James Crawford (alpine skier)

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James Crawford
Personal information
Born (1997-05-03) 3 May 1997 (age 26)
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Occupation Alpine skier
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Skiing career
Disciplines Super-G, Downhill, Giant slalom, Combined
Club Georgian Peaks & Whistler Mountain Ski Club [1]
World Cup debut22 January 2016 (age 18)
Olympics
Teams2 – (2018, 2022)
Medals1 (0 gold)
World Championships
Teams3 – (2019, 2021, 2023)
Medals1 (1 gold)
World Cup
Seasons7 – (2016, 20182023)
Wins0
Podiums4 – (3 DH, 1 SG)
Overall titles0 – (14th in 2022)
Discipline titles0 – (5th in SG, 2022)
Medal record
Men's alpine skiing
Representing Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
International competitions
Event1st2nd3rd
Olympic Games 001
World Championships 100
Total101
Olympic Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2022 Beijing Combined
World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2023 Courchevel Super-G
Junior World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2017 Åre Team event
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2016 Sochi Super-G

James "Jack" Crawford (born 3 May 1997) is a Canadian World Cup alpine ski racer. He specializes in super-G, and also competes in giant slalom, downhill, and combined.

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Crawford made his World Cup debut in January 2016 in a super-G at Kitzbühel, Austria. He competed in the 2018 Winter Olympics, [2] and the World Championships in 2019 and 2021, where he was fourth in the combined event.

At the 2023 World Championships in Courchevel, Crawford won his first gold medal in Super-G. [3] [4]

In January 2022, Crawford was named to Canada's Olympic team; [5] [6] he was fourth in the downhill, sixth in the super-G, and won the bronze medal in the combined. [7]

Crawford's older sister Candace is also an alpine racer; their aunt is Judy Crawford, who finished fourth in the slalom at the 1972 Winter Olympics at Sapporo. [7] [8]

World Cup results

Season standings

SeasonAgeOverallSlalomGiant
Slalom
Super-GDownhillCombined
2019 21 150 54
2020 22 97 22
2021 23 82 24 51
2022 24 14 5 16
2023 25 12 54 19 5
2024 26 7 29 6 5
Standings through 21 December 2023

Race podiums

SeasonDateLocationDisciplinePlace
2022 6 Mar 2022 Flag of Norway.svg Kvitfjell, Norway Super-G 2nd
2023 3 Dec 2022 Flag of the United States.svg Beaver Creek, USA Downhill 3rd
28 Dec 2022 Flag of Italy.svg Bormio, ItalyDownhill2nd
4 Mar 2023 Flag of the United States.svg Aspen, USADownhill2nd

World Championship results

  Year   Age  Slalom  Giant 
 slalom 
Super-GDownhillCombinedTeam
event
2019 21 36
2021 23 DNF1 14 21 4
2023 25 1 5 DNS SL

Olympic results

  Year   Age  Slalom  Giant 
 slalom 
Super-GDownhillCombined
2018 20 29 DNF 20
2022 24 6 4 3

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References

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