Olivier Léveillé (born 15 March 2001) is a Canadian cross-country skier.[1][2]
| Olivier Léveillé | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Canada | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | 15 March 2001 Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada | |||||||||||||||||
| Ski club | Ski de fond Orford | |||||||||||||||||
| World Cup career | ||||||||||||||||||
| Seasons | 2 – (2022–present) | |||||||||||||||||
| Starts | 27 | |||||||||||||||||
| Podiums | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Overall titles | 0 – (71st in 2022) | |||||||||||||||||
| Discipline titles | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| Updated on 29 March 2023. | ||||||||||||||||||
Career edit
Junior edit
At the 2020 Nordic Junior World Ski Championships in Oberwiesenthal, Germany, Léveillé was part of the quartet who won silver in the 4 × 5 kilometre relay event, becoming the first Canadians to win a relay medal at the event.[3] The following year Léveillé won bronze in the 10 kilometre freestyle event, becoming only the third Canadian to win an individual medal in the history of the event.[4][5][6]
Senior edit
Léveillé made his senior debut as part of the 2021–22 FIS Cross-Country World Cup in Ruka, Finland. Léveillé's top placement was a 17th-place finish in the 15 km event (6th fastest time of the day).[7]
On January 13, 2022, Léveillé was officially named to Canada's 2022 Olympic team.[8][9][10][11]
Cross-country skiing results edit
All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).[12]
Olympic Games edit
| Year | Age | 15 km individual |
30 km skiathlon |
50 km mass start |
Sprint | 4 × 10 km relay |
Team sprint |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 20 | 29 | 31 | 27[a] | 54 | 11 | — |
a Distance reduced to 30 km due to weather conditions.
World Championships edit
| Year | Age | 15 km individual |
30 km skiathlon |
50 km mass start |
Sprint | 4 × 10 km relay |
Team sprint |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 21 | 28 | 43 | 23 | — | 5 | — |
World Cup edit
Season standings edit
| Season | Age | Discipline standings | Ski Tour standings | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | Distance | Sprint | U23 | Tour de Ski | ||
| 2022 | 20 | 71 | 45 | NC | 9 | — |
| 2023 | 21 | 80 | 52 | NC | 12 | 32 |
References edit
- ^ "Olivier Léveillé". www.nordiqcanada.ca/. Nordiq Canada. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
- ^ "Olivier Léveillé". www.olympic.ca/. Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
- ^ "Junior Canucks Win Historic Silver Medal in Relay at Nordic World Ski Championships in Germany". www.nordiqcanada.ca/. Nordiq Canada. 6 March 2020. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
- ^ Lajoie, Sébastien (12 February 2021). "Ski de fond: une médaille de bronze pour Olivier Léveillé malgré un bâton brisé" [Cross-country skiing: a bronze medal for Olivier Léveillé despite a broken pole] (in French). Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada: La Tribune. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
- ^ "Olivier Léveillé médaillé de bronze aux mondiaux juniors de ski de fond" [Olivier Léveillé bronze medalist at the junior cross-country ski worlds]. ici.radio-canada.ca/ (in French). Radio Canada. 12 February 2021. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
- ^ "Olivier Léveillé Wins Bronze Medal at Nordic World Junior Ski Championships". www.nordiqcanada.ca/. Nordiq Canada. 12 February 2021. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
- ^ Harvey-Pinard, Katherine (28 November 2021). "Olivier Léveillé : "Je me suis rendu compte que je méritais ma place ici"" [Olivier Léveillé: "I realized that I deserved my place here"] (in French). Montreal, Quebec, Canada: La Presse. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
- ^ Nichols, Paula (13 January 2022). "Seven cross-country skiers nominated to Team Canada for Beijing 2022". www.olympic.ca/. Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
- ^ "Nordiq Canada reveals cross-country skiing team for Beijing Olympics". www.cbc.ca. CBC. 13 January 2022. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
- ^ "Seven-athlete cross-country skiing team nominated for Beijing Olympics". Canadian Press. Toronto, Ontario, Canada. 13 January 2022. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
- ^ "Canada's Beijing 2022 cross-country skiing team announced". www.nordiqcanada.ca/. Nordiq Canada. 13 January 2022. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
- ^ "LEVEILLE Olivier". FIS-Ski. International Ski Federation. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
External links edit
- Olivier Léveillé at FIS (cross-country)
- Olivier Léveillé at Olympedia
- Olivier Léveillé at the Canadian Olympic Committee
- Olivier Léveillé at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation
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