Lisa DeJong (born May 12, 1989) is a Canadian retired para-snowboarder who competed in the SB-LL2 category. She won Canada's first Winter Paralympic medal at the 2022 Winter Paralympics, and retired on October 10, 2023.[1]
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| Born | May 12, 1989 Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Life and career edit
DeJong won the silver medal in the women's dual banked slalom at the 2021 World Para Snow Sports Championships held in Lillehammer, Norway.[2][3] She also won the silver medal in the women's snowboard cross event.[4][5] DeJong and Sandrine Hamel also won the gold medal in the women's team event.[6]
She qualified to compete in snowboarding at the 2022 Winter Paralympics in Beijing, China.[7][8] She won the silver medal in the women's snowboard cross SB-LL2 event.[9][10] She also competed in the women's banked slalom SB-LL2 event.[10]
Personal life edit
DeJong is married and has two daughters.[11]
References edit
- ^ "Canada's First-ever Winter Paralympic Snowboard Medalist Retires". SIRC. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
- ^ "Lisa Bunschoten trails, falls, recovers and wins third straight world title". Paralympic.org. 14 January 2022. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
- ^ Houston, Michael (14 January 2022). "United States win three snowboard golds at World Para Snow Sports Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
- ^ "Canada's Tyler Turner beats 'best of the best' for first World Championships gold". 21 January 2022. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
- ^ Burke, Patrick (21 January 2022). "Pedersen clinches third gold of World Para Snow Sports Championships in Lillehammer". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
- ^ "'O Canada' rings out twice as country's riders sweep team events". Paralympic.org. 22 January 2022. Retrieved 22 January 2022.
- ^ Lloyd, Owen (11 February 2022). "Canada announces strong four-member Para snowboard team for Beijing 2022". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 11 February 2022.
- ^ "Four Para snowboarders to represent Canada at Beijing 2022 Paralympic Winter Games". Canadian Paralympic Committee. 10 February 2022. Retrieved 11 February 2022.
- ^ Burke, Patrick (7 March 2022). "Hernandez takes snowboard cross gold at Beijing 2022 Winter Paralympics". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
- ^ a b "Snowboarding Results Book" (PDF). 2022 Winter Paralympics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 March 2022. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
- ^ Morey, Lindsay (31 August 2021). "Park para snowboarder hoping to qualify for 2022 Paralympics". Sherwood Park News. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
