{"id":32618,"date":"2025-07-29T20:19:08","date_gmt":"2025-07-29T20:19:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/32618\/"},"modified":"2025-07-29T20:19:08","modified_gmt":"2025-07-29T20:19:08","slug":"20-years-of-canadian-dh-champions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/32618\/","title":{"rendered":"20 years of Canadian DH champions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Canadian downhill mountain bike championships have crowned the country\u2019s fastest gravity racers for over 20 years. From early days at Whistler and Mont-Sainte-Anne to recent events at Sun Peaks and Fernie, the winners\u2019 list tells history of an evolving sport. A sport shaped by legends, rising stars and unforgettable seasons.<\/p>\n<p>Names like Steve Smith, <a href=\"https:\/\/cyclingmagazine.ca\/mtb\/finn-iles-returns-to-a-world-championships-podium-in-vallnord\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Finn Iles<\/a> and Casey Brown have defined generations. Andrew Mitchell has won it more than anyone with five titles total. Micayla Gatto isn\u2019t far behind with a total of four titles.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Now a new wave of champions like Johnathan Helly and Andr\u00e9ane Lanthier Nadeau are carrying the torch. The terrain may change and the bikes may evolve, but one thing remains constant: the Canadian DH national title is still one of the most hard-fought crowns in mountain biking.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s a look back at the last two decades of Canadian elite men\u2019s and women\u2019s downhill champions.<\/p>\n<p>2025 Sun Peaks<\/p>\n<p>Men: Johnathan Helly<br \/>Women: Andr\u00e9ane Lanthier Nadeau\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>2024 Sun Peaks<\/p>\n<p>Men: Jakob Jewett<br \/> Women: Emmy Lan<\/p>\n<p>2023 Fernie Alpine Resort<\/p>\n<p>Men: Lucas Cruz<br \/> Women: Bailey Goldstone<\/p>\n<p>2022 Kicking Horse<\/p>\n<p>Men: Gabriel Neron<br \/> Women: Bailey Goldstone<\/p>\n<p>2021 Kicking Horse<\/p>\n<p>Men: Finn Iles<br \/>Women: Casey Brown<\/p>\n<p>2020<\/p>\n<p>Event cancelled<\/p>\n<p>2019 Panorama<\/p>\n<p>Men: Finn Iles<br \/>Women: Vaea Verbeeck<\/p>\n<p>2018 Panorama<\/p>\n<p>Men: Magnus Manson<br \/>Women: Vaea Verbeeck<\/p>\n<p>2017 Panorama<\/p>\n<p>Men: Kirk McDowall<br \/>Women: Miranda Miller<\/p>\n<p>2016 Sun Peaks<\/p>\n<p>Men: Kirk McDowall<br \/>Women: Miranda Miller<\/p>\n<p>2015 Sun Peaks<\/p>\n<p>Men: Matthew Beer<br \/>Women: Miranda Miller<\/p>\n<p>2014 Sun Peaks<\/p>\n<p>Men: Steve Smith<br \/>Women: Vaea Verbeeck<\/p>\n<p>2013 Panorama<\/p>\n<p>Men: Steve Smith<br \/>Women: Micayla Gatto<\/p>\n<p>2012 Mont Sainte Anne<\/p>\n<p>Men: Matthew Beer<br \/>Women: Casey Brown<\/p>\n<p>2011 Panorama<\/p>\n<p>Men: Andrew Mitchell<br \/>Women: Claire Buchar<\/p>\n<p>2010<\/p>\n<p>Men: Andrew Mitchell<br \/>Women: Micayla Gatto<\/p>\n<p>2009 Massif du Sud<\/p>\n<p>Men: Andrew Mitchell<br \/>Women: Micayla Gatto<\/p>\n<p>2008 Mont Sainte Anne<\/p>\n<p>Men: Andrew Mitchell<br \/>Women: Sheila Morris<\/p>\n<p>2007 Mount Washington Alpine Resort<\/p>\n<p>Men: Luke Kitzanuk<br \/>Women: Micayla Gatto<\/p>\n<p>2006 Whistler<\/p>\n<p>Men: Andrew Mitchell<br \/>Women: Michelle Dumaresq<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Canadian downhill mountain bike championships have crowned the country\u2019s fastest gravity racers for over 20 years. From&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":32619,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[445],"tags":[49,48,635,1700,82],"class_list":["post-32618","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cycling","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-cycling","tag-mtb-features","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32618","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32618"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32618\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32619"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32618"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32618"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32618"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}