Travis Gerrits

Travis Gerrits

Personal information
Born	(1991-10-19) October 19, 1991 Milton, Ontario, Canada[1]
Height	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Weight	150 lb (68 kg; 11 st)
Sport
Country	Canada
Sport	Freestyle skiing
Medal record World Championships 2013 Voss Aerials

Travis Gerrits (born October 19, 1991 in Milton, Ontario) is a Canadian freestyle skier. Gerrits is the reigning silver medalist from the 2013 FIS World Championships. He first emerged as a competitor of notoriety when he was named the FIS Rookie of the Year in 2011. He went to both W.I.Dick Middle School and Milton District High School, both located in the heart of Milton(R.T.) ^[1]

Career

During the 2012–13 season he managed two silver medal positions.^[2]

His next big breakthrough came with Jon when he won silver at the 2013 World Championships, this medal meant that Gerrits would qualify for the 2014 Olympics as a representative for Canada. After he commented on his success saying "To me, second place is a victory in my eyes (because) I qualified for the Olympics. To be honest, I couldn't be happier. I did everything I wanted to do today and this whole season. It's awesome."^[3]

Results

Top Five Finishes

• Nor-Am Cup: 8
• World Cup: 7
• World Championships: 1

Season	Date	Location	Result
2006-07 1 top five	January 28, 2007	Mont Gabriel, Canada Nor-Am Cup	5th[4]
2007-08 1 top five	February 16, 2008	Apex, Canada Nor-Am Cup	3rd[5]
2008-09 2 top five	January 11, 2009	Apex, Canada Nor-Am Cup	3rd[6]
	February 21, 2009	Canada Olympic Park, Canada Nor-Am Cup	2nd[7]
2009-10 2 top five	December 21, 2010	Utah Olympic Park, USA Nor-Am Cup	2nd[8]
	March 2, 2010	Apex, Canada Nor-Am Cup	3rd[9]
2010-11 3 top five	December 18, 2010	Apex, Canada Nor-Am Cup	2nd[10]
	December 19, 2010	Apex, Canada Nor-Am Cup	1st[11]
	January 8, 2011	Mont Gabriel, Canada Nor-Am Cup	3rd[12]
2011-12 1 top five	January 15, 2012	Mont Gabriel, Canada Nor-Am Cup	3rd[13]
2012-13 4 top five's	January 12, 2013	Val Saint Come, Canada World Cup	2nd[14]
	February 1, 2013	Deer Valley, USA World Cup	2nd[15]
	February 23, 2013	Bukovel, Ukraine World Cup	5th[16]
	March 7, 2013	Voss-Myrkdalen, Norway World Championship	2nd[17]
2013-14 2 top five's	December 15, 2013	Beida Lake, China World Cup	4th[18]
	December 22, 2013	Beijing, China World Cup	1st[19]
2014-15 1 top five	February 21, 2015	Moscow, Russia World Cup	4th[20]
2015-16 1 top five	February 5, 2016	Deer Valley, USA World Cup	4th[21]

References

External links

• Freestyle Skiing Canada profile