Kevin DRURY
Events and Medals
| Discipline | Event | Rank | Medal |
|---|---|---|---|
Freestyle Skiing |
Men's Ski Cross | 12 |
Schedule
Biographical Information
Highlights
Historical Results
| Olympic Games | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Event | Year | Location |
| 4 | Men's Ski Cross | 2018 | PyeongChang, KOR |
| World Championship | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Event | Year | Location |
| 3 | Ski Cross Men | 2019 | Park City, UT, USA |
| 27 | Ski Cross Men | 2017 | Sierra Nevada, ESP |
| World Cup Rankings | ||
|---|---|---|
| Season | All | Ski Cross |
| 2021/2022 | 11 | |
| 2020/2021 | 40 | |
| 2019/2020 | 4 | 1 |
| 2018/2019 | 49 | 11 |
| 2017/2018 | 15 | 3 |
| 2016/2017 | 45 | 8 |
| 2015/2016 | 80 | 17 |
| World Cup - Best Achievements | ||
|---|---|---|
| Season | Ski Cross Men | Ski Cross Team Mixed |
| 2021/2022 | 1 x 2nd | 1 x 6th |
| 2020/2021 | 1 x 3rd | |
| 2019/2020 | 4 x 1st | |
| 2018/2019 | 1 x 3rd | |
| 2017/2018 | 1 x 1st | |
| 2016/2017 | 1 x 4th | |
| 2015/2016 | 1 x 4th | |
| Ten Best World Cup Performances in Current Season | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Event | Season | Location |
| 2 | Ski Cross Men | 2021/2022 | Nakiska, AB, CAN |
| 5 | Ski Cross Men | 2021/2022 | Innichen, ITA |
| 5 | Ski Cross Men | 2021/2022 | Innichen, ITA |
| 6 | Ski Cross Team Mixed | 2021/2022 | Arosa, SUI |
| 11 | Ski Cross Men | 2021/2022 | Nakiska, AB, CAN |
| 17 | Ski Cross Men | 2021/2022 | Arosa, SUI |
| 31 | Ski Cross Men | 2021/2022 | Secret Garden, CHN |
| 38 | Ski Cross Men | 2021/2022 | Val Thorens, FRA |
| 50 | Ski Cross Men | 2021/2022 | Val Thorens, FRA |
Quadzilla
Hockey, golfing, football, squash, cycling, tennis, reading, playing the saxophone. (Info 2018)
Athlete
Wife, MK Cirelli (married 15 Aug 2020).
English
Georgian Peaks Ski Club
National: Stanley Hayer (CAN)
Aunt Marion Lay (Swimming): Mexico City 1968 Olympic Games bronze medallist (4x100m freestyle relay) and two-time 1966 Commonwealth Games champion (110 yards freestyle, 4x110 yards relay).
Wife MK Cirelli (Cross-country skiing): Competed for the University of Vermont.
Alpine skiing: Skied for the University of Vermont in the United States of America. (Info 2018)
2015 World Cup in Montafon (Ski Cross - 41st)
20 December 2020: Broke his tibia at the World Cup in Megeve. Missed the rest of the season. His leg is fully healed but he lost training days to rehabilitating it in 2021. His first pass down a ski cross course following the injury was a November training run in China. “I was about 35 days behind the rest of my team. I've just been trying to build back up to my top speed, build my confidence up on the track, finding balance in my aggression." (globalnews.ca, 14 Jan 2022)
2016
Switched from Alpine skiing to ski cross in 2014. Runner-up in the giant slalom at the 2011 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Championships, and was a First Team All-American in the slalom. After not competing in 2013, he earned NCAA All-American Second Team honours for slalom and giant slalom in 2014.
Contacted the director of Ski Cross Canada after he graduated from the University of Vermont (USA). "The following season I was put on the Canadian ski cross-development team and went on to win the NorAm title, which allowed me a World Cup spot." (Info 2018)
"I hated every minute of training, but I said, 'Don't quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion'." [Muhammad Ali]
Crystal Globe, Ski Cross World Cup (2019/20)
Alpine Canada’s Ski Cross Male Athlete of the Year (2019)
Canada
Freestyle Skiing