Rémi Drolet Explained
| Rémi Drolet |
| Birth Date: | 31 August 2000 |
| Birth Place: | Trail, British Columbia, Canada |
| Club: | Black Jack Cross Country SC |
| Seasons: | 4 – (2019, 2021–present) |
| Totalpodiums: | 0 |
| Individual Starts: | 19 |
| Team Starts: | 0 |
| Wcoveralls: | 0 |
| Wctitles: | 0 |
| Updated: | 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
Distance reduced to 30 km due to weather conditions.[11] World Cup
Season standings
| Season | Age | Discipline standings | Ski Tour standings |
|---|
| Overall | Distance | Sprint | U23 | Nordic
Opening | Tour de
Ski | World Cup
Final |
|---|
| 18 | | | | | — | — | 51 |
| 20 | | | — | | — | — | |
| 21 | | | | | | — | |
| 22 | | | | | | 53 | | |
Notes and References
- Web site: Rémi Drolet. www.nordiqcanada.ca/. Nordiq Canada. 21 January 2021.
- Web site: Rémi Drolet. www.olympic.ca/. Canadian Olympic Committee. 21 January 2022.
- Web site: Rémi Drolet . 2022-04-20 . Team Canada - Official Olympic Team Website . en-US.
- Web site: Rémi Drolet - 2020-21 - Skiing . 2022-04-20 . Harvard University . en.
- Web site: Junior Canucks Win Historic Silver Medal in Relay at Nordic World Ski Championships in Germany. 6 March 2020. www.nordiqcanada.ca/. Nordiq Canada. 13 January 2022.
- Web site: Canada's Remi Drolet Rockets to Fourth at Nordic Junior World Ski Championships in Germany. www.crosscountrybc.ca/. Cross Country BC. 21 January 2022.
- News: 21 January 2022. Bouffard Nesbitt, Drolet added to Canada's cross-country ski team for Beijing. Canadian Press. Toronto, Ontario, Canada. 21 January 2022.
- 21 January 2022. Rémi Drolet and Olivia Bouffard-Nesbitt added to Beijing 2022 cross-country skiing team. Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Canadian Olympic Committee. 21 January 2022.
- News: Bailey. Jim. 21 January 2022. West Kootenay skier heading to Winter Olympics. Castlegar News. Castlegar, British Columbia, Canada. 21 January 2022.
- Web site: DROLET Remi . . FIS-Ski . International Ski Federation . 11 February 2022.
- Web site: Beijing 2022 BREAKING: Distance and start time adapted for 50km Mst . 2023-01-03 . www.fis-ski.com . en.
