Kyle Croxall

Kyle Croxall
Personal information
Nickname(s) Croxy
Born (1988-10-26) 26 October 1988
Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
Residence Calgary, Alberta
Sport
Sport Ice Cross Downhill
Team Living the Dream (LTD)
Updated on 23 March 2014.

Kyle Croxall (born October 26, 1988 in Mississauga, Ontario)[3] is a Canadian Red Bull Crashed Ice (also known as Ice Cross Downhill) racer. He currently resides in Calgary, Alberta. As of January 2014, Croxall is ranked 4th in the world in this sport.[4]

Croxall is a former ice hockey player who played one season with the Mississauga Chargers of the Ontario Junior A Hockey League.[5]

Crashed Ice Career

Croxall's Ice Cross Downhill career began when he was going to school for firefighting in Ottawa, Ontario. There in 2007, he saw that tryouts were being held. Croxall said "I had previously seen the sport on TV and wanted to join."[6] Croxall tried out for Crashed Ice and went to his first race in Quebec City in 2008.

Croxall who now competes in Red Bull Crashed Ice[7] for the team known as "Living The Dream", has individually been 2nd place (2010, 2011, 2013) and 1st place (2012) in the Red Bull Crashed Ice Men's Individual World Championship rankings.[8]

As part of the "Living The Dream" team, he has been 3rd place (2013) and 2nd place (2014) in the Red Bull Crashed Ice Team World Championship rankings.[9]

Apart from the world championship rankings he has 6 first place finishes, 2 second place finishes and 2 third place finishes in Men's Individual Races.[10]

Personal life

Croxall currently lives in Toronto, Ontario. His daily job is firefighting with the Toronto Fire Service.[11]

His brother Scott Croxall is also an ice cross downhill athlete.

References


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