Maxime Dufour-Lapointe Explained

Maxime Dufour-Lapointe
Sport:Freestyle skiing
Birth Date:9 February 1989
Birth Place:Montréal, Quebec
Weight:63kg (139lb)
Titles:No

Maxime Dufour-Lapointe (born February 9, 1989) is a Canadian freestyle skier from Montréal, Quebec.

She competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics for Canada in moguls.[1] Dufour-Lapointe is the oldest of three sisters to compete at the Winter Olympics with her younger sisters Chloé Dufour-Lapointe and Justine Dufour-Lapointe both being world champion medalists and Olympic medalists. This was the fifth time that three siblings have competed at the same event at the Winter Games.[2]

Personal life

Dufour-Lapointe took eight years to obtain her CEGEP diploma while skiing competitively, before retiring in 2018, then began studying medicine at the University of Montreal.[3] [4] Her residency at Charles-Le Moyne Hospital on Montreal's South Shore begins July 1, 2023.[5]

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Notes and References

  1. News: Olympic champion Alex Bilodeau wins 3rd straight moguls World Cup . . January 18, 2013.
  2. News: Dufour-Lapointe sisters could make history in women's moguls final . February 8, 2014 . Rod Perry . CBC News .
  3. Web site: Maxime Dufour-Lapointe.
  4. News: From moguls to medicine: Former Olympic skier changes course to become Quebec family doctor . 2023-06-21 . www.iheartradio.ca . en-CA.
  5. News: Sherwin . Cindy . From moguls to medicine: Former Olympic skier changes course to become Quebec family doctor . 1 July 2023 . CTV News . 21 June 2023.