Adam Runnalls

Biography

Adam Runnalls made his Olympic debut at Beijing 2022 where he was part of the men’s 4×7.5km relay team that finished sixth for Canada’s best ever Olympic result in the event. His individual highlight was cracking the top 30 in the 12.5km pursuit for his then-career best solo result in any elite level race.

Runnalls made his international debut at the 2016 IBU Youth World Championships where he finished fifth with the men’s relay and broke into the top 20 in two solo races. He returned to the youth worlds the following season when he also competed in his first IBU Junior Cup races.

Runnalls made his first of three straight appearances at the IBU Junior World Championships in 2018. In 2018-19, he entered his first senior international races on the IBU Cup circuit.

At his third and final world juniors in 2020, Runnall set a new high with a 19^th-place finish in the 15km individual event. A few weeks later, he was on the start line at his first senior IBU World Championships, racing in the sprint and the relay. He followed that up by making his IBU World Cup debut in Nove Mesto na Morave.

Runnalls has represented Canada at every IBU World Championships since 2020. He achieved a 17^th-place finish in the 10km sprint in 2024, his best career solo result in a major competition. He qualified as one of the 30 men to compete in the mass start at those worlds. In 2023, he was part of an eighth-place finish in the mixed relay.

Runnalls joined the World Cup roster fulltime for 2020-21, helping the relay team to a pair of top 10 results during the season. He achieved a career best result on the World Cup circuit during the 2022-23 season when he finished 13^th in the 10km sprint in Antholz-Anterselva.