Luke Devon Kershaw

HOMETOWN Sudbury, ON (lives in Canmore, AB)
AGE 28
TEAM Canadian National Ski Team, World Cup Team
CLUB Ona-Wa-Su
NOTABLE RESULTS
  • 2010 Olympic Games, Whistler, BC, 4th (Team Sprint)
  • 2010 Olympic Games, Whistler, BC, 7th (4x10km Relay)
  • 2010 Olympic Games, Whistler, BC, 5th (50km Classic)
  • 2009 World Cup, Oberhof, GER, 3rd (15km Classic)
  • 2009 Nordic World Ski Championships, Liberec, CZE, 5th (4x10km Relay)
  • 2009 World Cup, Davos, SUI, 9th (15km Free
  • 2008 World Cup, Oberhof, GER, 3rd (15km Classic)
  • 2008 World Cup, Prague, CZE, 1st (Sprint Qualification)
  • 2007 World Cup, Sapporo, JAP, 6th (Team Sprint)
  • 2006 Olympic Games, Pragelato Plan, ITA, 11th (Team Sprint)
  • 2006 World Cup, Munich, GER, 2nd (Sprint)
ABOUT Devon Kershaw grew up in Sudbury, a mining and industry town in Northern Ontario known more for it’s giant coinage (Sudbury is home to the world’s largest Canadian 10 cent nickel) than producing world-class athletes, though it still claims many of those as well. Kershaw grew up outdoors, and was very active in a whole host of sports, playing hockey, volleyball, badminton, tennis, and running competitively during his early years.It was with the Laurentian Nordic Ski Club that the seeds of an internationally competitive cross-country ski racer were planted. While with the club he represented Canada at three World Junior Championships (2000, 2001, 2002) and won 18 National Junior Medals.

Kershaw currently lives in Canmore, Alberta and trains with the National Ski Team as a member of the World Cup Team. In 2006 he started turning heads when he became the first Canadian to medal in a sprint event winning bronze in Borlange, Sweden. Since then he has added many more medals and accolades to his name.

As well as being one of North America’s fastest cross-country ski racers, Kershaw is also a connoisseur of fine food and fine music. Italian is his favorite dish, and Neil Young, Wilco, Beck, Michael Franti & Spearhead, Radiohead among his favourite musicians.

Kershaw is also an active ambassador of Share the Road Canada, a charity which advocates for better road safety and cyclist -driver interactions. This work holds a special importance to Kershaw, whose girlfriend Sophie Manarin, herself a promising member of Canada’s Junior National Team, was killed in a cycling accident in 2001.

When not out training, Kershaw can be found cooking, shooting photography, reading, playing guitar, fly-fishing and mountain biking in the mountain playground that is Canmore, Alberta.

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