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Canadian para alpine skier (born 2001)

Michaela Gosselin
Personal information
Birth nameMichaela Rose Gosselin
Born (2001-01-31) January 31, 2001 (age 23)
Collingwood, Ontario, Canada
Height5’10
Sport
Country Canada
SportAlpine skiing
Disability classLW6/8-1
Event(s)Downhill, SuperG, Slalom, Giant Slalom, Super Combined
Medal record
Women's para alpine skiing
Representing  Canada
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Lillehammer Slalom

Michaela Gosselin (born January 31, 2001) is a Canadian para alpine skier who competed at the 2022 Winter Paralympics. She is a current member of the Canadian Para Alpine Ski Team.

Early life and education

Gosselin is from Collingwood, Ontario.Her father, Kevin Gosselin, competed on Canada's national alpine ski team. Michaela Gosselin began skiing when she was one and a half years old. She competed ski racing with Osler Bluff Ski Club through U16 competitions, but shifted to competitive volleyball. At 18, Gosselin was diagnosed with cancer, which lead to a scapulectomy of her left shoulder. She is a student at Queen's University.

Career

Gosselin was recruited to para sport within a week of her cancer diagnosis. She joined the national Para-Alpine competition in the 2019/20 season. She made her debut at the 2021 World Para Snow Sports Championships held in Lillehammer, Norway where she won the bronze medal in the slalom event. She qualified to compete at the 2022 Winter Paralympics held in Beijing, China. She placed fourth in slalom, fifth in downhill, sixth in giant slalom, and failed to complete the Super G, placing seventh in that event.

Following the Paralympics, she tore her ACL and MCL and was sidelined from competition. She made her return at the 2024 Para Alpine World Cup and placed fifth and fourth in the women’s standing category in giant slalom at the finals in Sella Nevea, Italy.

Gosselin won two gold medals, including her first at a Para Alpine World Cup event, in 2025 in women's standing downhill events at the World Cup event Santa Caterina, Italy. Due to poor weather, both races took place on the same day. The first of the two medals was her fourth top-three finish of the season and her first podium in downhill. She placed second and third at the 2025 World Cup event in St. Moritz, Switzerland.

References

  1. ^ Hung, Isaac (January 21, 2025). "Ascending Canadian Para alpine skier Michaela Gosselin overcomes physical, mental anguish of major injury". CBC. Retrieved January 21, 2025.
  2. ^ Johnson, Maddie (March 2, 2022). "Collingwood alpine skier will race for Canada at the Paralympic Winter Games". Collingwood Today. Retrieved January 22, 2025.
  3. "Winter Paralympics preview: Para alpine skiing day seven". International Paralympic Committee. March 3, 2022. Retrieved March 8, 2022.
  4. Brennan, Eliott (February 19, 2022). "Paralympic gold medallists Marcoux and Jepsen lead Canada's Alpine team at Beijing 2022". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved February 20, 2022.
  5. ^ "Canadian para alpine skier Michaela Gosselin doubles up on World Cup gold". Sportsnet.ca. January 8, 2025. Retrieved January 22, 2025.
  6. "Michaela Gosselin - Alpine Skiing | Paralympic Athlete Profile". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved January 22, 2025.
  7. Fenton, Claire (March 7, 2022). "Canada's paralympic athletes win 6 more medals at Beijing". CityNews Vancouver. Retrieved January 22, 2025.
  8. "Michaela Gosselin 5th in Return to World Cup Racing". alpinecanada.org. March 19, 2024. Retrieved January 22, 2025.
  9. "Michaela Gosselin wins back-to-back downhills on 7-podium day for Canada at Para alpine World Cup". CBC. January 8, 2025. Retrieved January 21, 2025.

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