Person in history
Laurence Vincent Lapointe
Laurence Vincent-Lapointe, Canadian canoer
Life at a glance
- Born
- 1992 · May 27
- Age this year
- 34No death recorded in our data
- Born
- 34th anniversary of their birth this year
Their story
Who they were
Laurence Vincent Lapointe is a Canadian sprint canoer. She has won eleven gold medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships, starting with the 2010 Poznań Championships, and most recently three gold medals at the 2018 Montemor-o-Velho Championships. She has also won a gold medal at the 2015 Pan American Games, and silver and bronze medals at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.
Path and career
Career Laurence Vincent Lapointe first made her name on the international scene in 2010 when she won a pair of gold medals in the C-1 200m and C-2 500m at the ICF World Championships. She repeated those results at the 2011 and 2013 World Championships. Also in 2013, she became the first-ever U-23 world champion in the C-1 200m. In 2014, she won her fourth straight world title in the C-1 200m in world record time of 46.419 seconds. Vincent Lapointe returned to the top of the world championship podium in 2017,
Why this date
Laurence Vincent Lapointe appears on our May 27 calendar for 1992 as a birth entry.
The world when they were born
Other entries we record for 1992.
- September 14Bosnia and Herzegovina
- September 12Abimael Guzmán
- September 16Manuel Noriega
- September 16Pound sterling
- September 16Black Wednesday
Born the same day
Contemporaries — born the same year
- 1992Zico (rapper)September 14
- 1992Jacob ArtistOctober 17
- 1992Chase StokesSeptember 16
- 1992Sviatlana PirazhenkaSeptember 12
- 1992Shannon BoydSeptember 9
- 1992Damian McGintySeptember 9
- 1992Darren WallerSeptember 13
- 1992Zach HymanJune 9
Sources
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Questions about Laurence Vincent Lapointe
When was Laurence Vincent Lapointe born?
May 27 1992.
How old would Laurence Vincent Lapointe be today?
34 this year, based on the birth year we hold. We have no death record for them in our data, which is not proof either way.
Who else was born on May 27?
Jérémy Doku, Kim Jae-hwan (singer), Josep Martínez and others — the list is on this page and on the date page.
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