Rémi Drolet

Rémi Drolet
Personal information
Nationality Canada
Born (2000-08-31) 31 August 2000
Trail, British Columbia, Canada
Sport
SportSkiing
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 place2020 Oberwiesenthal4 × 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. 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
202221 33 55 35[a] — 11 —
202625 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 
2021205239315610—

World Cup

Season standings

 Season   Age  Discipline standings Ski Tour standings
Overall Distance Sprint U23 Nordic
Opening		 Tour de
Ski		 World Cup
Final
201918NCNCNCNC——51
202120NCNC—NC——N/a
202221NCNCNCNCN/a—N/a
202322NCNCNCNCN/a53N/a

References

  1. ↑ "Rémi Drolet". nordiqcanada.ca. Nordiq Canada. Retrieved 21 January 2021.
  2. 1 2 "Rémi Drolet". 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. ↑ "Rémi Drolet '24 Qualifies for His Second Olympic Games | Sports | The Harvard Crimson". thecrimson.com. Retrieved 2025-12-29.
  6. ↑ "Junior Canucks Win Historic Silver Medal in Relay at Nordic World Ski Championships in Germany". nordiqcanada.ca. Nordiq Canada. 6 March 2020. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
  7. ↑ "Canada's Remi Drolet Rockets to Fourth at Nordic Junior World Ski Championships in Germany". crosscountrybc.ca. Cross Country BC. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
  8. ↑ "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.
  9. ↑ "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.
  10. ↑ Bailey, Jim (21 January 2022). "West Kootenay skier heading to Winter Olympics". Castlegar News. Castlegar, British Columbia, Canada. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
  11. ↑ Nichols, Paula (19 December 2025). "11 cross-country skiers nominated to Team Canada for Milano Cortina 2026". olympic.ca. Toronto, Ontario, Canada: Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 19 December 2025.
  12. ↑ "Team Canada unveils Olympic cross-country skiing team". sportsnet.ca. Toronto, Ontario, Canada: Sportsnet. 19 December 2025. Retrieved 19 December 2025.
  13. ↑ 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.
  14. ↑ "DROLET Remi". FIS-Ski. International Ski Federation. Retrieved 11 February 2022.
  15. ↑ "Beijing 2022 BREAKING: Distance and start time adapted for 50km Mst". fis-ski.com. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
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