Dominique Vallee
Personal information
Born (1981-04-09) April 9, 1981
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Medal record
Representing  Canada
Women's snowboarding
FIS Snowboarding World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2001 Madonna di CampiglioSnowboard Cross

Dominique Vallee (born April 9, 1981) is a Canadian snowboarder, specializing in the halfpipe and snowboard cross events.[1]

Career

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

[2]

Date Location Rank
December 9, 2001Whistler3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

References

  1. ↑ "Dominique Vallee Biography and Statistics". Olympics at Sportsreference.com. Archived from the original on April 27, 2009. Retrieved January 28, 2010.
  2. 1 2 3 "FIS-biography". fis-ski.com. Retrieved January 28, 2010.
  3. ↑ "Torino 2006 Official Report - Snowboarding" (PDF). Torino Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. March 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-06-12. Retrieved January 28, 2010.


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