June 18, 1979
Brian McKeever
Brian is Canada’s most-accomplished Paralympic athlete, having won a total of 17 medals at five Paralympic Winter Games, including 13 golds. He began his Paralympic career at Salt Lake City (2002) and continued it at Torino (2006), Vancouver-Whistler (2010), Sochi (2014) and Pyeongchang (2018).
In 2010, Brian became the first athlete in the world to be named to the Olympic and Paralympic teams and although he did not race in the Olympics at Vancouver, he did win three gold medals at the Paralympics that year.
Left to right: older brother Robin, father Bill, mother Jean, Brian
Brian started skiing at the age of three and entered his first race nine years later. At the age of 19, Stargaard’s disease (macular degeneration or loss of central vision, fine detail and colour) was diagnosed, and soon after Brian joined the Canadian para-nordic ski team, although he also continued competing as an able-bodied skier for several more years.
Brian’s guides have included his older brother, Robin, who is now the National Para-nordic coach, Erik Carleton, who was a childhood friend, Graham Nishikawa who joined up with Brian as an additional guide at the Sochi Paralympics in 2014, and Russell Kennedy, who worked with Brian and Graham at the Pyeongchang Paralympics in 2018.
Brian competed in the 2007 FIS (Federation Internationale de Ski) World Championships in Sapporo, Japan, where he was the top Canadian skier with a 21st place finish in the 15 km cross country event.
Brian has also competed and won a total of 13 golds and 2 silvers at IPC (International Paralympic Committee) World Championships between 2005 and 2017. He has also won numerous IPC World Cup gold medals in long and middle distance events as well as sprints since 2006.
with guide Erik Carleton 
Graham Nishikawa 
with Russ Kennedy 
With guide and older brother Robin McKeever
Paralympic Results 2002 to 2018
Salt Lake City Paralympic Games 2002
1st 5 km classic visually impaired cross country
1st 10 km freestyle visually impaired cross country
2nd 20 km freestyle visually impaired cross country
6th 7.5 km visually impaired biathlon
Torino Paralympic Games 2006
1st 5 km freestyle visually impaired cross country
1st 10 km classic visually impaired cross country
2nd 20 km classic visually impaired cross country
3rd 7.5 km visually impaired biathlon
Vancouver-Whistler Paralympic Games 2010
1st classic sprint visually impaired
1st 10 km classic visually impaired cross country
1st 20 km freestyle visually impaired
Sochi Paralympic Games 2014
1st freestyle sprint visually impaired
1st 10 km freestyle visually impaired
1st 20 km classic visually impaired
Pyeongchang Paralympic Games 2018
1st classic sprint visually impaired
1st 10 km classic visually impaired
1st 20 km freestyle visually impaired
3rd 4 x 2.5 open relay
Sources: Cross Country Canada; International Paralympic Committee, Wikipedia