Denise Dupont

{{Short description|Danish curler (born 1984)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2024}} {{Infobox curler | image = Denise Dupont.jpg | caption = Dupont at the [[2010 Winter Olympics]] | birth_date = {{Birth-date and age|24 May 1984}} | birth_place = [[Copenhagen]], Denmark | Curling club = [[Hvidovre Curling Club|Hvidovre CC]], [[Hvidovre]] | Skip = [[Madeleine Dupont]] | Third = [[Mathilde Halse]] | Second = [[Jasmin Holtermann]] | Lead = [[Denise Dupont]] | Alternate = [[My Larsen]] | Member Association = {{DEN}} | Olympic appearances = 5 ([[Curling at the 2006 Winter Olympics#Women's tournament|2006]], [[Curling at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Women's tournament|2010]], [[Curling at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Women's tournament|2018]], [[Curling at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Women's tournament|2022]], [[Curling at the 2026 Winter Olympics – Women's tournament|2026]]) | World Championship appearances = 16 ({{WWCC|2003}}, {{WWCC|2004}}, {{WWCC|2005}}, {{WWCC|2006}}, {{WWCC|2007}}, {{WWCC|2008}}, {{WWCC|2009}}, {{WWCC|2010}}, {{WWCC|2014}}, {{WWCC|2017}}, {{WWCC|2019}}, {{WWCC|2021}}, {{WWCC|2022}}, {{WWCC|2023}}, {{WWCC|2024}}, {{WWCC|2025}}) | World Mixed Doubles Championship appearances = 1 ({{WMDCC|2015}}) | European Championship appearances = 15 ({{EuCC|2002}}, {{EuCC|2003}}, {{EuCC|2004}}, {{EuCC|2005}}, {{EuCC|2006}}, {{EuCC|2008}}, {{EuCC|2009}}, {{EuCC|2016}}, {{EuCC|2017}}, {{EuCC|2018}}, {{EuCC|2021}}, {{EuCC|2022}}, {{EuCC|2023}}, {{EuCC|2024}}, {{EuCC|2025}}) | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Women's [[curling]] }} {{MedalCountry | {{DEN}} }} {{MedalCompetition | [[World Curling Championships]] }} {{MedalSilver | [[2007 World Women's Curling Championship|2007 Aomori]] | }} {{MedalBronze | [[2009 World Women's Curling Championship|2009 Gangneung]] | }} {{MedalCompetition | [[European Curling Championships]] }} {{MedalGold | [[2022 European Curling Championships|2022 Östersund]] | }} {{MedalSilver | [[2002 European Curling Championships|2002 Grindelwald]] | }} {{MedalBronze | [[2003 European Curling Championships|2003 Courmayeur]] | }} {{MedalBronze | [[2005 European Curling Championships|2005 Garmisch-Partenkirchen]] | }} {{MedalBronze | [[2008 European Curling Championships|2008 Örnsköldsvik]] | }} {{MedalBronze | [[2009 European Curling Championships|2009 Aberdeen]] | }} }}

'''Denise Kanstrup Dupont''' (born 24 May 1984) is a [[Denmark|Danish]] [[curling|curler]]. She currently plays [[Lead (curling)|lead]] on the Danish National Women's Curling Team skipped by her sister [[Madeleine Dupont]].

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.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.curling.ca/files/2024/03/2024-BKT-Tires-World-Womens-Curling-Championship-media-guide-V1.pdf |title=2024 World Women's Curling Championship Media Guide |work=[[Curling Canada]] |access-date=11 March 2024 |archive-date=11 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240311202556/https://www.curling.ca/files/2024/03/2024-BKT-Tires-World-Womens-Curling-Championship-media-guide-V1.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> She is the sister of teammate [[Madeleine Dupont]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dailyheraldtribune.com/2009/10/09/renee-meets-her-olympic-mates-sonnenberg-takes-danish-team-on-tour |title=Renee meets her Olympic mates: Sonnenberg takes Danish team on tour |author= |date=9 October 2009 |website=[[Grande Prairie Daily Herald-Tribune]] |access-date=15 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140315143230/http://www.dailyheraldtribune.com/2009/10/09/renee-meets-her-olympic-mates-sonnenberg-takes-danish-team-on-tour |archive-date=15 March 2014 |url-status=dead}}</ref> 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]].

== Teammates == [[2007 World Women's Curling Championship|2007 Aomori World Championships]]

[[2008 Ford World Women's Curling Championship|2008 Vernon World Championships]]

[[2009 Mount Titlis World Women's Curling Championship|2009 Gangneung World Championships]]

[[Curling at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Women's tournament|Curling at the 2010 Winter Olympics 2010]]

[[Madeleine Dupont]], fourth

[[Angelina Jensen]], skip

[[Camilla Jensen]], lead

[[Ane Håkansson Hansen|Ane Hansen]], alternate

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== * {{Sports links}} * [https://www.olympics.com/en/milano-cortina-2026/results/athlete-details/40182 Denise Dupont] at the [[Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics]] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20220220194453/https://results.beijing2022.cn/beijing-2022/olympic-games/en/results/curling/athlete-profile-n1031830-denise-dupont.htm Denise Dupont] at the [[Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics]] (archived) * [https://web.archive.org/web/20100224174945/http://www.vancouver2010.com/olympic-curling/athletes/denise-dupont_ath1017692Jn.html Denise Dupont] at the [[Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics]] (archived) * {{Instagram}}

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