Rémi Drolet
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| Born | 31 August 2000 Trail, British Columbia, Canada | ||||||||||||||
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| Country | .svg.png){kind=small} Canada | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | Skiing | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Black Jack Cross Country SC | ||||||||||||||
| World Cup career | |||||||||||||||
| Seasons | 4 – (2019, 2021–present) | ||||||||||||||
| Indiv. starts | 19 | ||||||||||||||
| Indiv. podiums | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Team starts | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Overall titles | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Discipline titles | 0 | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| Updated on 29 March 2023 | |||||||||||||||
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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. He graduated from Harvard University with a concentration in physics and math in 2024.[4] While at Harvard, Drolet was inducted into Phi Beta Kappa.[5]
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.[6] Drolet would follow that up with a fourth-place finish in the 30 km event.[7]
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.[8][9][10] On December 19, 2025, Drolet was named to Canada's 2026 Olympic Team.[11][12] Drolet made the team with his sister Jasmine.[13]
Cross-country skiing results
All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).[14]
Olympic Games
| Year | Age | Individual | Skiathlon | Mass Start | Sprint | Relay | Team Sprint |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 21 | 33 | 55 | 35[a] | — | 11 | — |
| 2026 | 25 | 19 | 42 | - | 56 | - | — |
a Distance reduced to 30 km due to weather conditions.[15]
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 | — | — | N/a | |
| 2022 | 21 | NC | NC | NC | NC | N/a | — | N/a | |
| 2023 | 22 | NC | NC | NC | NC | N/a | 53 | N/a | |
References
- ^ "Rémi Drolet". www.nordiqcanada.ca/. Nordiq Canada. Retrieved 21 January 2021.
- ^ a b "Rémi Drolet". www.olympic.ca/. Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
- ^ "Rémi Drolet". Team Canada - Official Olympic Team Website. Retrieved 20 April 2022.
- ^ "Rémi Drolet - 2020-21 - Skiing". Harvard University. Retrieved 20 April 2022.
- ^ "Rémi Drolet '24 Qualifies for His Second Olympic Games | Sports | The Harvard Crimson". www.thecrimson.com. Retrieved 2025-12-29.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ Bailey, Jim (21 January 2022). "West Kootenay skier heading to Winter Olympics". Castlegar News. Castlegar, British Columbia, Canada. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
- ^ Nichols, Paula (19 December 2025). "11 cross-country skiers nominated to Team Canada for Milano Cortina 2026". www.olympic.ca. Toronto, Ontario, Canada: Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 19 December 2025.
- ^ "Team Canada unveils Olympic cross-country skiing team". www.sportsnet.ca/. Toronto, Ontario, Canada: Sportsnet. 19 December 2025. Retrieved 19 December 2025.
- ^ Bailey, Jim (23 December 2025). "B.C. siblings make Canada's 'most promising' Olympics cross-country teams in years". Chilliwack Progress. Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada. Retrieved 23 December 2025.
- ^ "DROLET Remi". FIS-Ski. International Ski Federation. Retrieved 11 February 2022.
- ^ "Beijing 2022 BREAKING: Distance and start time adapted for 50km Mst". www.fis-ski.com. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
External links
- Rémi Drolet at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation
- Rémi Drolet at Nordiq Canada
- Rémi Drolet at Team Canada
- Rémi Drolet at Olympics.com
- Rémi Drolet at Olympedia
- Rémi Drolet at InterSportStats
- Rémi Drolet at Milano Cortina 2026
- Rémi Drolet on Instagram