Vincent Marquis (born April 15, 1984 in

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) is a

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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 ...

who currently resides in

. Vincent Marquis participates in moguls.

Skiing career

Marquis has been part of two historic sweeps of the medal podiums on the 2008-09

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tour with

Alexandre Bilodeau Alexandre Bilodeau (; born September 8, 1987) is a Canadian retired freestyle skiing, freestyle skier from Rosemère, Rosemere, Quebec, Bilodeau currently resides in Montreal, Montreal, Quebec. Bilodeau won a gold medal in the Freestyle skiing a ...

and

Pierre-Alexandre Rousseau Pierre-Alexandre Rousseau (born October 6, 1979, in Drummondville, Quebec) is a Canadian freestyle skier who currently resides in Drummondville. Pierre-Alexandre Rousseau participates in the mogul discipline. Rousseau has been part of two his ...

. Marquis also managed a bronze medal at the 2009 FIS Freestyle World Skiing Championships, the only male Canadian to podium in men's moguls. A career highlight includes winning the world cup event on his home

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course. Marquis was part of the freestyle squad that went to the

2010 Winter Olympics )'' , nations = 82 , athletes = 2,626 , events = 86 in 7 sports (15 disciplines) , opening = February 12, 2010 , closing = February 28, 2010 , opened_by = Governor General Michaëlle Jean , cauldron = Catriona Le May DoanNancy GreeneWayne Gretz ...

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, Canada. There Marquis qualified for the final with a score of 23.71 that was good enough for 12th. In the finals Marquis had a run of 25.88 as the 8th competitor to go, Marquis remained in the top 3 until the second last competitor started. At this point fellow Canadian Alexandre Bilodeau was on the course, Bilodeau finished in first place and pushed Marquis out of the medals.

Personal life

His brother

Philippe Marquis Philippe Marquis (born May 9, 1989) is a Canadian freestyle skier. He is the brother of mogulist Vincent Marquis. Marquis represented Canada at the 2014 Winter Olympics , ''Zharkie. Zimnie. Tvoi'') , nations = 88 , events = 98 in 7 sport ...

is on the national development squad for men's moguls. Vincent suffered an ACL tear in his knee in 2004, the surgery was performed by his father. Vincent is currently studying

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References

External links

National Team Profile

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