Derek Drouin

Derek Drouin

Drouin at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics
Personal information
Nationality	Canadian
Born	(1990-03-06) March 6, 1990 (age 26) Sarnia, Ontario
Residence	Corunna, Ontario
Height	6 ft 5 in (196 cm)
Weight	176 lb (80 kg)
Sport
Event(s)	High jump
College team	Indiana Hoosiers
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	High jump: 2.40 NR, Des Moines, 2014
Medal record Event 1st 2nd 3rd Olympic Games 1 0 1 World Championships 1 0 1 Commonwealth Games 1 0 0 Pan American Games 1 0 0 Jeux de la Francophonie 1 0 0 Total 5 0 2 Representing  Canada Olympic Games 2016 Rio de Janeiro High jump 2012 London High jump World Championships 2015 Beijing High jump 2013 Moscow High jump Commonwealth Games 2014 Glasgow High jump Pan American Games 2015 Toronto High jump Jeux de la Francophonie 2013 Nice High jump

Derek Drouin (born March 6, 1990) is a Canadian high jumper from Corunna, Ontario. He is the reigning Olympic champion after winning gold at the 2016 Summer Olympics and is also the reigning world champion in high jump. He previously won a bronze medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London as well as the bronze medal at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics. Drouin's national record jump of 2.40 metres (7 ft 10 in) during the 2014 season sent him to prestigious heights, becoming just the tenth man in the world to ever clear that height in outdoor competition. Aside from his title as world champion Drouin is also the reigning Pan American Games and Commonwealth Games champion in the high jump. In his college career he was a five time NCAA champion in the high jump for the Indiana Hoosiers.

Drouin first learned to high jump in kindergarten in Corunna, Ontario when his teacher introduced the sport to the class. After the lesson, Drouin went home and put a broom over two speakers and started leaping over it. He first achieved international success when he won the 2009 Pan American Junior Championships in high jump for Canada, clearing 2.27 m. He would continue on in his career competing in the NCAA with the Indiana Hoosiers track team where he would be the first Hoosier athlete to win an NCAA championship in high jump. Prior to the 2012 season Drouin had never competed at any senior level World Championships. Drouin won the Big Ten Athlete of the Year in 2013, after becoming the first athlete in NCAA history to win 5 NCAA championships in the high jump.