Lloyd Langlois (born November 11, 1962 in Sherbrooke , Québec ) is a former Canadian freestyle skier . He specialized in the aerials (jumping) discipline. In 1986 and 1989 he was world champion, in 1994 he won the Olympic bronze medal. In the World Cup, he won the discipline classification twice and 21 individual competitions, which makes him the record winner in freestyle jumping.
Lloyd Langlois comes from Magog and was next to Jean-Marc Rozon and the Laroche brothers an important representative of the " Québec Air Force ", which dominated the aerials discipline in the 1980s and 1990s.
Langlois made his debut in the Freestyle Skiing World Cup in February 1983 in Livigno , where he narrowly missed the podium in fourth. After further top results, he achieved his first podium finish a year later with second place on the Hochkar . With three further podium places, he finished the season in third place in the discipline ranking. In January 1985, he won his first World Cup at Mont Gabriel not far from his hometown. Five more victories this season and two second places secured him the first time in the discipline classification. In the winter of 1985/86 he had to admit defeat to his teammate Yves Laroche in the Aerials classification despite four wins . For this he won the gold medal at the first world championships in Tignes before Laroche.
In the following two years he celebrated further World Cup victories, but remained in the discipline classification behind his strong compatriots in second and third place. At the Olympic Games in Calgary , where Aerials was first held as a demonstration competition, Langlois won the bronze medal. After he had achieved changeable results in only five competitions in 1988/89, he was able to win the title again at the World Championships in Oberjoch . After he missed the following season, he stayed at the World Championships in Lake Placid in fourth for the first time without a medal in a major event. He was also completely absent in 1991/92, but found his previous consistency in the following season and won the discipline ranking again eight years after his first victory. At the World Championships in Altenmarkt-Zauchensee , however, he did not get past tenth place. A year later he finished second in the aerials classification and won the bronze medal at the Olympic Games in Lillehammer behind Andreas Schönbächler and Philippe Laroche . In 1997 he celebrated his last World Cup victory in Lake Placid and became Canadian champion for the fourth and final time. At his seventh and last World Championships in Iizuna Kogen, he finished 27th.
At the age of 34, Langlois announced his retirement from competitive sports.
Further career
Lloyd Langlois gained his first experience as a businessman while negotiating sponsorship contracts. During his career as a top athlete, he took advantage of this and set up a frame and poster sale with his wife in Magog. When the two-year lease expired, he closed the business again. After starting to buy real estate early on , he bought a sawmill with up to ten employees in his own forest . After seven years in the wood industry, he sold both the land and the equipment and established a restaurant with his wife in his hometown. He also acquired other properties in and around Magog. In addition to his activities as a restaurateur and property owner, Langlois is the managing director of the local Cirque des Étoiles.