Derek Drouin

Derek Drouin
Personal information
Born (1990-03-06) March 6, 1990
Sarnia, Ontario, Canada
Home townCorunna, Ontario, Canada
Height194 cm (6 ft 4 in)
Weight80 kg (176 lb)
Sport
SportTrack and field
EventHigh jump
College teamIndiana Hoosiers
Achievements and titles
Personal bests
  • High jump: 2.40 m (7 ft 10+14 in) NR (Des Moines 2014)
  • Decathlon: 7150 (Santa Barbara 2017)

Derek Drouin (born March 6, 1990) is a Canadian track and field athlete who competes in the high jump. He won gold at the 2016 Summer Olympics, and was the 2015 World Champion. He also won gold at the 2014 Commonwealth Games and the 2015 Pan American Games, and won a silver medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics and a bronze medal at the 2013 World Championships. Drouin was originally awarded the bronze at the 2012 Olympics which was retroactively changed to silver when the original gold medallist Ivan Ukhov was stripped of his medal for doping violations. He was belatedly presented with the upgraded silver in a presentation during the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics, one of 10 Olympians who were presented with “reallocated” medals from previous Olympics.

Drouin's personal best jump of 2.40 m (7 ft 10+14 in), set in 2014, is the Canadian record and ranks him joint eighth on the overall list. In his college career, he was a five-time NCAA Champion in the high jump for the Indiana Hoosiers.