Maxime Dufour-Lapointe

Maxime Dufour-Lapointe
Maxime Dufour-Lapointe in 2015
Personal information
Born (1989-02-09) February 9, 1989 (age 35)
Montréal, Quebec
Height1.67 m (5 ft 5+1⁄2 in)
Weight63 kg (139 lb)
Sport
Country Canada
SportFreestyle skiing

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,[3] before retiring in 2018, then began studying medicine at the University of Montreal.[4][5] Her residency at Charles-Le Moyne Hospital on Montreal's South Shore begins July 1, 2023.[3]

References

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