Kelsey Serwa was born on September 1,1989 and is a Canadian retired freestyle skier who was a member of the Canadian national ski cross team.
15 Facts About Kelsey Serwa
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Kelsey Serwa won a gold medal at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang and a silver medal at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi.
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Kelsey Serwa is the 2011 FIS World Champion and two times Winter X Games champion.
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Kelsey Serwa won her first outright world cup race later that season at Lake Placid on January 24,2010.
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At the 2010 Winter X Games two weeks before the Olympics, Kelsey Serwa managed to win a bronze at the famous cash event, fellow countrywoman Ashleigh McIvor had finished second.
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Kelsey Serwa was a member of the Canadian Olympic team that competed in Vancouver in her home province of British Columbia.
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Kelsey Serwa carried her X Games winning momentum into the 2011 World Championships.
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On February 21,2014, Kelsey Serwa won silver in women's ski cross during her second Olympics, finishing behind gold medalist and Canadian teammate Marielle Thompson.
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Kelsey Serwa suffered a training accident in December 2016 and considered retirement from ski cross, but ultimately returned to the sport following knee surgery.
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Kelsey Serwa subsequently earned a place on Canada's ski cross team for the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang.
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Kelsey Serwa went on to win the gold medal in women's ski cross, with her teammate Brittany Phelan winning the silver medal.
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On July 4,2019, Kelsey Serwa announced her retirement from competitive ski cross, after ten years on the national team.
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Kelsey Serwa's grandfather, Clifford Jack Kelsey Serwa, was a co-founder of the Big White Ski Resort, and later a longtime member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia representing Okanagan.
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Kelsey Serwa married Stan Rey, a retired competitive ski cross athlete, in 2019.
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Kelsey Serwa began studying kinesiology at the University of British Columbia at Okanagan.