Nick Zoricic

Who was Nick Zoricic?

Nick Zoricic (19 February 1983 – 10 March 2012) was a Canadian ski cross skier who died following a severe crash during the 1/8-final of a World Cup event in Grindelwald, Switzerland. Zoricic was born in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia. He grew up in Toronto after immigrating to Canada with his family at the age of five. As is common among ski-cross athletes, Zoricic was an alpine ski racer before taking up ski-cross. Zoricic's greatest success came in the 2010–11 season. That year, he was never ranked lower than eighth and made his first World Cup podium on 7 January 2011 by finishing second at St. Johann in Tyrol. A year later, on 15 January 2012, he finished third in the World Cup race at Les Contamines.