FIS-Ski. International Ski Federation. Retrieved 6 February 2017.

External links

• Justine Dufour-Lapointe at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation
• Justine Dufour-Lapointe at Freestyle Skiing Canada (archived)
• Justine Dufour-Lapointe at Team Canada
• Justine Dufour-Lapointe at Olympics.com
• Justine Dufour-Lapointe at Olympedia
• Official website