Dominique Maltais

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Medal record
Women’s Snowboarding
Competitor for Canada
Olympic Games
Bronze	2006 Turin	Snowboard Cross

Dominique Maltais (born November 9, 1980 in Charlevoix, Quebec) is a Canadian snowboarder. Her specialty is Snowboard Cross.

Maltais started competing in 2002, and won the Canadian Championship in 2003 and again in 2004. Internationally, she came 5th in the World Cup during her rookie year (2003-04) with 2 podium finishes that year. In her second year (2004-05), she won the European Cup and came in 8th in the World Cup. During that World Cup she had two podium finishes, including her first gold. In the 2005 World Championships, Maltais finished 4th, letting her set her sights on an Olympic medal in Turin in 2006, the first time Snowboard Cross would be contested at the Winter Olympics.

In Turin, Maltais was in a final of four with fellow Canadian Maelle Ricker. Ricker fell in the early stages, and Maltais crashed out of a corner farther down. After the other two racers (Tanja Frieden and Lindsey Jacobellis) finished, Maltais was able to get up and finish the race, earning her the bronze.