National Ski Team Background: One of Canada’s top young prospects in Nordic skiing, Tom has been rapidly developing through the Canadian system and has been part of two historic seasons on the National Ski Team. Tom was part of Canada’s first-ever medal-winning relay team at the World Junior Championships who won the silver in Oberwiesenthal, Germany in 2020. He backed that up performance with three, top-12 finishes at the 2021 World Juniors in Finland including a...
National Ski Team Background: Pierre Grall-Johnson is competing in his first year in Canada’s Senior Development program following a strong 2020 season where he earned the opportunity to represent Canada on the World Cup Team, which was significant experience in his continued development into an elite skier. Introduction to Cross-Country Skiing: Pierre was introduced to cross-country skiing through his parents after they decided to join Nakkertok Nordic when he...
National Ski Team Background: Christina is very new to Nordiq Canada’s para development program. Her first time on snow was in December 2018 and only weeks later did she compete in her first race. Throughout the 2019 skiing season she earned enough race points to achieve provincial team status and had the opportunity to travel to Canmore to participate in a prospects training camp. In January 2020, one year after her first skiing competition, Christina traveled to...
National Ski Team Background: Natalie Wilkie was Canada’s youngest athlete at the 2018 Paralympic Winter Games. She made a remarkable Games debut at age 17 with a gold, silver, and bronze in cross-country skiing. Building on her Games breakthrough, Natalie snagged a couple of silver medals at her first World Championships on home snow in Prince George, B.C. two years ago. Natalie also captured her first three medals on the Para-Nordic World Cup in 2019, including...
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...
