Rémi Drolet (born 31 August 2000) is a Canadian cross-country skier.[1][2]
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Born | Trail, British Columbia, Canada | 31 August 2000||||||||||||||
Ski club | Black Jack Cross Country SC | ||||||||||||||
World Cup career | |||||||||||||||
Seasons | 4 – (2019, 2021–present) | ||||||||||||||
Starts | 19 | ||||||||||||||
Podiums | 0 | ||||||||||||||
Overall titles | 0 | ||||||||||||||
Discipline titles | 0 | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Updated on 29 March 2023. |
Early life
editRémi Drolet was born in Trail, British Columbia.[3] He started cross-country skiing at age 4, but didn't practice it regularly until he was 11. As of 2022, he is enrolled at Harvard University with a concentration in physics but took a leave of absence to attend the Beijing 2022 Olympics.[4]
Career
editJunior
editAt the 2020 Nordic Junior World Ski Championships in Oberwiesenthal, Germany, Drolet was part of the quartet that won silver in the 4 × 5 kilometre relay event, becoming the first Canadians to win a relay medal at the event.[5] Drolet would follow that up with a fourth-place finish in the 30 km event.[6]
Senior
editDrolet competed at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2021, with his top finish coming in the 4 × 10 kilometre relay, where he finished 10th.[2]
On January 21, 2022, Drolet was officially named to Canada's 2022 Olympic team after Canada was awarded an additional berth.[7][8][9]
Cross-country skiing results
editAll results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).[10]
Olympic Games
editYear | Age | 15 km individual |
30 km skiathlon |
50 km mass start |
Sprint | 4 × 10 km relay |
Team sprint |
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2022 | 21 | 33 | 55 | 35[a] | — | 11 | — |
a Distance reduced to 30 km due to weather conditions.[11]
World Championships
editYear | Age | 15 km individual |
30 km skiathlon |
50 km mass start |
Sprint | 4 × 10 km relay |
Team sprint |
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2021 | 20 | 52 | 39 | 31 | 56 | 10 | — |
World Cup
editSeason standings
editSeason | Age | Discipline standings | Ski Tour standings | ||||||
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Overall | Distance | Sprint | U23 | Nordic Opening |
Tour de Ski |
World Cup Final | |||
2019 | 18 | NC | NC | NC | NC | — | — | 51 | |
2021 | 20 | NC | NC | — | NC | — | — | — | |
2022 | 21 | NC | NC | NC | NC | — | — | — | |
2023 | 22 | NC | NC | NC | NC | — | 53 | — |
References
edit- ^ "Rémi Drolet". www.nordiqcanada.ca/. Nordiq Canada. Retrieved 21 January 2021.
- ^ a b "Rémi Drolet". www.olympic.ca/. Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
- ^ "Rémi Drolet". Team Canada - Official Olympic Team Website. Retrieved 2022-04-20.
- ^ "Rémi Drolet - 2020-21 - Skiing". Harvard University. Retrieved 2022-04-20.
- ^ "Junior Canucks Win Historic Silver Medal in Relay at Nordic World Ski Championships in Germany". www.nordiqcanada.ca/. Nordiq Canada. 6 March 2020. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
- ^ "Canada's Remi Drolet Rockets to Fourth at Nordic Junior World Ski Championships in Germany". www.crosscountrybc.ca/. Cross Country BC. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
- ^ "Bouffard Nesbitt, Drolet added to Canada's cross-country ski team for Beijing". Canadian Press. Toronto, Ontario, Canada. 21 January 2022. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
- ^ "Rémi Drolet and Olivia Bouffard-Nesbitt added to Beijing 2022 cross-country skiing team" (Press release). Toronto, Ontario, Canada: Canadian Olympic Committee. 21 January 2022. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
- ^ Bailey, Jim (21 January 2022). "West Kootenay skier heading to Winter Olympics". Castlegar News. Castlegar, British Columbia, Canada. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
- ^ "DROLET Remi". FIS-Ski. International Ski Federation. Retrieved 11 February 2022.
- ^ "Beijing 2022 BREAKING: Distance and start time adapted for 50km Mst". www.fis-ski.com. Retrieved 2023-01-03.
External links
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