Mikaël Kingsbury
 Kingsbury at the 2013 FIS World Championships in Voss. | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Born |
July 24, 1992 Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts, Quebec | ||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 61.4 kg (135 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||
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 Canada | ||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Freestyle skiing | ||||||||||||||||||
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Mikaël Kingsbury (born July 24, 1992) is a Canadian freestyle skier from Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts, Quebec. Kingsbury currently resides in Deux-Montagnes, Quebec. Kingsbury is the reigning FIS World Champion in Moguls as well as being the 2009–10 FIS World Cup Rookie of the Year. In addition he has won two other FIS World Championship medals, a silver and bronze in 2011.
Career
He was the 2009–10 FIS World Cup Rookie of the Year for his participation in the 2009-10 Freestyle Skiing World Cup.[1] In the third moguls event of the 2010–11 FIS Freestyle Skiing World Cup season, Kingsbury won his first World Cup event.[2] With the victory, he became the first 18 year old to win a FIS Freestyle World Cup event.[3]
Kingsbury continued his blossoming season by winning the bronze medal in the moguls event of the 2011 FIS World Championships, finishing behind countryman Alexandre Bilodeau, and winner Guilbaut Colas.[4] In the dual moguls event Kingsbury again finished behind Bilodeau, this time in the finals. He fell in the last pairing and thus won the silver medal. Kingsbury said on the World Championships that "I never thought at the beginning of the season that I'd be able to be two times on the podium at Deer Valley, the hardest course in the world. Alex, since I was young was my example to follow, it's awesome to be in the final against him."[5]
During the next season Kingsbury won six straight events to start the year, this tied the FIS World Cup record for consecutive wins.[6] Despite not setting the record, he would go on to his most successful season yet in his 19 years as he won the FIS title in moguls that year. He would say that "I never thought I would've been able to do this at 19 years old," he said. "But this season I've skied great, I've been consistent every race and I think that was the key for me."[7]
At the 2013 FIS Frestyle Skiing World Championships Kingsbury won gold in the moguls event after he also qualified in the first position, teammate Bilodeau placed second. This was the opportunity Kingsbury had been waiting his life for he said that "I have been waiting a while for this and dreaming about the day that I would earn the world championship title. I worked hard all summer to get to this day and I’m very happy. When I woke up this morning I was in a world championship mood. I felt perfect. My body was perfect, so I knew it could be today."[8] Kingsbury next competed in the dual moguls finals where he would find himself in the final matchup against teammate Bilodeau again. He also failed to beat him again but this still left him as the silver medalist completing a second double medal World Championships.[9]
References
- ↑ "Mikaël Kingsbury". Freestyle Skiing Canada. Retrieved December 11, 2010.
- ↑ "Kingsbury leads 4-medal charge by Canadian freestyle team". CBC Sports. 2010-12-21. Retrieved December 21, 2010.
- ↑ "2010: the year of "First timers"". FIS Freestyle World Cup. 2010-12-21. Retrieved December 21, 2010.
- ↑ "Retiring Heil wins moguls world title". CBC Sports. 2 February 2011. Retrieved 04-02-2011.
- ↑ Terry Bell (6 February 2011). "Night races bring four more medals". Montreal Gazette. Retrieved 6-02-2011.
- ↑ "Canadians Kingsbury and Bilodeau finish 1-2 in World Cup moguls". Winnipeg Free Press. Retrieved February 3, 2011.
- ↑ "Canada's Kingsbury ends dual moguls season with silver". CBC Sports. March 18, 2012.
- ↑ "Canada's Kingsbury wins moguls world title, Bilodeau 2nd". CBC Sports. March 6, 2013.
- ↑ "Canada's Bilodeau, Dufour-Lapointe win dual moguls world championships". CBC Sports. March 8, 2013.