Maxime Dufour-Lapointe

Nickname: Max
Age: 19 years old
Resides in: Quebéc
Favourite hills: Zermatt (Switzerland) and Saint-Sauveur (Canada)
Jumps you can do: 360, Back cross, Back tense, Back full
Favourite music: Anberlin
Favourite movie: “Peaceful Warrior” and “Black Beauty”
Favourite restaurant: Tim Hortons and Saint-Hubert
Favourite hobby: Make crocheted hats and draw

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Born on February 9, 1989 in Montréal

Maxime began competing at age 11. Member of the Quebec Freestyle Ski Team for two years, she garnered numerous achievements, including the 2005 Junior Canadian Championship title (juvenile class). She joined the Canadian Freestyle Ski Development Team in May 2006. Since then, she has added several honours to the list, including two 6th place rankings in the World Cup event and two silver medals on the Nor-Am circuit in 2008. Maxime was ranked 19th by the International Ski Federation in 2008. She is currently studying natural sciences at Collège Ahuntsic. Alliance Sport-Études awarded her an RDS National Excellence-Bronze Bursary in 2008, in recognition for being the athlete who best succeeded in both the academic and sports fields.

Her latest results :

  • 13th in dual moguls at the World Cup in Deer Valley, USA, 2009
  • 8th in single moguls at the World Cup in Mont-Gabriel, Canada, 2009
  • 6th place in single moguls and 10th in dual moguls at the World Cup, Are, Sweden, 2008
  • 6th in dual moguls at the World Cup, Marienbad, Czech Republic, 2008
  • Silver medallist in single and dual moguls at the NorAm Cup, Apex, Canada, 2008
  • 4th place - Single moguls at the 2009 World Cup finals held in France
  • 16th place - Doubles at the 2009 World Championships held in Japan
  • 15th place - Singles at 2009 World Cup held in Norway