Rémi Drolet

Rémi Drolet
Country Canada
Born (2000-08-31) 31 August 2000
Trail, British Columbia, Canada
Ski clubBlack Jack Cross Country SC
World Cup career
Seasons4 – (2019, 2021–present)
Indiv. starts19
Indiv. podiums0
Team starts0
Overall titles0
Discipline titles0
Medal record
Men's cross-country skiing
Representing  Canada
Junior World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2020 Oberwiesenthal 4 × 5 km relay
Updated on 29 March 2023.

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

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 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

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 
2022 21 33 55 35[a] — 11 —

a Distance reduced to 30 km due to weather conditions.[11]

World Championships

 Year   Age   15 km 
 individual 
 30 km 
 skiathlon 
 50 km 
 mass start 
 Sprint   4 × 10 km 
 relay 
 Team 
 sprint 
2021 20 52 39 31 56 10 —

World Cup

Season standings

 Season   Age  Discipline standings Ski Tour standings
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

  1. ^ "Rémi Drolet". www.nordiqcanada.ca/. Nordiq Canada. Retrieved 21 January 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Rémi Drolet". www.olympic.ca/. Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
  3. ^ "Rémi Drolet". Team Canada - Official Olympic Team Website. Retrieved 20 April 2022.
  4. ^ "Rémi Drolet - 2020-21 - Skiing". Harvard University. Retrieved 20 April 2022.
  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.
  11. ^ "Beijing 2022 BREAKING: Distance and start time adapted for 50km Mst". www.fis-ski.com. Retrieved 3 January 2023.