Frédérique Turgeon (born March 25, 1999) is a Canadian para-alpine skier.

Career

She won gold at the

2015 Canada Winter Games The 2015 Canada Winter Games, officially known as the XXV Canada Games, is a Canadian multi-sport event that was held from February 12 to March 1, 2015, in Prince George, British Columbia. Sports Alpine skiing2019 World Para Alpine Skiing Championships. 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 Olymp ...

and finished ninth in the giant slalom. She was born with

congenital femoral deficiency Proximal femoral focal deficiency (PFFD), also known as Congenital Femoral Deficiency (CFD), is a rare, non-hereditary birth defect that affects the pelvis, particularly the hip bone, and the proximal femur. The disorder may affect one side or ...

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