Max Parrot is the reigning Olympic champion in slopestyle, winning gold at the 2022 Winter Olympics and won a silver in the event at the 2018 Winter Olympics.
17 Facts About Max Parrot
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Max Parrot was born and raised near the Bromont ski area in Quebec.
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Max Parrot began skiing at age three and discovered snowboarding at age 9.
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Max Parrot's father, Alain Parrot, was an alpine ski racer and Canadian waterski champion.
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In 2014, Max Parrot was the first to land consecutive Triple jumps in a Slopestyle run at the X Games.
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Max Parrot competes in slopestyle and represented Canada at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi.
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Max Parrot has won a gold and silver medal each in both slopestyle and the big air events at the Winter X Games.
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Max Parrot competed for Canada at the 2018 Winter Olympics in South Korea, where his first competition was in the slopestyle event.
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Max Parrot fell heavily on his first two of three runs; on his final run, he threw down a clean run, scoring 86.00.
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In early 2019, Max Parrot was diagnosed with blood cancer, Hodgkin Lymphoma, and underwent 12 rounds of extensive chemotherapy for 6 months.
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Max Parrot recovered later that year and returned to competing, winning gold at the 2020 Winter X Games and beating fellow Canadian Mark McMorris.
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Max Parrot was named as part of Canada's 2022 Olympic team.
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Max Parrot began his Olympics in the slopestyle event, Parrot finished the qualifying round in 10th place which meant he would start third in the final.
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Max Parrot's win was not without some controversy, as judges later admitted to missing a knee grab that according to BBC News analyst Ed Leigh, would have "totally upended the podium".
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On January 17,2019, Max Parrot announced he had been diagnosed with Hodgkin lymphoma on December 21,2018, and that he had started a six-month course of chemotherapy.
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Max Parrot announced that he had beaten Hodgkin's lymphoma in 2019 and returned to competition that year.
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Max Parrot is engaged to his fiancee, Kayla, with whom he has two sons: Blake, born May 2022, and Louka, born December 2023.