Frédérique Turgeon (born March 25, 1999) is a Canadian para-alpine skier and 2024 Big Brother Célébrités contestant.

Career

She won gold at the 2015 Canada Winter Games and silver and bronze twice at the 2019 World Para Alpine Skiing Championships. She also represented Canada at the

2018 Winter Paralympics The 2018 Winter Paralympics (), the 12th Paralympic Winter Games, and also more generally known as the PyeongChang 2018 Paralympic Winter Games, were an international multi-sport event for athletes with disabilities governed by the Internation ...

and finished ninth in the giant slalom. She was born with congenital femoral deficiency resulting in one of her legs being 50% shorter than the other. She broke her leg during a crash in December 2013. After the crash she stopped competing on both legs and now competes on one leg.

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* * 1999 births Living people Paralympic alpine skiers for Canada Alpine skiers at the 2018 Winter Paralympics Skiers from Montreal 21st-century Canadian sportswomen Big Brother Canada contestants {{Canada-alpine-skiing-bio-stub