{"id":197556,"date":"2026-01-25T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-25T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/develop.olympic.ca\/olympique\/?post_type=athletes&#038;p=197556"},"modified":"2026-02-19T14:18:22","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T19:18:22","slug":"cole-zajanski","status":"publish","type":"athletes","link":"https:\/\/develop.olympic.ca\/olympique\/team-canada\/cole-zajanski\/","title":{"rendered":"Cole Zajanski"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cole&nbsp;Zajanski fera ses d\u00e9buts olympiques \u00e0 Milano Cortina&nbsp;2026 avec son partenaire de double de longue date, Devin&nbsp;Wardrope.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Wardrope et Zajanski ont remport\u00e9 une m\u00e9daille de bronze en tant que membres de l\u2019\u00e9quipe canadienne de relais aux Championnats du monde FIL&nbsp;2025 \u00e0 Whistler. Ils y ont \u00e9galement obtenu leur meilleur r\u00e9sultat des championnats du monde en double, une 12<sup>e<\/sup>&nbsp;place. Il s\u2019agissait de leur troisi\u00e8me participation cons\u00e9cutive aux championnats du monde seniors. En 2023 et 2024, leur r\u00e9sultat les a class\u00e9s en quatri\u00e8me place dans la division des moins de 23&nbsp;ans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Wardrope et Zajanski ont commenc\u00e9 ensemble sur la sc\u00e8ne internationale en 2019-20. Ils ont fait leurs d\u00e9buts \u00e0 la Coupe du monde senior FIL en janvier&nbsp;2020 \u00e0 Altenberg, en Allemagne. Ils ont commenc\u00e9 \u00e0 participer \u00e0 temps plein sur le circuit de la Coupe du monde en 2021-22 et ont manqu\u00e9 de peu une qualification pour Beijing&nbsp;2022. Ils ont cependant particip\u00e9 aux Championnats du monde juniors&nbsp;2022 ensemble.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Wardrope et Zajanski ont commenc\u00e9 la saison&nbsp;2022-23 avec leur meilleur r\u00e9sultat en carri\u00e8re en Coupe du monde, une quatri\u00e8me place en double \u00e0 Whistler. Ils ont remport\u00e9 l\u2019or aux Championnats Am\u00e9rique-Pacifique, qui avaient aussi lieu \u00e0 Whistler.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Zajanski a commenc\u00e9 sur la sc\u00e8ne internationale pendant la saison&nbsp;2016-17 dans le cadre des \u00e9preuves de la Coupe du monde jeunesse. Il a particip\u00e9 aux Championnats du monde juniors FIL&nbsp;2020 en simple.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>\u00c0 propos de Cole<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>D\u00e9buts&nbsp;:<\/strong> il a commenc\u00e9 \u00e0 faire de la luge \u00e0 11&nbsp;ans apr\u00e8s que sa m\u00e8re a vu une pancarte pour la luge lorsqu\u2019elle traversait le Parc olympique Canada en voiture. <strong>Autres int\u00e9r\u00eats&nbsp;:<\/strong>il aime regarder des films et jouer aux cartes avec ses co\u00e9quipiers, et faire de la randonn\u00e9e et du v\u00e9lo de montagne. <strong>De tout et de rien&nbsp;: <\/strong>citation favorite&nbsp;: \u00ab&nbsp;La pire chose que je pourrais faire, c\u2019est d\u2019\u00eatre comme tout le monde.&nbsp;\u00bb &#8211; Arnold Schwarzenegger<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cole&nbsp;Zajanski fera ses d\u00e9buts olympiques \u00e0 Milano Cortina&nbsp;2026 avec son partenaire de double de longue date, Devin&nbsp;Wardrope. 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