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![]() Kingsbury at the 2015 FIS World Cup Finals in Megève.
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Born |
Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts, Quebec |
July 24, 1992 ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
World Cup debut | January 1, 2010 (age 17) |
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Teams | 1 (2014) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medals | 1 (0 gold) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Teams | 3 (2011–2015) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medals | 7 (2 gold) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Seasons | 8 (2010 to 2017) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wins | 42 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Podiums | 63 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Overall titles | 6 (2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Discipline titles | 6 - Moguls (2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Mikaël Kingsbury (born 24 July 1992) is a Canadian freestyle skier from Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts, Quebec, and one of the most accomplished moguls skiers of all-time. He achieved eminence early in his career after earning the 2009–10 FIS World Cup Rookie of the Year award. He is the six-time reigning FIS Freestyle World Cup title holder for both moguls and overall freestyle, owning the records for most men's Moguls World Cup titles and Overall Freestyle World Cup titles. He also own the records for career men's World Cup moguls victories with 42, and consecutive Freestyle World Cup event wins with 7 (accomplished on 2 separate occasions). He is the only man to have won both the moguls and dual moguls World Championship events, and has won more medals at the Freestyle World Championships than any other man, having won a medal in 7 of the 8 events he has competed in. Kingsbury also won an Olympic silver medal in 2014.
After several seasons of competition in the Nor-Am Cup, Kingsbury enjoyed much greater success in 2010, winning 4 moguls and 1 dual moguls event before finishing the year on the World Cup circuit with two consecutive 4th-place finishes. For these efforts, he was named the 2009–10 FIS World Cup Rookie of the Year.
Kingsbury earned his first World Cup podium in the first moguls event of his first full World Cup season, then followed this up with his first World Cup win on December 21, 2010. With the victory, he became the first 18-year-old to win a FIS Freestyle World Cup event.
Kingsbury continued his breakthrough season with one more World Cup event win and 5 additional medals, finishing the 2010–11 FIS Freestyle Skiing World Cup season 4th overall and 3rd in the moguls discipline, behind countryman Alexandre Bilodeau and winner Guilbaut Colas. In the midst of this season, he competed in his first 2011 FIS World Championships, and began with a bronze medal in the moguls event behind Bilodeau and winner Colas. In the dual moguls event, Kingsbury fell in the final pairing, again finishing behind Bilodeau, this time for the silver medal. Reflecting on his first World Championships, Kingsbury stated: "I never thought at the beginning of the season that I'd be able to be two times on the podium at Deer Valley, the hardest course in the world. Alex, since I was young was my example to follow, it's awesome to be in the final against him."