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

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(also known as

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) 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

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Crashed ice career

Croxall's ice cross downhill career began while he was going to school for

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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

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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

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, Ontario, and he is residing in

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. He is now a firefighter with the

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. His brother,

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, 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