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Madeleine Dupont

Danish curler from Hvidovre

Madeleine Kanstrup Dupont (born 26 May 1987 in Glostrup, Denmark) is a Danish curler from Copenhagen. She won the Frances Brodie Award in 2004. She currently skips her own team with team mates Mathilde Halse, Denise Dupont (Madeleine's sister), and My Larsen.

Dupont has competed in three Olympic Games and 13 World Championships, winning medals at the 2007 World Women's Curling Championship (silver) and the 2009 World Women's Curling Championship (bronze). She won a gold medal at the World Junior "B" Curling Championships in 2004, and a silver medal in 2002 at the European Curling championships as an alternate for Dorthe Holm's team. She also won a bronze medal at the 2007 World Junior Curling Championships. She has won two bronze medals at the European Championships throwing last rocks for Denmark, in 2008 and 2009.

At the Olympics, Dupont threw last rocks for her country at the 2010 Vancouver Games, where they team finished in fourth place. She skipped the Danish team at the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang to a 10th place finish, and again at the 2022 Beijing Olympics, finishing 9th.

On the World Curling Tour, she won the Yi Chun Ladies International event in Yichun, Heilongjiang in December 2011, and the 2021 Women's Masters Basel.

Contents

  • 1 Personal life
  • 2 Grand Slam record
    • 2.1 Former events
  • 3 Teammates
  • 4 References
  • 5 External links

Personal life

Dupont was featured topless in a calendar to promote curling. About the picture, she stated, "If a picture of me can get more people to watch curling on TV, that's a good thing." Dupont is a client manager at TV 2 in Denmark. She is married.

Dupont is part of a curling family, her father Kim Dupont competed at two World Junior Championships, her brother Oliver Dupont won a silver medal at the 2016 World Men's Championship, and her sister Denise Dupont has been a long-time teammate.

Grand Slam record

Former events

Teammates

  • 2007 Aomori World Championships
  • 2009 Gangneung World Championships
  • 2010 Vancouver Olympic Games
  • Denise Dupont, Third
  • Angelina Jensen, Skip
  • Camilla Jensen, Lead
  • Ane Hansen, Alternate

References

    External links

    • Madeleine Dupont at World Curling Federation
    • Madeleine Dupont at Olympics.com
    • Madeleine Dupont at Olympedia
    • Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et:al. "Madeleine Dupont". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
    • TeamDupont profile
    • 2010 Olympics profile