Dominique Vallee (born April 9, 1981) is a

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, specializing in the halfpipe and snowboard cross events.

Career

Vallee made her

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debut in January 1999 at

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, Canada, IN A halfpipe competition. She made her first World Cup podium in December 2001 when she won bronze in Whistler. 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

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, in

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. Vallee competed at the

2006 Winter Olympics The 2006 Winter Olympics, officially the XX Olympic Winter Games ( it, XX Giochi olimpici invernali) and also known as Torino 2006, were a winter multi-sport event held from 10 to 26 February 2006 in Turin, Italy. This marked the second t ...

, in both the

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and

snowboard cross Snowboard cross, also known as boardercross, is a snowboard competition in which four to six competitors race down a course. Snowboard cross courses are typically quite narrow and include cambered turns, various types of jumps, berms, rollers, ...

. She finished 21st overall in the halfpipe and 19th in the qualifying round of the snowboard cross, with neither result allowing her to advance.

World Cup Podiums

References

External links

FIS profile
1981 births Living people Olympic snowboarders for Canada Snowboarders at the 2006 Winter Olympics Sportspeople from Montreal Canadian female snowboarders Pan American Games competitors for Canada {{Canada-snowboarding-bio-stub