Madeleine Dupont

Madeleine Kanstrup Dupont (born 26 May 1987 in Glostrup, Denmark[1]) is a Danish curler from Copenhagen.[2] She won the Frances Brodie Award in 2004. She currently skips her own team with team mates Denise Dupont (Madeleine's sister),[3] Christine Svensen and Lina Knudsen. The team won gold in the big world cup tournament in Yichun, China in December 2011.

Madeleine Dupont

Medal record
World Curling Championships
2007 Aomori
2009 Gangneung
European Curling Championships
2002 Gridnelwald
2008 Örnsköldsvik
2009 Aberdeen
World Junior Curling Championships
2007 Eveleth

Dupont has competed in three Olympic Games and 18 World Championships events, finishing 2nd at the 2007 World Women's Curling Championship and 3rd at the 2009 World Women's Curling Championship. She won a gold medal at the World Junior "B" Curling Championships in 2004, and a silver medal in 2002 at the European Curling championships as an alternate for Dorthe Holm's team. She also skipped the Danish team at the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang.

Dupont won a bronze medal at the 2007 World Junior Curling Championships, and a silver medal at the 2007 World Women's Curling Championship.

Personal life

Dupont was featured topless in a calendar to promote curling. About the picture, she stated, "If a picture of me can get more people to watch curling on TV, that's a good thing."[4] Dupont is a client manager at TV 2 in Denmark. She is married.[5]

Dupont is part of a curling family, her father Kim Dupont competed at two World Junior Championships, her brother Oliver Dupont won a silver medal at the 2016 World Men's Championship, and her sister Denise Dupont has been a long-time teammate.[6]

Grand Slam record
Key
C Champion
F Lost in Final
SF Lost in Semifinal
QF Lost in Quarterfinals
R16 Lost in the round of 16
Q Did not advance to playoffs
T2 Played in Tier 2 event
DNP Did not participate in event
N/A Not a Grand Slam event that season
Event 2021–22
Champions Cup

Former events
Event 2009–10
Autumn Gold Q

Teammates

References
  1. "Madeleine Dupont," Team Dupont Curling
  2. "2020 World Women's Curling Championship Media Guide" (PDF). Curling Canada. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
  3. "Renee meets her Olympic mates: Sonnenberg takes Danish team on tour". Grande Prairie Daily Herald-Tribune. 9 October 2009. Archived from the original on 15 March 2014. Retrieved 15 March 2014.
  4. "Kritik af fræk curling-kalender – Ekstra Bladet".
  5. "2022 World Women's Curling Championship Media Guide" (PDF). Curling Canada. Retrieved 16 March 2022.
  6. "Madeleine Dupont". NBC Olympics. Retrieved 15 April 2021.


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