Ravi Drugan

Quick Facts

• Specialty: Para Alpine Skiing (Sitting) — LW12-2 Classification
• In 2004, lost both legs after being struck by a train
• Introduced to seated monoskiing by his parents and Oregon Adaptive Sports
• Parents: Daniel Drugan and Keli Ann Schunk
• Hobbies include free skiing, camping, hiking and working on classic cars
• Sporting idols are freeride legends Glen Plake and Shane McConkey

Biographical Information

Ravi Drugan was born in Treasure Island, Florida, and grew up in Oregon with a deep affection for the outdoors and an appetite for action sports. By age 14, he was well over six feet tall and a gifted multi-sport athlete excelling in skateboarding with X Games dreams, water polo, baseball, and soccer. Three days before his 15th birthday in 2004, Drugen was struck by a train. The injuries resulted in bilateral above-knee amputation.

His parents, Daniel Drugan and Keli Ann Schunk, were central to what came next: Along with the staff at Oregon Adaptive Sports in Bend, they introduced Ravi to seated monoskiing as a pathway back to the mountains. The sport connected immediately. With a $3,000 grant from the Challenged Athletes Foundation, Ravi purchased his own custom-made monoski.

Drugan's early competitive career was in para snowboarding rather than alpine skiing. He won gold at the 2012 Para-Snowboarding World Cup in Lake Louise, Alberta and a bronze medal at the WSF Para-Snowboard World Championships in the sitting division. He also took home bronze in Mono Skier X at the 2015 Winter X Games in Aspen. After the X Games dropped the Mono Skier X event, Drugan transitioned into sit-ski alpine racing, joining the U.S. Para Alpine Ski Team in 2017 in the LW12-2 classification.

At the Paralympic Winter Games Beijing 2022, Drugan made his Paralympic debut, entering five events — downhill, super-G, giant slalom, slalom and super combined — and finishing 10th in slalom, his strongest result. Over the years, he continued to develop at the world championship level. At the 2025 FIS Alpine Skiing World Championships, he posted an 11th-place finish in slalom and 14th in giant slalom, his best marks on that stage.

Off the snow, Drugan is an avid free skier who finds as much satisfaction in exploring ungroomed terrain as he does in race courses. He camps, hikes and spends time working on classic cars, a hands-on hobby that reflects the same mechanical instinct that draws him to the technical side of skiing equipment. His sister, Kali Drugan/Schneiderhan, and his parents remain close to him as he continues to compete on the world stage.

Paralympic Experience

• 2-time Paralympian
• Paralympic Games Milan 2026, 8th (Downhill - Sitting - Men), 11th (Super Combined - Sitting - Men), 13th (Super-G - Sitting - Men), 15th (Giant Slalom - Sitting - Men, Slalom - Sitting - Men)
• Paralympic Games Beijing 2022, (Downhill - Sitting - Men, Super Combined - Sitting - Men), 10th (Slalom - Sitting - Men), 17th (Super-G - Sitting - Men), 20th (Giant Slalom - Sitting - Men)

World Championships Experience

• Most recent: 2025 – 11th (Slalom - Sitting - Men), 14th (Giant Slalom - Sitting - Men)
• Years of participation: Giant Slalom - Sitting - Men 2022, 2023, 2025; Slalom - Sitting - Men 2022, 2023, 2025; Downhill - Sitting - Men 2022, 2023; Super Combined - Sitting - Men 2022, 2023; Super-G - Sitting - Men 2022, 2023; Snowboardcross - Sitting - Men 2012
• Medals: 1 (1 bronze)
• Bronze – 2012 (Snowboardcross - Sitting - Men)