At 22 years old, Michaela Gosselin is a rising star of the Canadian Para-Alpine Ski Team. She grew up skiing at Osler Bluff Ski Club in Ontario, where she raced in alpine competitions until the end of U16. After racing, she obtained her EL and DL coaching levels and coached for two seasons at Osler Bluff. She joined the Para-Alpine competition in 2019-20 when a cancer diagnosis resulted in a scapulectomy of her left shoulder.

Joining para-alpine competition for 2020-21 as a NextGen athlete, Gosselin showed the world what she’s all about with her first World Championship medal in slalom before narrowly missing the podium at the Beijing 2022 Paralympic Games. Also in 2021-22, she won slalom bronze at the World Para Snow Sports Championships in Lillehammer, NOR.

Having missed the entirety of the 2022-23 racing season after injuring her knee early in the year, the Queen’s University skier will look to return to top form on the World Cup ahead of the Milan-Cortina Paralympics in 2026.