Rémi Drolet

Rémi Drolet (born 31 August 2000) is a Canadian cross-country skier.[1][2]

Rémi Drolet
Country Canada
Born (2000-08-31) 31 August 2000
Trail, British Columbia, Canada
Ski clubBlack Jack Cross Country SC
World Cup career
Seasons2 – (2019, 2021)
Indiv. podiums0
Indiv. starts8
Team starts0
Overall titles0
Discipline titles0
Medal record
Men's cross-country skiing
Representing  Canada
Junior World Championships
2020 Oberwiesenthal4 × 5 km relay
Updated on 11 February 2022.

Early Life

Rémi 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

Junior

At the 2020 Nordic Junior World Ski Championships in Oberwiesenthal, Germany, Drolet was part of the quartet who 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

Drolet 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

All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).[10]

Olympic Games
 Year   Age   15 km 
 individual 		  30 km 
 skiathlon 		  50 km 
 mass start 		  Sprint   4 × 10 km 
 relay 		  Team 
 sprint 
202221335535[a]—11—

a Distance reduced to 30 km due to weather conditions.

World Championships
 Year   Age   15 km 
 individual 		  30 km 
 skiathlon 		  50 km 
 mass start 		  Sprint   4 × 10 km 
 relay 		  Team 
 sprint 
2021205239315610—

Season standings
 Season   Age  Discipline standings Ski Tour standings
Overall Distance Sprint U23 Nordic
Opening		 Tour de
Ski		 World Cup
Final
201918NCNCNCNC——51
202120NCNC—NC——N/A

References
  1. "Rémi Drolet". www.nordiqcanada.ca/. Nordiq Canada. Retrieved 21 January 2021.
  2. "Rémi Drolet". www.olympic.ca/. Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
  3. "Rémi Drolet". Team Canada - Official Olympic Team Website. Retrieved 2022-04-20.
  4. "Rémi Drolet - 2020-21 - Skiing". Harvard University. Retrieved 2022-04-20.
  5. "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.
  6. "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.
  7. "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.
  8. "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.
  9. Bailey, Jim (21 January 2022). "West Kootenay skier heading to Winter Olympics". Castlegar News. Castlegar, British Columbia, Canada. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
  10. "DROLET Remi". FIS-Ski. International Ski Federation. Retrieved 11 February 2022.
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