Rodolfo Roberto DICKSON SOMMERS

Mexico

Alpine Skiing

Date of Birth: 11 Jul 1997

Age: 24

Gender: Male

Place of birth: PUERTO VALLARTA

Birth Country:

Mexico

Residence: VANCOUVER

Residence Country:

Canada

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Alpine Skiing	Men's Giant Slalom	35

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Yanqing National Alpine Skiing Centre - Technical	Men's Giant Slalom Run 1	Finished
	Yanqing National Alpine Skiing Centre - Technical	Men's Giant Slalom Run 2	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Athlete:

Historical Results

Olympic Games
Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
48	Men's Giant Slalom	2018	PyeongChang, KOR	00:02:33.690
DNF	Men's Slalom	2018	PyeongChang, KOR

World Championship
Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
47	Giant Slalom Men	2017	St. Moritz, SUI	1:15.48
64	Slalom Men	2017	St. Moritz, SUI	1:49.02

Nickname:

RudyKat.

Previous names:

Rodolfo Roberto Dickson Sommers

Hobbies:

Hiking, kayaking, billiards, football, basketball, photography.

Occupation:

Athlete

Education:

Graduated from high school as an "Ontario Scholar" in 2015.

Family:

Father, Barry Dickson. Mother, Dana Sommers.

Languages spoken:

English

Club name:

Whistler Mountain Ski Club (BC, CAN)

Debut:

2013 FIS event in Val St-Come (Slalom - DNF2)
2017 World Cup in Kitzbuehel (Slalom - DNF1)

Start:

He began skiing when he was six years old in Mont-Tremblant, QC, CAN. (vallartadaily.com, 6 Feb 2018; vallartadaily.com, 21 Jan 2016)

Reason:

He liked the speed of skiing. (vallartadaily, 6 Feb 2018)

General Interest

MEXICAN PRIDE
Despite growing in the Canadian province of Ontario, he has a great pride in his Mexican heritage. “I don’t live in Mexico but I am very proud of the place where I was born. I really want to start something new. There are a lot of young guys in Colorado who could represent Mexico, so in a few years I hope there will be a big team and athletes capable of being really successful.” (remezcla.com, 12 Feb 2018)

INFANCY
Born in Mexico, as an infant he became an orphan at nine months. He was adopted by a Canadian couple at age three and raised in the province of Ontario. (callartadaily.com, 6 Feb 2018)

Milestones

Made his Olympic debut at the 2018 Olympic Winter Games in PyeongChang, finishing 48th in giant slalom.

In his lone appearance at World Championships, he finished 47th in giant slalom at St. Moritz in 2017.

He took part in the 2016 and 2017 Junior World Championships with his best finish 29th in giant slalom in 2017 in Are.

He finished 16th in the Bulgarian national championships slalom at Bansko in 2017.

In 2016 at Lake Placid, NY he won a FIS slalom race, becoming the first native-born Mexican athlete to claim a victory in a FIS competition.

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Legend

:: Gold Medal Event

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