Kyle Croxall (born October 26, 1988) is a Canadian

Red Bull Crashed Ice Crashed Ice (full official name: '' Red Bull Crashed Ice'') is a world tour in the winter extreme sporting event, ''ice cross downhill'' (or downhill ice cross), which involves downhill skating in an urban environment, on a track which include ...

(also known as

ice cross downhill Ice cross downhill, (formerly known as Red Bull Crashed Ice, is a winter extreme sporting event which involves direct competitive downhill skating on a walled track featuring sharp turns and high vertical drops. Ice cross downhill is similar ...

) racer. In January 2014, he was ranked fourth in the world in the sport. Croxall is a former

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player who played one season with the

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of the Ontario Junior A Hockey League.

Crashed ice career

Croxall's ice cross downhill career began while he was going to school for firefighting in Ottawa,

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. In 2007, tryouts were being held there. Croxall said, "I had previously seen the sport on TV and wanted to join." Croxall tried out for

Crashed Ice Crashed Ice (full official name: ''Red Bull Crashed Ice'') is a world tour in the winter extreme sporting event, ''ice cross downhill'' (or downhill ice cross), which involves downhill skating in an urban environment, on a track which includes ...

and went on to his first race in

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in 2008. Croxall now competes on the

tour for the team known as "Living The Dream". Croxall has individually been ranked second (2010, 2011, 2013) and first (2012) in the Red Bull Crashed Ice Men's Individual World Championship rankings. As part of the "Living The Dream" team, he has been ranked third (2013) and second (2014) in the Red Bull Crashed Ice Team World Championship rankings. Apart from the world championship rankings, he has six first-place finishes, two second-place finishes and two third-place finishes in Men's Individual Races.

Personal life

Croxall was born in Mississauga, Ontario, and he is residing in

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. He is now a firefighter with the

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

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* 1988 births Living people Canadian firefighters Canadian ice hockey players Ice hockey people from Ontario Sportspeople from Mississauga Sportspeople from Toronto {{Canada-sport-bio-stub