Drew Neilson

Drew Neilson

Personal information
Born	June 15, 1974 (1974-06-15) (age 37) Vernon, British Columbia
Height	5'10"
Weight	185lbs
Website	http://drewneilson.com/
Sport
Country	Canada
Medal record Competitor for  Canada Men's Snowboarding FIS Snowboarding World Championships Bronze 2003 Kreischberg Snowboard Cross

Drew Neilson (born 15 June 1974 in Vernon, British Columbia) is a Canadian snowboarder who currently resides in North Vancouver, British Columbia. Neilson is a member of the Canadian national snowboard team and competes in snowboard cross.

Neilson was the overall snowboard cross champion in the world cup season of 2006-07. Over the course of his career he has won 9 world cup races and been on the podium 19 times all in the division of snowboard cross. Neilson's best result came at the 2003 FIS World Championships where he finished in the bronze medal position. Neilson went to the 2006 Turin Olympics where he only managed a 17th place finish. Neilson had gone into those games as the gold medal favourite but was taken out in the early rounds of competition by another boarder. His close friend Seth Wescott went on to win the gold medal at the inaugural Olympic event.^[1]

The 2010 Winter Olympics will take place in Neilson's home of Vancouver. The location of the snowboard cross for the Olympics is just north of his North Vancouver home. The Cypress Mountain was also the site which nearly ended Neilson's career, he broke his arm biking down the mountain. Neilson finished in 7th place in the World Cup and only snowboard cross competition at the site before the 2010 games.

References

1. ^ http://www.bclocalnews.com/olympics/73824912.html?c=y&curSection=/okanagan_similkameen/pentictonwesternnews&curTitle=Vancouver%202010%20Olympics%20News

External links

• National Team Profile
• CTV Olympic Profile
• FIS Biography

Persondata
Name	Neilson, Drew
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	15 June 1974
Place of birth	Vernon, British Columbia
Date of death
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