{"id":277595,"date":"2026-01-16T19:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-17T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/develop.olympic.ca\/olympique\/?post_type=athletes&#038;p=277595"},"modified":"2026-02-25T16:44:49","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T21:44:49","slug":"eli-bouchard","status":"publish","type":"athletes","link":"https:\/\/develop.olympic.ca\/olympique\/team-canada\/eli-bouchard\/","title":{"rendered":"Eli Bouchard"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Eli&nbsp;Bouchard fera ses d\u00e9buts olympiques \u00e0 Milano Cortina&nbsp;2026, deux ans seulement apr\u00e8s avoir remport\u00e9 deux m\u00e9dailles aux Jeux olympiques de la jeunesse d\u2019hiver \u00e0 Gangwon&nbsp;2024. \u00c0 l\u2019\u00e2ge de 16&nbsp;ans, il avait remport\u00e9 l\u2019or au big air et en slopestyle.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Deux mois plus tard, il raflait le bronze en big air aux Championnats du monde juniors de la FIS, o\u00f9 il a \u00e9galement termin\u00e9 cinqui\u00e8me en slopestyle. Il s\u2019agissait de sa deuxi\u00e8me participation cons\u00e9cutive aux championnats du monde juniors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bouchard a fait ses d\u00e9buts \u00e0 la Coupe du monde de la FIS en d\u00e9cembre&nbsp;2022 lors d\u2019une \u00e9preuve de big air au Commonwealth Stadium \u00e0 Edmonton, 2&nbsp;jours seulement avant son 15<sup>e<\/sup>&nbsp;anniversaire. Il a obtenu sa premi\u00e8re m\u00e9daille et victoire en Coupe du monde en f\u00e9vrier&nbsp;2025 en remportant l\u2019\u00e9preuve de big air \u00e0 Aspen. Il a r\u00e9ussi un \u00ab&nbsp;triple moose flip&nbsp;\u00bb, une figure qu\u2019il a invent\u00e9e et nomm\u00e9e, pour cette victoire. Il est la seule personne \u00e0 avoir tent\u00e9 cette figure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bouchard est devenu populaire sur YouTube \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e2ge de huit ans lorsqu\u2019il est devenu le plus jeune planchiste connu \u00e0 r\u00e9ussir un double saut p\u00e9rilleux arri\u00e8re. \u00c0 10&nbsp;ans, il est devenu le plus jeune athl\u00e8te \u00e0 r\u00e9aliser un frontside double cork 1080.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Il a \u00e9t\u00e9 double m\u00e9daill\u00e9 en slopestyle et big air aux Jeux d\u2019hiver du Canada&nbsp;2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>\u00c0 propos d\u2019Eli<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>D\u00e9buts&nbsp;:<\/strong> il a embarqu\u00e9 sur sa premi\u00e8re planche \u00e0 un an seulement, car son p\u00e8re voulait faire de la planche \u00e0 neige en famille. Il a commenc\u00e9 la comp\u00e9tition \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e2ge de huit ans. Le snowboard comble de d\u00e9sir de cr\u00e9er, d\u2019\u00e9voluer et de repousser ses limites. <strong>Autres int\u00e9r\u00eats&nbsp;:<\/strong> il aime faire du crochet pendant la saison de comp\u00e9tition et p\u00eacher entre les saisons. <strong>De tout et de rien&nbsp;:<\/strong> il a \u00e9t\u00e9 r\u00e9cipiendaire d\u2019une bourse du programme FACE de Petro-Canada en 2024. Il s\u2019inspire du Norv\u00e9gien Marcus&nbsp;Kleveland, 13&nbsp;fois m\u00e9daill\u00e9 des X Games, pour la cr\u00e9ativit\u00e9 et l\u2019originalit\u00e9 qu\u2019il apporte au snowboard. Citation favorite&nbsp;: \u00ab&nbsp;Certains veulent que \u00e7a arrive, d\u2019autres l\u2019esp\u00e8rent, et les autres le font.&nbsp;\u00bb<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eli&nbsp;Bouchard fera ses d\u00e9buts olympiques \u00e0 Milano Cortina&nbsp;2026, deux ans seulement apr\u00e8s avoir remport\u00e9 deux m\u00e9dailles aux Jeux olympiques de&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":283924,"template":"","tags":[682166474,1104411,682164262,21412,415984703],"hof-categories":[],"year-inducted":[],"gender":[42123],"season":[415983969],"sport":[18758654],"game":[682162406],"team":[682167227],"event":[415985488,205900625],"province":[415983157],"class_list":["post-277595","athletes","type-athletes","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-eli-bouchard","tag-equipe-canada","tag-milano-cortina-2026","tag-snowboard","tag-snowboard-canada","gender-masculin","season-hiver","sport-snowboard","game-milano-cortina-2026","team-milano-cortina-2026-snowboard","event-big-air-hommes","event-slopestyle-hommes","province-quebec"],"acf":[],"featured_image_url":"https:\/\/develop.olympic.ca\/olympique\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/01\/MDB_20260215_6860-e1772055779927.jpg?quality=100","category_names":[],"tag_names":["Eli Bouchard","\u00c9quipe canada","Milano Cortina 2026","Snowboard","snowboard canada"],"sport_names":[287],"game_names":["Milano Cortina 2026"],"season_names":["Hiver"],"team_names":["Milano Cortina 2026 Snowboard"],"province_names":["Qu\u00e9bec"],"social_facebook":"","social_twitter":"","social_linkedin":"","social_gplus":"","social_instagram":"eli.bouchard","social_website":"","total_medal_count_gold":"","total_medal_count_silver":"","total_medal_count_bronze":"","athlete_headshot":"https:\/\/develop.olympic.ca\/olympique\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/01\/Bouchard_Eli01-e1768845038472.jpg?quality=100","athlete_height":"","athlete_weight":"","athlete_hometown":"Lac-Beauport, Qu\u00e9bec","athlete_birthplace":"Qu\u00e9bec, Qu\u00e9bec","coc_gracenote_id":"","athlete_dob":"","athlete_age":55,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.olympic.ca\/olympique\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/athletes\/277595","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.olympic.ca\/olympique\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/athletes"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.olympic.ca\/olympique\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/athletes"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/develop.olympic.ca\/olympique\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/athletes\/277595\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":277626,"href":"https:\/\/develop.olympic.ca\/olympique\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/athletes\/277595\/revisions\/277626"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.olympic.ca\/olympique\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/283924"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.olympic.ca\/olympique\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=277595"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.olympic.ca\/olympique\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=277595"},{"taxonomy":"hof-categories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.olympic.ca\/olympique\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hof-categories?post=277595"},{"taxonomy":"year-inducted","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.olympic.ca\/olympique\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/year-inducted?post=277595"},{"taxonomy":"gender","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.olympic.ca\/olympique\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/gender?post=277595"},{"taxonomy":"season","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.olympic.ca\/olympique\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/season?post=277595"},{"taxonomy":"sport","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.olympic.ca\/olympique\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sport?post=277595"},{"taxonomy":"game","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.olympic.ca\/olympique\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/game?post=277595"},{"taxonomy":"team","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.olympic.ca\/olympique\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/team?post=277595"},{"taxonomy":"event","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.olympic.ca\/olympique\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event?post=277595"},{"taxonomy":"province","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.olympic.ca\/olympique\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/province?post=277595"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}