Audrey Robichaud (born May 5, 1988) is a Canadian skier.
She placed eighth in the women's moguls
freestyle skiing at the 2006 Olympics with a score of 23.10. She finished behind fellow Canadians
Kristi Richards
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(7th, 23.30) and
Jennifer Heil
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(1st, 26.50) at this February 11, 2006, event.
In the World Cup Moguls event on December 18, 2005, she finished 14th.
["Audrey Robichaud of Val Belair, Que., was the fourth Canadian finalist, finishing 14th."]
Heil captures gold in World Cup moguls
by Canadian Press. TSN.ca Retrieved March 2008
Early career
Audrey began skiing at 4 years old and has been skiing moguls since she was 7 years old at
Le Relais,
Québec
Quebec ( ; )According to the Government of Canada, Canadian government, ''Québec'' (with the acute accent) is the official name in Canadian French and ''Quebec'' (without the accent) is the province's official name in Canadian English is ...
. After a few years of competing at regional and provincial competitions, she was promoted to the Québec team. At the age of 13 years, she was becoming more and more serious about the sport. At 16, after a couple good results on the noram circuit, she made the national team. In that same year, she did her first world cup in
Mont-Tremblant
Mont-Tremblant () is a city in the Laurentian Mountains of Quebec, Canada, approximately northwest of Montreal and northeast of Ottawa, Ontario. The current municipality with city status was formed in 2000. Mont-Tremblant is most famous for its ...
Québec and competed at 7 world cups, even winning the "rookie of the year" trophy.
Canadian Ski Team
In 2006 at the age of 17 Audrey was accepted by the National Team and qualified for the Olympics in Torino, where she placed 8th. Audrey did not qualify for the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver, but plans on competing in the 2014 Olympic Games in Sochi, RU.
Results
2004 – 2010
Source
References
External links
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Audrey Robichaud on Facebook*
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1988 births
Canadian female freestyle skiers
Freestyle skiers at the 2006 Winter Olympics
Freestyle skiers at the 2014 Winter Olympics
Freestyle skiers at the 2018 Winter Olympics
Living people
Skiers from Quebec City
Olympic freestyle skiers for Canada