Mikaël Kingsbury

Biography

The most dominant moguls skier in history, Mikaël Kingsbury completed his trophy case at PyeongChang 2018, winning the Olympic gold medal. Four years earlier, he had shared the podium with teammate Alex Bilodeau at Sochi 2014, winning the silver medal in his Olympic debut. He added another silver at Beijing 2022 as he became the first male moguls skier to ever win three Olympic medals.

Heading into the 2025-26 season, Kingsbury has amassed 99 World Cup victories, 142 World Cup podiums, and 29 Crystal Globes. From 2011-12 to 2019-20 he won nine straight Crystal Globes as the overall World Cup champion for all of freestyle skiing. From 2021-22 to 2024-25 he won four straight Crystal Globes as the overall World Cup champion for moguls/dual moguls combined.

Kingsbury has reached the podium in all but one of his 16 career starts at the FIS World Championships. He is a nine-time world champion to go with his four silver and two bronze medals. His 15 world championship podiums as well as his nine world titles are both records in freestyle skiing. At three straight world championships in 2019, 2021, and 2023, Kingsbury won both the moguls and dual moguls events.  He has never missed the moguls podium at the world championships.

Kingsbury has enjoyed many milestone moments in his career. In December 2015, he earned his 29^th career World Cup victory, breaking the male moguls record held by 1992 Olympic champion Edgar Grospiron. In January 2018, he earned his 47^th World Cup victory, putting him ahead of 1992 Olympic champion Donna Weinbrecht and 2010 Olympic champion Hannah Kearney on the all-time moguls list. In January 2022, he became the first man to earn 100 World Cup podiums in freestyle skiing. In February 2024, his 87^th World Cup win surpassed alpine legend Ingemar Stenmark for most World Cup victories by a man in any ski or snowboard discipline.

Kingsbury made his World Cup debut in January 2010 and was named that season‘s FIS Freestyle World Cup Rookie of the Year. He earned his first World Cup victory in December 2010 when he was still just 18. While Bilodeau took a break from competition in 2011-12, Kingsbury became the king of all freestyle skiers, winning the Crystal Globe as the overall World Cup champion. Not yet 20, he was the youngest male moguls skier to ever win a Crystal Globe.

Kingsbury went unbeaten in 13 straight World Cup events from February 2, 2017 to January 11, 2018, setting a freestyle skiing record. That combined with his Olympic gold medal at PyeongChang 2018 led to him being named Canada’s Athlete of the Year.

Kingsbury suffered the only major injury of his career while training for the 2020-21 season opener in Ruka, Finland. He fractured two vertebrae when he landed awkwardly off a jump. That kept him out of competition until February, but he showed no rust upon his return. He won gold in moguls and dual moguls at the only World Cup he entered, followed by his double gold performance at the 2021 World Championships.

A little more about Mikaël…

Getting into the Sport: Started skiing at age four… When he was eight he joined a freestyle club at Mont Saint-Sauveur… A year earlier he had seen the club’s moguls team and wanted to ski with them… When skiing with his parents he was always going over bumps between trees and hitting jumps… At age 10 put the Olympic rings above his bed with the words “I will win”… Outside Interests: Enjoys playing hockey and golf, as well as surfing and skateboarding… Odds and Ends: Superstitions: has a t-shirt that has become his lucky shirt which reads “It’s good to be the king”; has worn it since reaching his first World Cup podium in 2010… Had his Olympic dream sparked while watching the 2002 Olympic men’s moguls competition… Became a father in August 2024 with the birth of his son, Henrik…