Eliot Grondin

Biography

Eliot Grondin was a double medallist during his second Olympic appearance at Beijing 2022. He started with a silver medal in the men’s snowboard cross event, coming just short of the victory in a photo finish. He then teamed with Meryeta O’Dine to win bronze in the first Olympic mixed team snowboard cross event. 

Grondin was just 16 years old when he made his Olympic debut at PyeongChang 2018. He was the youngest man and second-youngest athlete on all of Team Canada at those Games. 

Grondin dominated the FIS World Cup snowboard cross circuit in 2023-24 and 2024-25, winning back-to-back Crystal Globes. He had placed third overall in 2022-23 and was ranked second overall in the shortened 2020-21 season.

In 2023-24, he finished first in seven of the 13 World Cup events and earned three other podiums. In 2024-25, he was on the podium in six of 10 events, including three victories. He heads into the 2025-26 season with 25 career World Cup podiums, including 13 victories.

Grondin became the world champion in men’s snowboard cross in 2025. He first stood on the podium at the FIS World Championships in 2021 when he claimed the bronze medal. At 19, he was the youngest ever world championship medallist in men’s snowboard cross. Just a month after that breakthrough, he became Canada’s first ever world junior champion in men’s snowboard cross, following his back-to-back silver medals at the junior worlds in 2018 and 2019.

Grondin had been set to make his World Cup debut in March 2017 in Veysonnaz, Switzerland, but on the morning of the qualification round, he broke his forearm during a crash in training, ending his season. Six months later, Grondin made his return to competition and his World Cup debut in Cerro Catedral, Argentina to kick off the 2017-18 season. 

In January 2020, Grondin earned his first World Cup podium as he finished second in Big White, B.C. That had come just a couple of weeks after he qualified for his first World Cup ‘big final’ and won his first World Cup ‘small final’. His next World Cup podium was a second-place finish in Chiesa in Valmalenco, Italy in January 2021, followed in March by his first career World Cup victory in Bakuriani, Georgia.

A Little More About Eliot

Getting into the Sport: Started snowboarding at age 4 and entered his first competition at age 8, which he won… Initially started snowboarding with hopes of imitating 2006 Olympic halfpipe champion Shaun White… Inspired by the success of two-time Olympic medallist Dominique Maltais… Outside Interests: Enjoys mountain biking, going to the gym and being outdoors… Odds and Ends: Favourite motto: “Go big or go home”…