Audrey Robichaud
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Audrey Robichaud is a Canadian athlete.

She placed eighth in the women’s moguls freestyle skiing at the 2006 Olympics
Freestyle skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics
Four freestyle skiing events were held at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, at the venue in Sauze d'Oulx. There were both men's and women's competition in both aerials and moguls events...

 with a score of 23.10. She finished behind fellow Canadians Kristi Richards
Kristi Richards
Kristi Richards is a Canadian freestyle skier from Summerland, British Columbia. She pariticipates in moguls....

 (7th, 23.30) and Jennifer Heil
Jennifer Heil
Jennifer Heil is a Canadian freestyle skier from Spruce Grove, Alberta. Heil started skiing at age two. Jennifer Heil won the first gold medal for Canada in the 2006 Winter Olympics games in Turin, Italy and a silver medal at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, which was also Canada's first...

 (1st, 26.50) at this February 11, 2006, event.

In the World Cup Moguls event on December 18, 2005, she finished 14th.

Early career

Audrey began skiing at 4 years old and has been skiing moguls since she was 7 years old at Le Relais
Le Relais
Le Relais is a ski mountain just 15 minutes from downtown Quebec City, Canada. It is the smallest of the four ski stations located near Quebec City with Mont Sainte-Anne, Stoneham and Le Massif.- Description :...

, Québec
Quebec
Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....

. After a few years of competing at regional and provincial competitions, she was promoted to the Québec team. At the age of 13 years old, she was becoming more and more serious about the sport. At 16, after a couple good results on the noram circuit, she made the national team. In that same year, she did her first world cup in Mont-Tremblant
Mont-Tremblant
Circuit Mont-Tremblant is a race circuit about north of the village of Mont-Tremblant, Quebec, Canada. Formerly the village of Saint-Jovite was often included in the name but was amalgamated in 2000.-History:...

Québec and competed at 7 world cups, even winning the "rookie of the year" trophy.

Canadian Ski Team

In 2006 at the age of 17 Audrey was accepted by the National Team and qualified for the Olympics in Torino, where she placed 8th. Audrey did not qualify for the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver, but plans on competing in the 2014 Olympic Games in Sochi, RU.

Results

2004 - 2010

Source

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