Éliot Grondin
Éliot Grondin (born 19 April 2001) is a Canadian snowboarder competing in the snowboard cross event. Career. World Championships. Grondin has won three medals at the FIS Snowboarding Junior World Championships, with a silver in 2018 and 2019, while winning gold in 2021. With his gold medal win, he became the first Canadian in history to win the title. At the FIS Freestyle Ski and Snowboarding World Championships 2021, Grondin won bronze in the snowboard cross event. Winter Olympics. In 2018, Grondin competed at his first Olympics, at the age of 16, becoming the youngest male athlete on  Team Canada. Grondin finished in 36th place in the snowboard cross event at the games. In January 2022, Grondin was named to Canada's 2022 Olympic team. Grondin would go onto win the silver medal in the snowboard cross event. Grondin would later win the bronze medal in the inaugural mixed team snowboard cross event with compatriot Meryeta O'Dine.