Saturday, February 8, 2014

Freestyle Skiing - Ladies' Moguls - 2014 Winter Olympics

 Justine Dufour-Lapointe
Gold Medal
Canada
Justine Dufour-Lapointe (born March 25, 1994) is a Canadian freestyle skier from Montréal, Quebec. She was the FIS World Cup rookie of the year for the 2010–11 season. At the 2013 FIS World Championships, Dufour-Lapointe won a bronze medal in the moguls event. She became an Olympic champion at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi.
Hannah Kearney
Bronze Medal
U.S.A.
Hannah Kearney (born February 26, 1986) is an American mogul skier who won a gold medal at the 2010 Winter Olympics and a bronze medal at the 2014 Winter Olympics.

Born in Hanover, New Hampshire, Kearney grew up and still lives in Norwich, Vermont. She is the daughter of Tom and Jill Kearney, who met while attending McGill University in Montreal, Quebec. Kearney graduated from Hanover High School. Her mother is active in promoting youth sports as the director of the Town of Norwich Recreation Department. Kearney is currently studying at Dartmouth College as a member of the class of 2015.
In her free time, Kearney likes to ride horses, knit, play soccer, read, and watch her brother Denny play hockey. She considers herself "half-Canadian" because her mother grew up in Montreal and she has relatives living in Vancouver and Montreal.

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