Deidra Dionne
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| Olympic medalist | |||
| Image:Deidra Dionne.jpg Deidra Dionne |
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| Medal record | |||
| Women's Freestyle Skiing | |||
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| Bronze | 2002 Salt Lake City | Aerials | |
Deidra Dionne (born on February 5, 1982 in North Battleford, Saskatchewan[1][2]) is a Canadian freestyle skier. She won bronze in the 2002 Winter Olympics in freestyle aerial ski[3] She also won the bronze medal at the 2001 and 2003 FIS World Freestyle Ski Championships.[1]
Her health and career appeared in jeopardy in September 1, 2005; when she had a training accident that injured her neck.[4] She came close to being paralyzed.[5] She had to have surgery where two vertebrae in her neck were fused with a titanium plate.[2] A bone graft needed to be taken from her right hip.[2] Eventually she recoverred, and was able to participate in the 2006 Winter Olympics. [6]
At the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympics Dionne won a bronze medal in women's aerial ski jumping.
[edit] Personal life
Dionne graduated from the National Sport School[3] in 1999, and then went on to pursue a Bachelor of Arts program through Athabasca University.[7]
[edit] References
- ^ a b Profile of Deidra Dionne by the Canadian Freestyle Ski Association
- ^ a b c Profile of Deidra Dionne by the CBC
- ^ a b "National Sport School Opens", Ski and Snowboard Canada, October 16, 2003.
- ^ Stroup, Matt, "Crashing consequences: Teammates help Deidra Dionne overcome horrifying injury", NBC.
- ^ Kingston, Gary, "Medallist scared but eager to take the leap once again", Vancouver Sun, October 29, 2005.
- ^ Profile of Deidra Dionne by the Organising Committee of the XX Torino 2006 Olympic Winter Games
- ^ Official site of Deidra Dionne biography
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