Denise Dupont
Danish curler (born 1984)
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Denise Kanstrup Dupont (born 24 May 1984) is a Danish curler. She currently plays lead on the Danish National Women's Curling Team skipped by her sister Madeleine Dupont.
Copenhagen, Denmark
| Denise Dupont | |
|---|---|
Dupont at the 2010 Winter Olympics | |
| Born | 24 May 1984 (age 41) Copenhagen, Denmark |
| Team | |
| Curling club | Hvidovre CC, Hvidovre |
| Skip | Madeleine Dupont |
| Third | Mathilde Halse |
| Second | Jasmin Holtermann |
| Lead | Denise Dupont |
| Alternate | My Larsen |
Curling career  | |
| Member Association |  Denmark |
| World Championship appearances | 16 (2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2014, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025) |
| World Mixed Doubles Championship appearances | 1 (2015) |
| European Championship appearances | 15 (2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025) |
| Olympic appearances | 5 (2006, 2010, 2018, 2022, 2026) |
After several years of limited success in the Junior ranks, Dupont joined Dorthe Holm's team and was a member of the silver medal-winning European Curling Championships team in 2002. (Throwing second rocks). The following year, the team won a bronze medal. Her success at the European Championships never translated to Junior success or World Championship success at the time. In 2004, she was promoted to the third position, and the team won another bronze at the European Championships in 2005. She played third in the 2006 Olympics in Torino, Italy, where they finished 9th — following that, she left the team and joined up with Jensen. The new team succeeded at the 2007 World Women's Curling Championship, where they won silver. Denise Dupont returned to the world championships in 2008, where she played third for Angelina Jensen, finishing fifth after losing a tiebreaker to Japan's Moe Meguro.
Personal life
Dupont was born in Copenhagen and lives in Dragør. She is employed as a teacher and child behaviour specialist and has two children.[1] She is the sister of teammate Madeleine Dupont.[2] She competed in the 2015 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship with brother Oliver Dupont, just before that they also won 2015 Danish Mixed Doubles Curling Championship.
