Freestyle skier Kingsbury named Lou Marsh winner as Canada's top athlete

PYEONGCHANG-GUN, SOUTH KOREA - FEBRUARY 12: Gold medalist Mikael Kingsbury of Canada celebrates winning the Freestyle Skiing Men's Moguls Final on day three of the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympic Games at Phoenix Snow Park on February 12, 2018 in Pyeongchang-gun, South Korea.

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Freestyle skier Mikael Kingsbury was named the 2018 recipient of the Lou Marsh Trophy as Canada's top athlete Tuesday.

OFFICIAL: Mikael Kingsbury has been named the 2018 winner of the Lou Marsh award as Canada's athlete of the year.

Well deserved honour for Kingsbury, after knocking out a golden year for the books.
— Arash Madani (@ArashMadani) December 11, 2018

The 26-year-old captured the gold medal in moguls at the 2018 PyeongChang Games in February, improving on his silver-medal finish in Sochi four years ago and further solidifying his standing as the most accomplished moguls skier of all time.

At the conclusion of the 2017-18 FIS Freestyle Ski World Cup season, Kingsbury ranked No. 1 overall and No. 1 in moguls, his seventh straight year leading both categories.

Kingsbury is the fifth skier to capture the Lou Marsh Trophy and first since world champion Lucile Wheeler was honored in 1958.