name: Derek Wintermans

birthplace: Halifax, NS

current city: Port Coquitlam, BC

sport: Snowboardcross

favourite food: Sandwiches

favourite colour: Green

what's your single greatest achievement as an athlete?
Winning the 2005 South American Championship with the full World Cup field competing.

what's your single greatest achievement outside of sports?
Attaining two University Degrees.

what's your favourite quote or statement?
"There is only one road to true human greatness: through the school of hard knocks." Albert Einstein

who was your role model when you were young?
My mother, because as a single mom she sacrificed everything to make sure her sons grew up to be men of great character.