{"id":90650,"date":"2014-01-21T13:30:46","date_gmt":"2014-01-21T18:30:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/develop.olympic.ca\/olympique\/?post_type=athletes&#038;p=90650"},"modified":"2017-07-19T14:52:57","modified_gmt":"2017-07-19T18:52:57","slug":"alexandra-duckworth","status":"publish","type":"athletes","link":"https:\/\/develop.olympic.ca\/olympique\/team-canada\/alexandra-duckworth\/","title":{"rendered":"Alexandra Duckworth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>M\u00eame si Alexandra Duckworth a pu vivre de pr\u00e8s les Jeux olympiques d\u2019hiver de 2010 \u00e0 Vancouver, l\u2019exp\u00e9rience ne s\u2019est pas d\u00e9roul\u00e9e comme elle l\u2019avait envisag\u00e9e. En effet, la fracture qu\u2019elle a subie \u00e0 la cheville \u00e0 la suite d\u2019un accident de planche \u00e0 roulettes en octobre 2009 l\u2019a emp\u00each\u00e9e de se tailler la derni\u00e8re place au sein de l\u2019\u00e9quipe olympique. Alexandra a plut\u00f4t \u00e9t\u00e9 nomm\u00e9e r\u00e9serviste et, \u00e0 ce titre, a servi d\u2019ouvreuse de piste charg\u00e9e de mettre \u00e0 l\u2019essai la demi-lune avant la comp\u00e9tition. Quatre ans plus tard, elle est devenue une olympienne et a particip\u00e9 aux Jeux olympiques d\u2019hiver de 2014 \u00e0 Sotchi o\u00f9 elle s\u2019est class\u00e9e au 17<sup>e<\/sup> rang.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Ayant fait ses d\u00e9buts sur le circuit de la Coupe du monde en d\u00e9cembre 2005, Alexandra y figure comme concurrente r\u00e9guli\u00e8re depuis 2008. Elle participe aussi activement au World Snowboard Tour. Mais en f\u00e9vrier 2012, une autre m\u00e9saventure lui est arriv\u00e9e lorsqu\u2019elle a fait une violente chute au cours d\u2019une \u00e9preuve de slopestyle. Le bilan\u00a0: une fracture au gros orteil qui a n\u00e9cessit\u00e9 une op\u00e9ration chirurgicale, ainsi que des ecchymoses osseuses et du tissu mou du pied.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Parmi les faits saillants de sa carri\u00e8re figure sa performance aux Championnats du monde de 2013, o\u00f9 elle a termin\u00e9 au 10<sup>e<\/sup> rang, soit le meilleur r\u00e9sultat obtenu \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e9chelle de l\u2019\u00e9quipe canadienne f\u00e9minine de demi-lune.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>FAITS SAILLANTS EN CARRI\u00c8RE<\/h2>\n<p>M\u00e9daill\u00e9e d\u2019argent aux Championnats du monde juniors de 2006 (\u00e9preuve de big air).<\/p>\n<p>Championne aux Jeux du Canada d\u2019hiver de 2007 (\u00e9preuve de demi-lune).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>\u00c0 PROPOS DE L\u2019ATHL\u00c8TE<\/h2>\n<p><b>Introduction au sport : <\/b>Elle s\u2019est initi\u00e9e au surf des neiges \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e2ge de 10 ans. Elle adore ce sport, car il r\u00e9unit les \u00e9l\u00e9ments amusants que sont la musique, la camaraderie et la cr\u00e9ativit\u00e9&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><b>Autres int\u00e9r\u00eats : <\/b>Elle a \u00e9tudi\u00e9 \u00e0 l\u2019Universit\u00e9 Acadia avant de partir faire ses \u00e9tudes \u00e0 l\u2019Universit\u00e9 McGill, o\u00f9 elle a temporairement interrompu son programme de dipl\u00f4me en arts lib\u00e9raux. Elle aime faire du yoga, du karaok\u00e9 sur YouTube et la cuisine, en plus de jouer du ukul\u00e9l\u00e9. Pendant la saison morte, elle se pla\u00eet \u00e0 faire de la voile chez elle en Nouvelle-\u00c9cosse&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>De tout et de rien :<\/strong> Surnoms\u00a0: Ducky, Goose.<\/p>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2>PALMAR\u00c8S INTERNATIONAL<\/h2>\n<p>Jeux olympiques d\u2019hiver\u00a0: <strong>2014<\/strong> \u2013 17<sup>e<\/sup> (demi-lune).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Championnats du monde FIS\u00a0: <strong>2013<\/strong> \u2013 10<sup>e<\/sup> (demi-lune); <strong>2011 <\/strong>\u2013 14<sup>e <\/sup>(demi-lune), 17<sup>e<\/sup> (slopestyle).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>M\u00eame si Alexandra Duckworth a pu vivre de pr\u00e8s les Jeux olympiques d\u2019hiver de 2010 \u00e0 Vancouver, l\u2019exp\u00e9rience ne s\u2019est&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":90652,"template":"","tags":[51841510],"hof-categories":[],"year-inducted":[],"gender":[23319],"season":[],"sport":[18758654],"game":[191933058],"team":[209268990],"event":[181822371],"province":[],"class_list":["post-90650","athletes","type-athletes","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-surf-des-neiges-2","gender-feminin","sport-snowboard","game-2014-sotchi","team-sotchi-2014-surf-des-neiges","event-demi-lune-femmes"],"acf":[],"featured_image_url":"https:\/\/develop.olympic.ca\/olympique\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/01\/duckworth.jpg?quality=100","category_names":[],"tag_names":["surf des neiges"],"sport_names":[287],"game_names":["Sotchi 2014"],"season_names":[],"team_names":["Sotchi 2014 Surf des neiges"],"province_names":[],"social_facebook":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/supduckworth","social_twitter":"supduckworth","social_linkedin":"","social_gplus":"","social_instagram":"duckworth","social_website":"http:\/\/www.myhotdogblog.com\/","total_medal_count_gold":"","total_medal_count_silver":"","total_medal_count_bronze":"","athlete_headshot":"https:\/\/develop.olympic.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/01\/a-duckworth.jpg?quality=75","athlete_height":"158","athlete_weight":"50","athlete_hometown":"Kingsburg, Nova Scotia","athlete_birthplace":"Ottawa, Ontario","coc_gracenote_id":"","athlete_dob":"November 11, 1987","athlete_age":38,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.olympic.ca\/olympique\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/athletes\/90650","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":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.olympic.ca\/olympique\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/athletes\/90650\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.olympic.ca\/olympique\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/90652"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.olympic.ca\/olympique\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=90650"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.olympic.ca\/olympique\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=90650"},{"taxonomy":"hof-categories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.olympic.ca\/olympique\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hof-categories?post=90650"},{"taxonomy":"year-inducted","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.olympic.ca\/olympique\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/year-inducted?post=90650"},{"taxonomy":"gender","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.olympic.ca\/olympique\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/gender?post=90650"},{"taxonomy":"season","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.olympic.ca\/olympique\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/season?post=90650"},{"taxonomy":"sport","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.olympic.ca\/olympique\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sport?post=90650"},{"taxonomy":"game","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.olympic.ca\/olympique\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/game?post=90650"},{"taxonomy":"team","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.olympic.ca\/olympique\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/team?post=90650"},{"taxonomy":"event","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.olympic.ca\/olympique\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event?post=90650"},{"taxonomy":"province","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.olympic.ca\/olympique\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/province?post=90650"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}