Amelia Smart

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Amelia Smart
Amelia Smart Grandvalira 2023 SL 2nd run (5).jpg
Smart in 2023
Personal information
Born (1998-01-08) 8 January 1998 (age 26)
North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Height5 ft 6 in (168 cm)
Sport
CountryFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Sport Alpine skiing

Amelia Smart (born 8 January 1998) is a Canadian World Cup alpine ski racer. [1] [2]

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Career

Junior

Smart was part of Canada's team at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics, where she competed in four events. Smart's best placement was an 8th-place finish in the combined event. [1] [3]

At the World Junior Alpine Skiing Championships 2019 in Italy, Smart had a career best 7th-place finish in the slalom event. [4]

Senior

At Smart's first World Championships in 2021, Smart finished in 27th in the slalom event. [5] In June 2021, Smart was named to Canada's national team for the 2021–22 season. [6]

On January 21, 2022, Smart was named to Canada's 2022 Olympic team. [7] [8] [9]

World Cup results

Season standings

SeasonAgeOverallSlalomGiant
slalom
Super-GDownhillCombined
2018 2013459
2019 21 134 57
2020 22 105 40
2021 23 108 45
2022 24 59 21
2023 25 48 18
Standings through 16 January 2023

Top ten finishes

SeasonDateLocationDisciplinePlace
2022 11 Jan 2022 Flag of Austria.svg Schladming, Austria Slalom 9th
19 Mar 2022 Flag of France.svg Méribel, FranceSlalom9th
2023 4 Jan 2023 Flag of Croatia.svg Zagreb, CroatiaSlalom8th

World Championship results

  Year   Age  Slalom  Giant 
 slalom 
Super-GDownhillCombined
2019 21 22
2021 23 27

Olympic results

  Year   Age  Slalom  Giant 
 slalom 
Super-GDownhillCombined
2022 24 27

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References

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