Frédérique Turgeon
{{Short description|Canadian para-alpine skier (born 1999)}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
| name = Frédérique Turgeon
| nationality = Canadian
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1999|3|25}}
| country = {{CAN}}
| sport = Para-alpine skiing
| coach = Lasse Ericsson
| disability_class = LW2
| medaltemplates=
{{MedalSport|Women's Alpine skiing}}
{{MedalCompetition|Canada Games}}
{{MedalGold|2015 Prince George|Slalom, standing}}
{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}
{{MedalSilver|2019 Sella Nevea|Slalom, standing}}
{{MedalBronze|2019 Sella Nevea|Super-G, standing}}
{{MedalBronze|2019 Sella Nevea|{{nowrap|Super combined, standing}}}}
{{MedalBronze|2023 Lleida|Downhill, standing}}
}}
Frédérique Turgeon (born March 25, 1999) is a Canadian para-alpine skier and 2024 Big Brother Célébrités contestant.
Career
She won gold at the 2015 Canada Winter Games and silver and bronze twice at the 2019 World Para Alpine Skiing Championships. She also represented Canada at the 2018 Winter Paralympics and finished ninth in the giant slalom.
She was born with congenital femoral deficiency resulting in one of her legs being 50% shorter than the other.{{cite web|url=https://paralympic.ca/team-canada/frederique-turgeon|title=Frédérique Turgeon|publisher=Canadian Paralympic Committee|accessdate=April 27, 2019|archive-date=April 27, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190427225134/https://paralympic.ca/team-canada/frederique-turgeon}} She broke her leg during a crash in December 2013.{{cite web|url=https://www.paralympic.org/asp/lib/TheASP.asp?pageid=8937&sportid=564&personid=1357105&WinterGames=-1|title=Frédérique Turgeon - Athlete Bio|publisher=paralympic.org|accessdate=April 27, 2019|archive-date=April 27, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190427230200/https://www.paralympic.org/asp/lib/TheASP.asp?pageid=8937&sportid=564&personid=1357105&WinterGames=-1|url-status=dead}} After the crash she stopped competing on both legs and now competes on one leg.
References
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External links
- {{CPC profile|frederique-turgeon}}
- {{IPC profile|frederique-turgeon|id2=1357105}}
{{Big Brother Canada}}
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Category:Paralympic alpine skiers for Canada
Category:Alpine skiers at the 2018 Winter Paralympics
Category:21st-century Canadian sportswomen
Category:Big Brother Canada contestants
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