Lisa DeJong (born May 12, 1989) is a Canadian retired para-snowboarder who competed in the SB-LL2 category. She won Canada's first Winter Paralympic medal at the

2022 Winter Paralympics The 2022 Winter Paralympics (), commonly known as Beijing 2022 (), was an international winter multi-sport parasports event held in Beijing, China from 4 to 13 March 2022. This was the 13th Winter Paralympic Games, as administered by the Inte ...

, and retired on October 10, 2023.

Life and career

DeJong won the silver medal in the women's dual banked slalom at the

2021 World Para Snow Sports Championships The 2021 World Para Snow Sports Championships was an international disability sport competition held in Lillehammer, Norway from 8 to 23 January 2022. It was the inaugural edition of the World Para Snow Sports Championships with para-alpine skiin ...

held in Lillehammer, Norway. She also won the silver medal in the women's snowboard cross event. DeJong and Sandrine Hamel also won the gold medal in the women's team event. She qualified to compete in snowboarding at the

in Beijing, China. She won the silver medal in the women's snowboard cross SB-LL2 event. She also competed in the women's banked slalom SB-LL2 event.

Personal life

DeJong is married and has two daughters.

References

External links

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:DeJong, Lisa 1989 births Living people Canadian female snowboarders Sportspeople from Saskatoon Paralympic snowboarders for Canada Snowboarders at the 2022 Winter Paralympics Medalists at the 2022 Winter Paralympics Paralympic medalists in snowboarding Paralympic silver medalists for Canada 21st-century Canadian women