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Place of Birth: Vernon, British Columbia, Canada
About Drew Neilson
- Drew Neilson (born 15 June 1974 in Vernon, British Columbia) is a Canadian snowboarder who currently resides in North Vancouver, British Columbia.
- Neilson is a member of the Canadian national snowboard team and competes in snowboard cross. Neilson was the overall snowboard cross champion in the world cup season of 2006-07.
- Over the course of his career he has won 9 world cup races and been on the podium 19 times all in the division of snowboard cross.
- Neilson's best result came at the 2003 FIS World Championships where he finished in the bronze medal position.
- Neilson went to the 2006 Turin Olympics where he only managed a 17th-place finish.
- Neilson had gone into those games as the gold medal favourite but was taken out in the early rounds of competition by another boarder.
- His close friend Seth Wescott went on to win the gold medal at the inaugural Olympic event.The 2010 Winter Olympics took place in Neilson's home of Vancouver.
- The location of the snowboard cross for the Olympics was just north of his North Vancouver home.
- Cypress Mountain was also the site which nearly ended Neilson's career, when he broke his arm biking down the mountain.
- Neilson finished in 7th place in the World Cup and only snowboard cross competition at the site before the 2010 games. Neilson is a playable character in the video game Shaun Palmer's Pro Snowboarder.
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