Frédérique Turgeon (born March 25, 1999) is a Canadian

para-alpine skier Paralympic alpine skiing is an adaptation of alpine skiing for athletes with a disability. The sport evolved from the efforts of disabled veterans in Germany and Austria during and after the Second World War. The sport is governed by the Internat ...

Career

She won gold at the 2015 Canada Winter Games and silver and bronze twice at the

2019 World Para Alpine Skiing Championships The 2019 World Para Alpine Skiing Championships was an international disability sport alpine skiing event held in two cities: Sella Nevea, Italy from 21 to 24 January with slalom and giant slalom and Kranjska Gora, Slovenia from 28 to 31 January w ...

. She also represented Canada at the

2018 Winter Paralympics ) , nations = 49 , athletes = 569 , events = 80 in 6 sports , opening = 9 March , closing = 18 March , opened_by = President Moon Jae-in , cauldron = Kim Eun-jung Seo Soon-seok , stadium = Pyeongchang Olympic ...

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. She broke her leg during a crash in December 2013. After the crash she stopped competing on both legs and now competes on one leg.

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* * 1999 births Living people Paralympic alpine skiers of Canada Alpine skiers at the 2018 Winter Paralympics Skiers from Montreal 21st-century Canadian women {{Canada-alpine-skiing-bio-stub