Laurence Vincent Lapointe (born May 27, 1992) is a Canadian sprint canoer.
[2] 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.
The top athlete denied knowingly taking a forbidden substance that resulted in her suspension from competition.
In January 2020, the ICF accepted Lapointe’s evidence which supported that she was the victim of third-party contamination of bodily fluids from her former boyfriend, a sports enthusiast, who took the substance, and cleared her retroactively of all charges to return to training and competition.
"[2] She has a bachelor's degree in Biomedical Sciences from Université de Montréal.