Philippe LaRoche (born December 12, 1966) is a Canadian

freestyle skier Freestyle skiing is a skiing discipline comprising aerials, moguls, cross, half-pipe, slopestyle and big air as part of the Winter Olympics. It can consist of a skier performing aerial flips and spins and can include skiers sliding rails and ...

and Olympic medalist. He received a silver medal at the

1994 Winter Olympics The 1994 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XVII Olympic Winter Games ( no, De 17. olympiske vinterleker; nn, Dei 17. olympiske vinterleikane) and commonly known as Lillehammer '94, was an international winter multi-sport event held fro ...

Lillehammer Lillehammer () is a municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Gudbrandsdal. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Lillehammer. Some of the more notable villages in the municip ...

, in aerials."1994 Winter Olympics – Lillehammer, Norway – Alpine Skiing"
– ''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on March 24, 2008) He finished first in the aerials (demonstration event) at the

1992 Winter Olympics ) , nations = 64 , athletes = 1,801 (1313 men, 488 women) , events = 57 in 6 sports (12 disciplines) , opening = 8 February 1992 , closing = 23 February 1992 , opened_by = President François Mitterrand , cauldron ...

Albertville Albertville (; Arpitan: ''Arbèrtvile'') is a subprefecture of the Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in Southeastern France. It is best known for hosting the 1992 Winter Olympics and Paralympics. In 2018, the commune had ...

. He is from, and still lives in Lac Beauport, Quebec, Canada.

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* * 1966 births Living people Canadian male freestyle skiers Freestyle skiers at the 1994 Winter Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Canada Olympic medalists in freestyle skiing Medalists at the 1994 Winter Olympics Sportspeople from Quebec {{Canada-freestyle-skiing-bio-stub