Madeleine Kanstrup Dupont (born 26 May 1987 in

Glostrup Glostrup is a Denmark, Danish town in Capital Region of Denmark, Region Hovedstaden, forming one of the Western suburbs (Copenhagen), western suburbs of Copenhagen. It is the administrative seat of Glostrup Municipality, with an estimated populati ...

, Denmark) is a Danish curler from Copenhagen. She won the Frances Brodie Award in 2004. She currently skips her own team with teammates Mathilde Halse, Jasmin Holtermann, My Larsen, and

Denise Dupont Denise Kanstrup Dupont (born 24 May 1984) is a Danish curler. She currently plays second on the Danish National Women's Curling Team skipped by her sister Madeleine Dupont. After several years of limited success in the Junior ranks, Dupont j ...

(Madeleine's sister). Dupont has competed in three Olympic Games and 14 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

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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 won two bronze medals at the European Championships, throwing last rocks for Denmark, in

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. In

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she became European champion after an extra-end win over Switzerland in the final. At the Olympics, Dupont threw last rocks for her country at the 2010 Vancouver Games, where the team finished in fourth place. She skipped the Danish team at the

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to a 10th-place finish, and again at the 2022 Beijing Olympics, finishing 9th. On the

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, she won the Yi Chun Ladies International event in

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in December 2011 and the 2021 Women's Masters Basel. As of August 2023, Dupont is a coordinator for the Danish curling elite programme.

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 and has one son. Dupont is part of a curling family, her father Kim Dupont competed at two World Junior Championships, and her brother

Oliver Dupont Oliver Dupont (born 16 January 1990) is a Danish curler. He won a gold medal at the 2009 World Junior Curling Championships. Career Juniors As a junior curler, Dupont competed in five consecutive World Junior Curling Championships with Denm ...

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 *

, ''Third'' * Angelina Jensen, ''Skip'' * Camilla Jensen, ''Lead'' * Ane Hansen, ''Alternate''

References

External links

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Madeleine Dupont
at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics (archived)
Madeleine Dupont
at the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics (archived)
TeamDupont profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Dupont, Madeleine 1987 births Living people Danish female curlers Olympic curlers for Denmark Curlers at the 2010 Winter Olympics Curlers at the 2018 Winter Olympics Curlers at the 2022 Winter Olympics Curlers from Copenhagen Sportspeople from Glostrup Municipality 21st-century Danish sportswomen