It was in Petite-Rivière-St-François, in the early 80’s, that little Dominique was born. Having grown up at the foot of the Massif of the same name, it was only natural that she should develop a taste for skiing at a very young age. From the age of six, she put on her skis and raced down the slopes all winter long.
At the age of eleven, she tries the new sport of snowboarding. Disaster! On her first run, she went down on her buttocks and arrived at the bottom crying. Her strength of character forces her to get back up and adapt to this new way of skiing.
From then on, at the slightest hint of snow, she went to the Massif and snowboarded from morning to night. Having always practised freely without competing, she decided to compete and it is from this moment that she chose a discipline, snowboard cross.
In 2002, she decided to fulfil a childhood dream of becoming a female firefighter. She enrolled in the CDNF, gave it her all and obtained her diploma. Hired by the city of Montreal, she worked full time as a firefighter until 2006. Following her successes in the World Cup and the Turin Olympics, she decided to put her job as a firefighter on hold to pursue her dreams of Olympic medals.
In 2006-2007, she missed much of the season due to injury, but still has her sights set on another podium finish at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics. However, a bad fall in training prevented her from qualifying for the heats just half an hour before.
With Dominique Maltais, speaker, let’s erase and start again! She gets back to training, personalized training to improve her starts, speed and technique. Her efforts and determination were rewarded, and the following seasons were crowned with success.
She won two World Championship medals (bronze in 2011, silver in 2013), won gold at the 2012 Winter X Games and won five crystal globes in a row as World Cup Snowboard Cross Champion. She is the world’s number one snowboarder and won a silver medal in Sochi 2014.
Currently, Dominique pursues her two passions. She’s an operations and prevention captain with the City of Baie-Saint-Paul’s security department, and still snowboards in the slightest hint of a storm!
Palmares to date:
- Intronisée au Temple de la renommée du Panthéon des sports du Québec en 2024
- 12 years on the national team
- 77 World Cup starts
- 39 World Cup podiums
- 15 World Cup victories
- More than a hundred competitions total national + international
- 5X crystal globes
- 2X Female Athlete of the Year in Quebec
- Several X Games participations + victory in 2012
- 3 participations in the Olympic Games
- 2 Olympic medals: 2006 bronze and 2014 silver (only snowboarder)
