Baptiste Brochu

{{short description|Canadian snowboarder}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2018}}

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1994|09|08}}

| birth_place = Saguenay, Quebec, Canada

| height = 175 cm

| weight = 90 kg

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| country = Canada

| sport = Snowboarding

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| olympics = 2018 Winter Olympics

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Baptiste Brochu (born September 8, 1994) is a Canadian snowboarder, competing in the discipline of snowboard cross.{{cite web|url=https://olympic.ca/team-canada/baptiste-brochu/|title=Baptiste Brochu | Team Canada – Official 2018 Olympic Team Website|website=olympic.ca|accessdate=January 27, 2018}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.data.fis-ski.com/dynamic/athlete-biography.html?sector=SB&listid=&competitorid=178692 |title=FIS Biography |access-date=January 27, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160514035735/http://data.fis-ski.com/dynamic/athlete-biography.html?sector=SB&listid=&competitorid=178692 |archive-date=May 14, 2016 |url-status=dead }}

Career

Brochu first appeared at a World Cup in December 2013. Brochu got on the podium for his first time (also

his first win) in March 2016 at the World Cup in Veysonnaz, Switzerland. Brochu was ranked in the top-10 of the World Cup snowboard cross standings for the 2015–16 and 2016–17 seasons.

=2018 Winter Olympics=

In January 2018, Brochu was named to Canada's 2018 Olympic team.{{cite news|url=http://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/snowboard/olympic-snowboard-slopestyle-team-announcement-1.4503644|title=Canada Snowboard completes Olympic team|date=January 25, 2018|work=CBC Sports|access-date=January 25, 2018|location=Toronto, Ontario, Canada}}{{cite news|date=January 25, 2018|title=Anderson named to Canada's snowboard team|url=https://www.tsn.ca/anderson-among-13-athletes-named-to-canada-s-olympic-snowboard-team-1.978699|work=Canadian Press|location=Toronto, Ontario, Canada|access-date=January 27, 2018}}{{cite web|url=https://olympic.ca/2018/01/25/13-more-snowboarders-nominated-to-team-canada-for-pyeongchang-2018/|title=13 more snowboarders nominated to Team Canada for PyeongChang 2018|last=McCarter|first=Shannon|date=January 25, 2018|website=www.olympic.ca/|publisher=Canadian Olympic Committee|access-date=January 27, 2018}}

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