- Dominique Vallee
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Medal record Competitor for Canada Women's snowboarding FIS Snowboarding World Championships Bronze 2001 Madonna di Campiglio Snowboard Cross Dominique Vallee (born April 9, 1981 in Montreal, Quebec) is a Canadian snowboarder, specializing in the halfpipe and snowboard cross events. [1]
Vallee made her World Cup debut in January 1999 at Mont-Sainte-Anne, Canada, in a halfpipe competition. She made her first World Cup podium in December 2001 when she won bronze in Whistler. [2]
To date, Vallee has only a single World Cup medal, and her best World Cup season was 2003, when she placed 13th in the overall snowboard standings. She has also won a bronze medal in snowboard cross at the FIS Snowboarding World Championships, in 2001.[2]
Vallee competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics, in both the halfpipe and snowboard cross. She finished 21st overall in the halfpipe and 19th in the qualifying round of the snowboard cross, with neither result allowing her to advance.[3]
World Cup Podiums
Date Location Rank December 9, 2001 Whistler References
- ^ "Dominique Vallee Biography and Statistics". Olympics at Sportsreference.com. http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/va/dominique-vallee-1.html. Retrieved January 28, 2010.
- ^ a b c "FIS-biography". fis-ski.com. http://www.fis-ski.com/uk/604/613.html?sector=SB&competitorid=63437&type=biog. Retrieved January 28, 2010.
- ^ "Torino 2006 Official Report - Snowboarding". Torino Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. March 2009. http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/2006/Results/Snowboard.pdf. Retrieved January 28, 2010.
External links
Categories:- 1981 births
- Living people
- Olympic snowboarders of Canada
- Snowboarders at the 2006 Winter Olympics
- People from Montreal
- Canadian snowboarders
- Pan American Games competitors for Canada
- Canadian winter sports biography stubs
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