Justine Dufour-Lapointe

Justine Dufour-Lapointe (born March 25, 1994) is a Canadian freestyle and freeride skier. She was the Olympic champion in the moguls event at the 2014 Winter Olympics and won a silver medal in moguls at the 2018 Winter Olympics. The gold and silver she and her sister Chloe Dufour-Lapointe won in 2014 was the first time that Canadian sisters stood together on the podium, and the fourth time ever by all nations. Dufour-Lapointe was the world champion in moguls at the 2015 World Championships has also won a silver and two other bronze medals in the moguls event at the Freestyle World Ski Championships.

She started competing in the Freeride World Tour in 2023, winning the season in her first year of competition and repeating as World Tour champion in 2025.

Career Moguls Justine Dufour-Lapointe started her young career during the 2010–11 FIS Freestyle Skiing World Cup. During that season, she became the youngest female winner of a FIS World Cup moguls event at the age of 16, winning the event in Mont Gabriel. She has two older sisters, Chloe Dufour-Lapointe and Maxime Dufour-Lapointe, who also compete in moguls.

She won her first major medal at the 2013 FIS Freestyle Skiing World Championships, where she placed third, winning the bronze behind the dominant Hannah Kearney, who had won the gold medal. Dufour-Lapointe had fallen during her qualification but managed to place a good second run to qualify for the final. This was a proud result for Dufour-Lapointe; given the adversity required to win the bronze, she stated, "I’m so happy about my medal today, but in fact, it’s not the medal so much as the path that I took to get it. The path was tough, but I made it."

At the 2014 Sochi Olympics, Dufour-Lapointe competed in Moguls along with her sisters Chloé and Maxime. This was the fifth time that three siblings competed at the Winter Games in the same event. Justine finished first overall in the event with a score of 22.44, with her sister Chloé placing second with a score of 21.66. With the result, she became the youngest freestyle skiing champion ever at the Winter Games. Thanks to the win, this earned the sisters' and Canada's first gold and silver medals of the 2014 Sochi Olympics. Dufour-Lapointe said of the event with her sister and her excitement that "Holding Chloe's hand meant that I wasn't alone. I was in shock. I saw Chloe, and I felt calm. Holding her hand, I knew it would feel more like home." She accompanied her gold medal with a silver medal performance in the dual moguls in Kreischberg, Austria.

Dufour-Lapointe went into the 2018 Winter Olympics as an underdog and having trouble finding the podium with her usual regularity. She would qualify for the finals and the third run against five other competitors for the medal. She finished in second place in the final run, just one-tenth of a second away from the gold medal. Dufour-Lapointe noted the distinction between her two Olympics, saying, "I feel so different than I was in Sochi. In Sochi, I was completely a kid, enjoying this life, not knowing what's going on around. But today... I know what to do, to focus on myself, my ski, my line, my moment, and that's all. Because if not, I won't be proud of me." However, the games would end in disappointment for Dufour-Lapointe as she would crash in the final and finished 20th. Her sister Chloe was seen comforting her following the poor result and Dufour-Lapointe would later say that "I was so grateful to have my sister down there. I don't think I would have been able to hold myself like I did. Having people that you can trust that much and look in the eye and truly express how you feel for a couple of minutes was really reassuring and felt like everything was going to be OK."

Freeride Dufour-Lapointe switched to freeride skiing during the 2023 season. She won two stops during the 2023 Freeride World Tour at Ordino Arcalís and Fieberbrunn on her way to winning the season title. Dufour-Lapointe skipped the 2024 season for personal reasons, but returned to the Freeride World Tour in 2025, winning the first event and finishing second at Val Thorens, on her way to winning her second World Tour.

Personal life Dufour-Lapointe studied Cégep distance education in humanities. She is the youngest of three skiing sisters.

World Cup results All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).

Season standings Season Age Overall Moguls 2011 16 13 4 2012 17 4 2 2013 18 7 2 2014 19 3 2 2015 20 4 2 2016 21 8 2 2017 23 12 3 2018 24 14 5 2019 25 30 6 2020 26 14 4 2021 27 9 2022 28 11

Race Podiums 15 wins – (10 , 5 ) 49 podiums – (31 , 18 ) No. Season Date Location Discipline Place 1 2010–1115 December 2010 Méribel, France Dual Moguls 3rd 2 15 January 2011 Mont Gabriel, Canada Dual Moguls 1st 3 12 March 2011 Åre, Sweden Dual Moguls 2nd 4 20 March 2011 Myrkdalen-Voss, Norway Dual Moguls 3rd 5 2011–1220 December 2011 Méribel, France Dual Moguls 2nd 6 14 January 2012 Mont Gabriel, Canada Dual Moguls 2nd 7 19 January 2012 Lake Placid, USA Moguls 2nd 8 28 January 2012 Calgary, Canada Moguls 2nd 9 4 February 2012 Deer Valley, USA Dual Moguls 2nd 10 12 February 2012 Beida Lake, China Moguls 2nd 11 18 February 2012 Naeba, Japan Moguls 3rd 12 18 March 2012 Megève, France Dual Moguls 1st 13 2012–1315 December 2012 Ruka, Finland Dual Moguls 2nd 14 22 December 2012 Kreischberg, Austria Dual Moguls 3rd 15 26 January 2013 Calgary, Canada Moguls 1st 16 2 February 2013 Deer Valley, USA Dual Moguls 2nd 17 2013–1414 December 2013 Ruka, Finland Moguls 2nd 18 4 January 2014 Calgary, Canada Moguls 1st 19 9 January 2014 Deer Valley, USA Moguls 3rd 20 15 January 2014 Lake Placid, USA Moguls 1st 21 19 January 2014 Val St. Côme, Canada Moguls 2nd 22 1 March 2014 Inawashiro, Japan Moguls 1st 23 15 March 2014 Voss-Myrkdalen, Norway Moguls 1st 24 16 March 2014 Dual Moguls 2nd 25 2014–153 January 2015 Calgary, Canada Moguls 3rd 26 9 January 2015 Deer Valley, USA Moguls 2nd 27 10 January 2015 Dual Moguls 1st 28 29 January 2015 Lake Placid, USA Moguls 1st 29 15 March 2015 Megève, France Dual Moguls 3rd 30 2015–1623 January 2016 Val St. Côme, CanadaMoguls 1st 31 30 January 2016 Calgary, Canada Moguls 2nd 32 4 February 2016 Deer Valley, USAMoguls 1st 33 6 February 2016 Dual Moguls 1st 34 2016–1721 January 2017 Val St. Côme, CanadaMoguls 1st 35 28 January 2017 Calgary, Canada Moguls 2nd 36 2 February 2017 Deer Valley, USA Moguls 2nd 37 11 February 2017 Pyeongchang, South Korea Moguls 2nd 38 25 February 2017 Thaiwoo, China Moguls 2nd 39 26 February 2017 Dual Moguls 3rd 40 2017–186 January 2018 Calgary, Canada Moguls 3rd 41 20 January 2018 Mont-Tremblant, CanadaMoguls 1st 42 3 March 2018 Tazawako, Japan Moguls 2nd 43 18 March 2018 Megève, France Dual Moguls 3rd 44 2018–1926 January 2019 Mont-Tremblant, Canada Moguls 3rd 45 2 March 2019 Shymbulak, Kazakhstan Moguls 3rd 46 2019–2014 December 2019 Thaiwoo, China Moguls 3rd 47 1 February 2020 Calgary, Canada Moguls 3rd 48 6 February 2020 Deer Valley, USA Moguls 3rd 49 8 February 2020 Dual Moguls 1st

Olympic results 2 medals – (1 gold, 1 silver) Year Age Moguls 2014 Sochi 19 1 2018 Pyeongchang 23 2 2022 Beijing 27 20

World Championships results 4 medals – (1 gold, 1 silver, 2 bronze) Year Age MogulsDual Moguls 2013 Voss 18 3 15 2015 Kreischberg 20 1 2 2017 Sierra Nevada 22 3 14 2019 Deer Valley 24 5 12 2021 Almaty 26 12 9