National Ski Team Background: With seven medals over two Paralympic Winter Games, Natalie Wilkie is currently one of the world’s most successful athletes in Para nordic skiing. In the 2025-26 season, Wilkie collected six victories on the Para biathlon World Cup circuit and earned the Crystal Globe as the overall champion in the women’ standing category for the first time in her career. Also in 2025-26, on the Para cross country circuit, she’s collected five...
National Ski Team Background: Mark Arendz carried the Canadian flag into the Closing Ceremonies of the 2018 Paralympic Winter Games following a historic six-medal performance where he reached the podium in every event he started. Mark set a record for winning the most medals by a Winter Paralympian in one Games with his first Paralympic gold, two silvers and three bronze. Mark continued his torrid pace in 2019 with a six-medal haul at the World Para-Nordic Ski...
National Ski Team Background: Collin Cameron won three bronze medals in each of his first two trips to the Paralympic Games in 2018 and 2022. At Beijing 2022, Collin became the first Canadian male sit-skier to reach the Paralympic podium in a cross-country distance race when he finished third. Building on a breakthrough season in 2018, Collin battled through illness to claim his first World Para Nordic Skiing Championship title, when he won the sprint event in...
National Ski Team Background: On the 2025-26 Para biathlon World Cup circuit, Zaplotinsky earned the Crystal Globe for the first time in his career as the overall champion in the men’s sitting category. He also kicked off the Para cross country World Cup circuit with two bronze medals at the season opening event. Also in cross country, he added four medals on the 2023-24 World Cup circuit and has three top-fives at the two worlds since Beijing 2022. In Para...
Introduction to Cross-Country Skiing: Lyne-Marie first got involved in cross-country skiing after deciding to follow her older brother into the sport. She immediately fell in love with clipping into a pair of skis and the competition within the sport. After attending her first Para-Nordic ski camp with the National Team, Lyne-Marie met other athletes with a disability and felt right at home. These encounters motivated her to be a part of Team Canada. Lyne-Marie...
