Dumont, meaning "from the mount" in French, may refer to:

People[link]

Dumont or DuMont is a common family name in France that has spread to many other countries. It is the name of:

• Dumont de Montigny (1696-after 1753), French explorer and author
• Alberto Santos-Dumont (1873–1932), Brazilian aviation pioneer and inventor
• Allen B. DuMont, American inventor, industrialist, and pioneer in the early years of television
• Bruno Dumont (born 1958), French motion picture director (of polemic La Vie de Jésus fame)
• Charles Dumont de Sainte Croix (1758–1830), French zoologist
• Eric Dumont (born 1961), French yachtsman
• Éric Dumont, French horticulturalist
• Fernand Dumont (1927–1997), sociologist, poet and writer from Québec, Canada
• Gabriel Dumont (ice hockey), Canadian ice hockey player
• Gabriel Dumont (Métis leader) (1837–1906), Canadian indigenous leader of the Métis people
• Henri Dumont (1610–1684), French musician and composer
• Ivy Dumont (born 1930), governor-general of the Bahamas
• Jean-Pierre Dumont, Canadian professional ice hockey forward
• José Dumont (born 1950), Brazilian TV and movie actor
• Jules Dumont d'Urville (1790–1842), French naval officer and explorer
• Léon Dumont (1837-1877), French psychologist and philosopher
• Louis Dumont (anthropologist) (1911–1998), French sociologist and anthropologist
• Margaret Dumont (1882–1965), American actress
• Mario Dumont (born 1970), Canadian politician from Québec
• Pierre Étienne Louis Dumont (1759–1829), French/Swiss political writer
• René Dumont (1904–2001), French agronomist, sociologist and scientist
• Stéphane Dumont (born 1982), French footballer
• Tom Dumont, lead guitarist of third wave ska band No Doubt

Places[link]

Brazil

• Dumont, São Paulo

United States

• Dumont, Colorado
• Dumont, Iowa
• Dumont, Minnesota
• Dumont, New Jersey

Other uses[link]

• DuMont Laboratories, an American television equipment manufacturer
• The DuMont Television Network, which broadcast in the United States from 1946 until 1956
• M. DuMont Schauberg, a German publishing house

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Charles Dumont, born in 1929 in Cahors (Lot), is a French singer and composer.

He wrote songs until the 1960s, sometimes under an alias, for Dalida, Gloria Lasso, Luis Mariano and Tino Rossi. He worked with lyricist Michel Vaucaire. In 1956 they wrote Non, je ne regrette rien, recorded in 1960 by Édith Piaf. That led to more than 30 songs for her, such as Flonflons du Bal, Mon Dieu and Les Amants which Piaf and Dumont wrote and sang together in 1962.

Piaf's death in 1963 led him to work with Jacques Brel, writing Je m'en remets à toi in 1964, and to writing songs for television shows such as Michel Vaillant in 1967, and cinema, Trafic by Jacques Tati in 1971. That same year he placed a song with Barbra Streisand, who bought Le Mur, which became a hit as I've Been Here (on the album Je m'appelle Barbra)

In the 1970s Charles Dumont started a career as interpreter with songs such as Une chanson (1976) and Les amours impossibles (1978), which received awards.

External links[link]

• Official web site

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Simon Francis Dumont (born July 9, 1986) is a U.S. freestyle skier.

Dumont in 2010

Medal record
Competitor for the  United States
Men's Freestyle skiing
FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships
Bronze	2011 Deer Valley	Halfpipe
Winter X Games
Gold	2004 Aspen	Superpipe
Gold	2005 Aspen	Superpipe
Gold	2009 Aspen	Big Air
Gold	2009 Fairmont	Railjam
Silver	2007 Aspen	Superpipe
Silver	2008 Aspen	Superpipe
Bronze	2009 Aspen	Superpipe
Bronze	2011 Aspen	Superpipe

Skiing[link]

Dumont is notable as one of the best freestyle skiers in the world today.^{[citation needed]} He is known for his amplitude in half-pipe competitions, airing easily up to 20 feet out of the pipe, and doing superman double fronts. Dumont had a rough season in 2006-07 when he overshot a 100-foot jump in Park City, Utah, by some eighty feet, landing flat, rupturing his spleen and breaking his pelvis in three places, although he was back up and skiing two months later.^{[citation needed]} In 2009 he also won the X Games Big Air competition stomping a double front flip.^{[citation needed]}

He has participated in many freestyle events, mostly big air and half-pipe, and was part of Team America for the Jon Olsson Super Sessions (JOSS) along with American freestyle skiers Tom Wallisch, and Alex Schlopy. They have withdrawn from all future JOSS events because of an argument with Olsson about the release date of their video for JOSS.

In 2008, Jon Olsson and Dumont announced their involvement in a new open freeskiing event, the North American Open, at Breckenridge, Colorado. He also participates in Jon Olsson's Super Sessions competition where skiers from each country compete to try to make the best ski video (JOSS).

He was added to the US Freestyle ski team for the men's superpipe in the 2014 Winter Olympics. «»=== World quarterpipe record === On April 11, 2008, Simon Dumont set the current world quarter-pipe height record at Sunday River in Bethel, Maine. He aired 35.5 feet out of a 38-foot quarter-pipe, while performing a cork 900 tail grab.^[1] Previous attempts earlier in the week had resulted in Dumont falling 55 feet after hitting an over-vert section of the quarter-pipe. On other various attempts, Simon hit the snow with a flat landing, severely bruising his heel in the process. On April 22, 2008, Dumont was a guest on the Ellen DeGeneres Show where he discussed his record-setting performance.

Dumont Cup[link]

On April 11, 2009, Dumont hosted what was called the inaugural occasion of an annual contest for skiers ranging in age from about 8 to 18 at Sunday River.^[2] A specific course was set out for the contest with a combination of rails, boxes, and jumps. All entrants had a chance to qualify for the final few runs with pro skiers like Dumont, with a chance to win a spot on the podium. The first-place prize was $10,000,^{[citation needed]} won by American freestyle skier Tom Wallisch.

The second edition of the Dumont Cup was held on March 27, 2010, and was won by amateur freeskier Alex Schlopy. Schlopy out-skied 105 amateur athletes to gain entry into today's semi-finals and finals. During finals, Schlopy and nine others competed against such freeski professionals as Simon Dumont, Peter Olenick, Jossi Wells, and Henrik Harlaut. Schlopy was joined on the podium with Joss Christianson from Park City, Utah who took second place and the 2009 winner of the first-ever Dumont Cup, Tom Wallisch from Salt Lake City, Utah, who took third. Schlopy walked away with $12,000 in cash plus a one-week scholarship to Camp Woodward, an action sports camp and training facility located in Woodward, Penn.

On March 26, 2011 Dumont hosted the 3rd Dumont Cup, changing up the course from the previous years. Nick Goepper got first followed by Gus Kensworthy and Jacob Wester in second and third.

Auto racing[link]

On April 25th, 2009, Simon participated in the Volkswagen Jetta TDI Cup season opening race at Virginia International Raceway as a guest driver in the Red Bull-sponsored #10.^[3] Qualifying 25th, he moved up six positions to finish 19th in the 30-minute race. After his performance, Simon commented on a possible future in road racing, saying:

"The entire experience was way more than I ever imagined that it would be. The first time for me to get in a professional-level racecar was yesterday, and I'm definitely hooked," said Dumont. "My goal heading into this was to try to be competitive and not finish last, and I accomplished both goals. I'm going to do some work with my personal sponsors when I get home to see if I might be able to give the series a try full time next year."^[4]

Simon also expressed interest in racing full time after retiring from skiing.^[3]

Personal[link]

Dumont was born in Bethel, Maine on July 9th, 1986, to Francis and Barbara Dumont. Simon has an older brother, a younger sister, and a multitude of cousins. Dumont weighs 150 lbs. and is 5'7" tall.^[5]

He attended Telstar Regional High School in Bethel, where he graduated in 2004. He was a participant in the school's golf program as well as a star soccer player. His home ski resort is Sunday River. Simon also was a child model, and at one point even auditioned for Home Alone three.

Business[link]

Simon's sponsors include: Target^[6], Oakley, Toyota, Nike 6.0, Red Bull, Giro, Kicker, Head skis, Sunday River Ski Resort.^{[citation needed]}

Dumont opened up his own clothing company, Empire Attire, in 2008. With his own company, he strives to create things "made by the athletes for the athletes." His company has been successful so far, and has their own website EmpireAttire.com. He has just recently released his line of 2010 products for purchase online. He is also a huge fan of the Boston Red Sox.

Press[link]

He was featured in the January 24, 2008, issue of Rolling Stones article on the X Games:

He first became recognized at the X Games when he was fifteen. At sixteen he competed in Honda Sessions at Vail Resort in Colorado. At seventeen, he won his first gold medals. At age eighteen, he was badly injured in a failed jump at Park City. The video of that crash -- he plummets eighty feet to the ground -- became an internet phenomenon. Dumont admits he's lucky to be alive. He fractured his pelvis and ruptured his spleen, but just six weeks later he returned to the slopes. Dumont, now 23, figures he's got 3 years of freestyle left in him. "Then I'd like to go backcountry and start landing in powder," he says, "it doesn't hurt so much."^{[citation needed]}

References[link]

External links[link]

Simon Shreds Interview with Simon Dumont in The Ski Journal, issue 2.4 (requires subscription)

SimonDumont.com Simon Dumont's official website.

[1] Information on the World Record Quarterpipe jump

Mario Dumont BA MNA
Leader of the Opposition (Quebec)
In office March 26, 2007 – November 5, 2008
Preceded by	André Boisclair
Succeeded by	Pauline Marois
Leader of the ADQ
In office 1994 – March 6, 2009
Preceded by	Jean Allaire
Succeeded by	Sylvie Roy (interim)
MNA for Rivière-du-Loup
In office September 12, 1994 – March 6, 2009
Preceded by	Albert Côté
Succeeded by	Jean D'Amour
Personal details
Born	(1970-05-19) May 19, 1970 (age 42) Cacouna, Quebec, Canada
Political party	Parti libéral du Québec (1985-1994) Action démocratique du Québec (1994-present)
Spouse(s)	Marie-Claude Barrette
Children	Angela Charles Juliette
Alma mater	Concordia University
Profession	Politician

Mario Dumont (born May 19, 1970 in Saint-Georges-de-Cacouna, Quebec) is a television personality and former politician in Quebec, Canada. He was a Member of the National Assembly of Quebec (MNA), and the leader of the Action démocratique du Québec (ADQ), from 1994 to 2009. After the 2007 Quebec election, Dumont obtained the post of Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly.

Following his party's poor showing in the 2008 Quebec election, he announced his resignation as ADQ leader, and subsequently joined the television network V to host a daily news and talk show, Dumont, which began in 2009.

Biography[link]

Dumont and his wife, Marie-Claude Barrette, have three children: Angela, Charles, and Juliette.

Political profile[link]

Dumont bought his first membership card in the Liberal Party of Quebec at age 15. He stated to his school friends that in the future he would be Quebec's premier.^[1] Dumont was a former President of the Liberal Party's Youth Commission, but had a falling out with the party following the rejection of the Allaire Report proposing maximalist powers for Quebec after the collapse of the Meech Lake Accord.

The first Liberal sovereignists Dumont called himself and Michel Bissonnet, who preceded Dumont as leader of the Liberal youth wing. This was the group that led the Liberal sovereignist faction while Liberal premier Robert Bourassa remained unopposed.^[2]

Dumont organized the "Liberals for the No side," in the 1992 referendum on the Charlottetown Accord.

He and Liberal party insider Jean Allaire played a central role in the creation and development of the ADQ in 1994. He succeeded Allaire as leader after the latter resigned for health reasons.

Dumont was elected as an ADQ member of the National Assembly for Rivière du Loup in the 1994, 1998, 2003, and 2007 elections. Dumont holds a Bachelor in Economics from Concordia University (1993) and completed some graduate work at the Université de Montréal.

In the 1995 Quebec Referendum, Dumont joined with Parti Québécois Premier Jacques Parizeau and Bloc Québécois leader Lucien Bouchard, who wooed him and with whom he remains close, in support of the sovereigntist campaign. In subsequent years, however he changed positions on the issue, arguing that the sovereignty question had been decided and that Quebecers had no desire to revisit it. The constitutional position of the ADQ has since been "Autonomist", favouring increased powers and responsibilities for Quebec while remaining within Canada. In practical terms, Dumont has supported the creation of a Quebec constitution, the change of the province's name to that of the "autonomous state of Québec", and the collection of all taxes by the provincial government, with the funds necessary for the federal government to fulfill its constitutional responsibilities being transferred to it by the province.

Since the 1998 provincial election, Dumont has distinguished himself primarily for his stances on economic issues, which are generally considered to be right of centre in the context of the predominantly social-democratic Quebec political scene. He advocates the payment of a cash allowance to parents who do not wish to make use of the province's $7 a day daycare program, changes to the provincial health system that would allow private for profit health care and private health insurance alongside the public system, the abolition of school boards, the encouragement of private education, a tougher criminal justice system, reductions in the size of the provincial bureaucracy, and the repayment of the province's $127 billion government debt.

Dumont was personally very popular. In fact, for many years, the ADQ tried to capitialize on Dumont's personal popularity by using the official name Action démocratique du Québec-Équipe Mario Dumont (Action démocratique du Québec-Team Mario Dumont). However, this didn't translate to support for his party; it never won much support in Montreal or the Outaouais.

2007 Quebec election[link]

In the 2007 Quebec election, the ADQ won 41 seats with 31% of the popular vote, and formed the Official Opposition in the National Assembly. Prior to the dissolution of the National Assembly, the ADQ had held only five seats, and as a result did not have official party status. However, the ADQ failed to win seats in several major cities including Montreal, Gatineau, Saguenay, Longueuil, Laval and Sherbrooke.

However, after the election, the popular support for the party decreased gradually. A late-April 2008 Crop-La Presse poll showed the party in third position with 17%, more than 20% behind the PLQ.^[3]

2008 Quebec election[link]

On October 23, 2008, two ADQ MNAs, André Riedl and Pierre Michel Auger, crossed the floor to the governing Liberal Party, embarrassing Dumont. Quebec premier Jean Charest subsequently called a snap election for December 8, 2008. A Léger Marketing poll conducted between Friday, November 14 and Monday, November 17, showed the Liberals with 44% support, the PQ with 33%, and the ADQ with 15%.^[4]

Following ADQ's poor results in the general election, Dumont announced his political retirement after his party won a meagre seven seats (17% of the vote) on December 8, 2008.^[5]

Subsequent career[link]

Mario Dumont at the launch party of his show Dumont 360 on V.

At TQS' 2009 upfronts presentation, it was announced that Dumont would join the network in the fall as host of a daily news and information series, Dumont 360.^[6] The series launched in September 2009, shortly after the network was rebranded as V.

Votes of confidence[link]

Bibliography[link]

• L'Instinct Dumont, Denis Lessard (Quebec: Voix Paralleles, 2007)

References[link]

External links[link]

• "Biography" (in French). Dictionnaire des parlementaires du Québec de 1792 à nos jours. National Assembly of Quebec. http://www.assnat.qc.ca/en/deputes/dumont-mario-3041/index.html. 
• Genealogy : Mario Dumont

Tyler Kennedy
Born	(1986-07-15) July 15, 1986 (age 25) Sault Ste. Marie, ON, CAN
Height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Weight	183 lb (83 kg; 13 st 1 lb)
Position	Centre/right wing
Shoots	Right
NHL team	Pittsburgh Penguins
NHL Draft	99th overall, 2004 Pittsburgh Penguins[1]
Playing career	2007–present

Tyler Kennedy (born July 15, 1986) is a Canadian professional ice hockey player, currently with the Pittsburgh Penguins of the National Hockey League.

Playing career[link]

Kennedy with the Penguins, February 2008.

Kennedy was drafted by the Pittsburgh Penguins in the 4th round, 99th overall of the 2004 NHL Entry Draft. After being drafted, Kennedy played two seasons with Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds of the OHL. He began playing for the AHL Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins in AHL. He played his first game in the NHL on October 27, 2007, in a match versus the Montreal Canadiens. He scored his first NHL goal on November 3, 2007 against the New York Islanders. Kennedy is most commonly known among Penguin fans for his energy on the ice, making hits and going hard along the boards. He is also known for scoring at sharp and inopportune angles. His mentor was Gary Roberts.^{[citation needed]}

Kennedy was named to the NHL's YoungStars Team in 2008 along with teammate, Kris Letang. Kennedy was unable to compete in the game because of mononucleosis. In September 2008, the Penguins signed an agreement with Kennedy through the 2010–11 season.^[2]

In the 2009 Stanley Cup Finals, Kennedy had a goal in Game 4, and added a game-winning goal in Game 6. The Penguins would go on to defeat the Detroit Red Wings in seven games to win the Stanley Cup.

Although to this point Kennedy has had a low profile in terms of hockey fame, he attracted some notoriety when Pittsburgh fans and ultimately the public address announcer at Mellon Arena would chant his name in the style of former World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) wrestler Mr. Kennedy (Ken Anderson).^[3] During the Stanley Cup Finals against the Detroit Red Wings, the arena played a video made by "Mr. Kennedy" mimicking his WWE persona in which he announced Kennedy's goals by shouting "That's a goal by Tylerrrrrrrrrr Kennedyyyyyyyyyyy!" then briefly disappearing from camera view before reappearing and growling "Kennedyyyyyyyy!" as the camera zoomed in.^[4] A signed Tyler Kennedy jersey can also be seen in a series of Internet skits produced by Anderson in 2009.^[5]

Tyler Kennedy scored the first Pittsburgh Penguins goal at the Consol Energy Center in a 3-2 loss to cross-state rivals the Philadelphia Flyers. Kennedy was re-signed by the Penguins in the 2011 offseason, although his signing caused some controversy when it was reported that Pittsburgh may have deterred Penguin legend Jaromir Jagr by signing Kennedy.^[6] Jagr later signed with the Flyers.

Early in the 2011-2012 season Kennedy was sidelined by a concussion.

Career statistics[link]

Tyler Kennedy, April 2011.

References[link]

External links[link]

• Tyler Kennedy's career stats at The Internet Hockey Database