Simon Lapointe

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Simon Lapointe Cross-country skiing
nation CanadaCanada Canada
birthday 18th August 1993 (age 27)
place of birth Gatineau , Canada
Career
society Skinouk
Trainer Louis Bouchard
Godefroy Bilodeau
Vincent Renart
National squad since 2013
status active
Placements in the cross-country skiing world cup
 Debut in the World Cup March 1, 2016
 Overall World Cup 159. ( 2016/17 )
 Sprint World Cup 089th ( 2016/17 )
Placements in the Continental Cup (COC)
 Debut in the Continental Cup 0January 8, 2011
 NAC overall rating 30. ( 2013/14 )
 UST overall rating 47th ( 2016/17 )
last change: April 14, 2017

Simon Lapointe (born August 18, 1993 in Gatineau ) is a Canadian cross-country skier .

Career

Lapointe made his international debut as part of the cross-country skiing Nor-Am-Cup in January 2011 in Thunder Bay . In the winter of 2013/14 he achieved his best result to date in the NorAm Cup with an overall rank of 30. He achieved his first top ten position in this racing series with sixth place in the sprint in Vernon . In February 2014, he was also used for the first time in the Nordic Scandinavian Cup , but missed the top positions, mainly due to the strong Europeans. In March 2016, Lapointe started for the first time as part of the 2016 World Cup finals in stage races in the cross-country skiing World Cup . A year later, he started in a sprint World Cup for the first time at the dress rehearsal for the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang . As 27th, he collected his first four World Cup points, with which he reached 159th place overall. Before the end of the season he also made his debut in the cross-country Alpine Cup in Zwiesel , but did not score any points.

Lapointe is studying biology at the Cégep Garneau College in Québec .

Placements in the World Cup

World Cup Statistics

The table shows the placements achieved in detail.

  • 1st – 3rd place: Number of podium placements
  • Top 10: Number of places in the top ten
  • Points ranks: Number of placements within the point ranks
  • Starts: Number of races run in the respective discipline
  • Note: In the distance races, the classification is based on the FIS.
placement Distance races a Skiathlon
pursuit 		sprint Stage
race b 		total team
≤ 5 km ≤ 10 km ≤ 15 km ≤ 30 km > 30 km sprint Season
1st place  
2nd place  
3rd place  
Top 10  
Scoring 1 1
Starts 1 2 1 4th
Status: end of season 2016/17
a including individual starts and mass starts according to FIS classification
bEntire race, not individual stages, e.g. B. Tour de Ski, Nordic Opening, season finale

World Cup overall placements

season total distance sprint
Points space Points space Points space
2016/17 4th 159. - - 4th 89.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f Cross Country Canada - Simon Lapointe. In: cccski.com. August 18, 1993. Retrieved April 14, 2017 .
  2. ↑ Simon Lapointe's official blog. In: simon-lapointe.blogspot.de. Retrieved April 14, 2017 .
personal data
SURNAME Lapointe, Simon
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian cross-country skier
DATE OF BIRTH August 18, 1993
PLACE OF BIRTH Gatineau , Canada