{"id":278332,"date":"2026-01-20T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-20T19:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/develop.olympic.ca\/olympique\/?post_type=athletes&#038;p=278332"},"modified":"2026-02-24T12:43:26","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T17:43:26","slug":"elliot-vaillancourt","status":"publish","type":"athletes","link":"https:\/\/develop.olympic.ca\/olympique\/team-canada\/elliot-vaillancourt\/","title":{"rendered":"Elliot Vaillancourt"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Elliot&nbsp;Vaillancourt fera ses d\u00e9buts olympiques \u00e0 Milano Cortina&nbsp;2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Vaillancourt a remport\u00e9 l\u2019or \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e9preuve de bosses en parall\u00e8le aux Championnats du monde juniors de la FIS&nbsp;2019, o\u00f9 il a \u00e9galement termin\u00e9 au cinqui\u00e8me rang en bosses. Il s\u2019agissait de sa troisi\u00e8me participation cons\u00e9cutive aux Mondiaux juniors. Il a particip\u00e9 \u00e0 ses premiers Championnats du monde seniors de la FIS en 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Vaillancourt a commenc\u00e9 \u00e0 participer aux \u00e9preuves de la Coupe du monde FIS en janvier&nbsp;2018 en allant aux \u00e9tapes canadiennes du circuit, \u00e0 Calgary et \u00e0 Mont-Tremblant. Il s\u2019est joint au circuit \u00e0 temps plein pour la saison&nbsp;2019-20. Il a obtenu son premier r\u00e9sultat dans le top&nbsp;10 \u00e0 domicile, \u00e0 Val St-C\u00f4me, au Qu\u00e9bec, en janvier&nbsp;2023, avec une neuvi\u00e8me place en bosses et une dixi\u00e8me place en bosses en parall\u00e8le. Il a particip\u00e9 \u00e0 sa premi\u00e8re super finale \u00e0 six moins d\u2019une semaine plus tard lorsqu\u2019il a pris le cinqui\u00e8me rang en bosses \u00e0 Deer Valley.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Vaillancourt a connu sa meilleure saison en Coupe du monde en 2023-24 lorsqu\u2019il a termin\u00e9 en cinqui\u00e8me place sur le classement en bosses. Il a remport\u00e9 ses deux premiers podiums de la Coupe du monde lors de cette saison, une deuxi\u00e8me place \u00e0 Alpe d\u2019Huez, en France, en d\u00e9cembre, et une autre \u00e0 Val St-C\u00f4me en janvier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Vaillancourt a \u00e9t\u00e9 le champion du classement g\u00e9n\u00e9ral de la Coupe Nor-Am en bosses\/bosses en parall\u00e8le en 2019-20. Il a amorc\u00e9 la comp\u00e9tition dans les \u00e9preuves de la Coupe Nor-Am en 2015. Il compte un total de six victoires en carri\u00e8re sur ce circuit, soit trois en bosses et trois en bosses en parall\u00e8le.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>\u00c0 propos d\u2019Elliot<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>D\u00e9buts&nbsp;:<\/strong> il a commenc\u00e9 \u00e0 skier \u00e0 5&nbsp;ans. <strong>Autres int\u00e9r\u00eats&nbsp;:<\/strong> il \u00e9tudie pour obtenir un dipl\u00f4me en g\u00e9nie m\u00e9canique \u00e0 l\u2019Universit\u00e9 Laval. Il aime faire du v\u00e9lo de montagne et du v\u00e9lo de route pendant la saison morte.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Elliot&nbsp;Vaillancourt fera ses d\u00e9buts olympiques \u00e0 Milano Cortina&nbsp;2026. 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