![]() Podium finish in February 2012 | |
Personal information | |
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Full name | Benjamin Thomsen |
Born | Invermere, B.C., Canada | August 25, 1987
Occupation | Alpine skier |
Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) |
Skiing career | |
Disciplines | Downhill, Super G |
Club | Windermere Valley SC |
World Cup debut | March 6, 2010 (age 22) |
Olympics | |
Teams | 2 – (2014, 2018) |
Medals | 0 |
World Championships | |
Teams | 5 – (2011–15, 2019) |
Medals | 0 |
World Cup | |
Seasons | 10th – (2011–2020) |
Wins | 0 |
Podiums | 1 – (1 DH) |
Overall titles | 0 – (42nd in 2012) |
Discipline titles | 0 – (15th in DH, 2012) |
Benjamin Thomsen (born August 25, 1987), also known as Ben Thomsen, is a World Cup alpine ski racer from Canada. Born in Invermere, British Columbia, he primarily competes in the speed events of Downhill and Super G. Thomsen's father Glenn is a former national team coach for Alpine Canada. [1] Thomsen made his World Cup debut in March 2010; his only podium came in February 2012, a second-place finish at the pre-Olympic downhill at Rosa Khutor in Russia. [2] [3]
Season | |||||||
Age | Overall | Slalom | Giant Slalom | Super G | Downhill | Combined | |
2011 | 23 | 109 | — | — | — | 37 | 54 |
2012 | 24 | 42 | — | — | 58 | 15 | — |
2013 | 25 | 77 | — | — | 50 | 30 | — |
2014 | 26 | 97 | — | — | 43 | 39 | — |
2015 | 27 | 73 | — | — | — | 25 | — |
2016 | 28 | 81 | — | — | — | 28 | — |
2017 | 29 | no World Cup points | |||||
2018 | 30 | 88 | — | — | 42 | 32 | — |
2019 | 31 | 52 | — | — | 42 | 17 | — |
2020 | 32 | 99 | — | — | — | 39 | — |
Season | Date | Location | Discipline | Place |
2012 | 4 Feb 2012 | ![]() | Downhill | 5th |
11 Feb 2012 | ![]() | Downhill | 2nd | |
3 Mar 2012 | ![]() | Downhill | 9th | |
14 Mar 2012 | ![]() | Downhill | 10th | |
2015 | 21 Feb 2015 | ![]() | Downhill | 8th |
2016 | 29 Dec 2015 | ![]() | Downhill | 8th |
2019 | 15 Dec 2018 | ![]() | Downhill | 10th |
28 Dec 2018 | ![]() | Downhill | 10th | |
Year | Age | Slalom | Giant slalom | Super-G | Downhill | Combined | |
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2011 | 23 | — | — | 19 | 18 | — | |
2013 | 25 | — | — | 19 | 17 | — | |
2015 | 27 | — | — | 27 | 18 | — | |
2017 | 29 | Injured: did not compete | |||||
2019 | 31 | — | — | 17 | 7 | — |
Year | Age | Slalom | Giant slalom | Super-G | Downhill | Combined |
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2014 | 26 | — | — | — | 19 | — |
2018 | 30 | — | — | — | 28 | DNS2 |
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