Devon Kershaw
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| Full name | Luke Devon Kershaw | ||||||||||||||||||
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20 December 1982 Sudbury, Ontario |
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| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Ski club | Onaping Falls Nordics Ski Club | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Seasons | 2004- | ||||||||||||||||||
| Individual wins | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Indiv. podiums | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
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Devon Kershaw (born December 20, 1982) is a Canadian cross country skier who has been competing since 2005. Growing up in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada, he split his time between several sports before choosing to focus on his cross country ski career. His career highlights include placing 2nd overall in the World Cup standing in 2011/2012 and claiming the World Champion title in 2011 at the World Ski Championships in Oslo, Norway in the men's team sprint with teammate Alex Harvey.
Devon grew up in the Northern Ontario city of Sudbury, Ontario. His father (Will) and mother (Maureen) were instrumental in developing and nurturing a love of the natural environment and active lifestyle. Kershaw was a serious sports enthusiast growing up, playing hockey, volleyball, badminton, tennis, and running competitively in his younger years.
Skiing for Laurentian Nordic as a young skier in Sudbury, he participated in 3 World Junior Championships (2000, 2001, 2002) and won 18 National Junior Medals. As a senior racer he moved West to Canmore, Alberta, home of Canada’s National Ski Team, to pursue his athletic dreams and pursuits.
In the 2005 World Championships in Oberstdorf finished 14th in the individual sprint.
He was also the first Canadian male cross country skier to medal in the sprint category – placing third in the Freestyle Sprint in Borlänge, Sweden, on March 7, 2006. In November 2006, he skied his way into the history books again by placing a best finish for a Canadian male in more than 10 years in a World Cup event – 2nd in the Men’s 15 kilometre classic race in Saariselkae, Finland.
During the first Tour de Ski in 2006–2007, Devon came 2nd in the first Stage – the Freestyle Sprint. Unfortunately, Devon became ill and was unable to finish the Tour.
In 2009, Kershaw and the Canadian team finish sixth in the 4 x 10 km relay in the Liberec World Championships, the highest placing ever for the Canadian Team.
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