Past Mosman Daily Junior Sports Star winner living, training in Canada

The Mosman Daily’s 2014 Junior Sports Star winner has moved to Canada to further his high-performance training in biathlon and compete internationally.

Marist College student Will Neuhaus, 15, has spent the last nine months travelling the globe training on the slopes and competing in cross-country skiing and racing.

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THE Mosman Daily’s 2014 Junior Sports Star winner Will Neuhaus now calls Canada home but still sees himself as “a kid from Kirribilli”.

The high-achieving biathlete and former Marist College North Shore student has moved to Alberta with his family to further his burgeoning sporting career.

Biathlon combines cross-country skate skiing and small-bore target shooting.

Former Marist College North Shore student Will Neuhaus, photographed in 2014, has now moved to Canada to further his biathlon career. Picture: David Swift

Neuhaus, 17, is completing high school at Canada’s National Sport School in Calgary for developing and elite high-performance athletes training in Olympic sports.

Meg Neuhaus said it was “a brilliant and unique opportunity” for her son.

“The school has a flexible syllabus so the kids can better balance their training and competition needs with their schooling,” she said.

A recent photograph of the biathlete, now 17, who is living in Canada while he completes high school at the National Sport School in Calgary.

The family will return home each Australian winter to enable Neuhaus to compete in Australia and catch up with friends and family.

Neuhaus achieved top five finishes in the Western Canadian Championships and also represented Australia in the 2016 International Biathlon Union Youth and Junior World Championships in Romania.

Neuhaus said his Junior Sports Star win helped him to believe in himself as a sportsman and he encouraged young athletes to work hard and not give up on their dreams.

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