| Mackenzie Boyd-Clowes | |
|---|---|
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| Country |  |
| Full name | Mackenzie James Boyd-Clowes |
| Born | 13 July 1991 Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in) |
| Ski club | Altius Nordic Ski Club |
| Personal best | 224 m (735 ft)  Planica, 17 March 2016 |
| World Cup career | |
| Seasons | 2009–2014 2016–present |
| Indiv. starts | 101 |
| Team starts | 2 |
| Updated on 13 January 2019. | |
Mackenzie Boyd-Clowes (born 13 July 1991) is a Canadian ski jumper.
Mackenzie was raised in Calgary, Alberta where he trained on the ski jumps at Canada Olympic Park. He made his world cup debut in 2009 in Vancouver where he took 42nd place. He performed at FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2009 in Liberec, Czech Republic where he finished 46th at individual large hill event.
Calgary is a city in the Canadian province of Alberta. It is situated at the confluence of the Bow River and the Elbow River in the south of the province, in an area of foothills and prairie, about 80 km (50 mi) east of the front ranges of the Canadian Rockies. The city anchors the south end of what Statistics Canada defines as the "Calgary–Edmonton Corridor".
Alberta is a western province of Canada. With an estimated population of 4,067,175 as of 2016 census, it is Canada's fourth most populous province and the most populous of Canada's three prairie provinces. Its area is about 660,000 square kilometres (250,000 sq mi). Alberta and its neighbour Saskatchewan were districts of the Northwest Territories until they were established as provinces on September 1, 1905. The premier has been Rachel Notley since 2015.
Vancouver is a coastal seaport city in western Canada, located in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia. As the most populous city in the province, the 2016 census recorded 631,486 people in the city, up from 603,502 in 2011. The Greater Vancouver area had a population of 2,463,431 in 2016, making it the third-largest metropolitan area in Canada. Vancouver has the highest population density in Canada with over 5,400 people per square kilometre, which makes it the fifth-most densely populated city with over 250,000 residents in North America behind New York City, Guadalajara, San Francisco, and Mexico City according to the 2011 census. Vancouver is one of the most ethnically and linguistically diverse cities in Canada according to that census; 52% of its residents have a first language other than English. Roughly 30% of the city's inhabitants are of Chinese heritage. Vancouver is classed as a Beta global city.
At his first and home 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver he finished 44th in the individual normal hill, 36th in the individual large hill and 12th place at the large hill team event. He performed at FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2011 in Oslo, Norway where he finished 39th at individual large hill event.
The 2010 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XXI Olympic Winter Games and commonly known as Vancouver 2010, informally the 21st Winter Olympics, was an international winter multi-sport event that was held from 12 to 28 February 2010 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, with some events held in the surrounding suburbs of Richmond, West Vancouver and the University Endowment Lands, and in the nearby resort town of Whistler.
The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2011 took place from 23 February to 6 March 2011 in Oslo, Norway, at the Holmenkollen National Arena. It was the fifth time these championships had been hosted in Holmenkollen, having been done previously in 1930, the 1952 Winter Olympics, 1966, and 1982. On 25 May 2006, the 45th FIS Congress in Vilamoura, Portugal, selected the Holmenkollen area over both Val di Fiemme, Italy, and Zakopane, Poland, with a vote of 12 to 4 to 0. These games coincided with the Holmenkollen Ski Festival as they have previously in 1930, 1952, 1966, and 1982.
Oslo is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a county and a municipality. Founded in the year 1040 as Ánslo, and established as a kaupstad or trading place in 1048 by Harald Hardrada, the city was elevated to a bishopric in 1070 and a capital under Haakon V of Norway around 1300. Personal unions with Denmark from 1397 to 1523 and again from 1536 to 1814 reduced its influence, and with Sweden from 1814 to 1905 it functioned as a co-official capital. After being destroyed by a fire in 1624, during the reign of King Christian IV, a new city was built closer to Akershus Fortress and named Christiania in the king's honour. It was established as a municipality (formannskapsdistrikt) on 1 January 1838. The city's name was spelled Kristiania between 1877 and 1897 by state and municipal authorities. In 1925 the city was renamed Oslo.
He performed at FIS Ski Flying World Championships 2012 in Vikersund, Norway where he finished 36th at individual flying hill event. He set the Canadian ski flying national record at 205 metres (673 ft) which he jumped in Harrachov, Czech Republic in 2013 and improved in three years later.
The FIS Ski Flying World Championships 2012 was a World championship in ski flying, held in Vikersund, Norway, from 23 to 26 February 2012. Vikersund hosted the event previously in 1977, 1990, and 2000.
Vikersund is a town of 3,148 inhabitants in the municipality capital of Modum, in the county of Buskerud, Norway.
Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe whose territory comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula; the remote island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard are also part of the Kingdom of Norway. The Antarctic Peter I Island and the sub-Antarctic Bouvet Island are dependent territories and thus not considered part of the kingdom. Norway also lays claim to a section of Antarctica known as Queen Maud Land.
His best World Cup result is 9th place at ski flying individual event in Bad Mitterndorf in January 2014, in a discipline which he likes the most. At the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia he finished 37th in the individual normal hill, 25th in the individual large hill and 12th place at the large hill team event.
Ski flying is a winter sport discipline derived from ski jumping, in which much greater distances can be achieved. It is a form of competitive Nordic skiing where athletes descend individually at very fast speeds along a specially designed takeoff ramp using skis only; jump from the end of it with as much power as they can generate; then glide – or 'fly' – as far as possible down a steeply sloped hill; and ultimately land within a target zone in a stable manner. Points are awarded for distance and stylistic merit by five judges, and events are governed by the International Ski Federation.
Bad Mitterndorf is a town in Salzkammergut in the Austrian state of Styria.
The 2014 Winter Olympics, officially called the XXII Olympic Winter Games and commonly known as Sochi 2014, was an international winter multi-sport event that was held from 7 to 23 February 2014 in Sochi, Krasnodar Krai, Russia, with opening rounds in certain events held on the eve of the opening ceremony, 6 February 2014.
After one season break he returned to the world cup in 2015/16 season. He improved his own Canadian ski flying national record two times at 216.5 metres (710 ft) which he jumped in Kulm, Austria at the training round of FIS Ski Flying World Championships 2016 where he finished 27th place individual. He lives in Calgary, Alberta Canada.
Austria, officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in Central Europe comprising 9 federated states. Its capital, largest city and one of nine states is Vienna. Austria has an area of 83,879 km2 (32,386 sq mi), a population of nearly 9 million people and a nominal GDP of $477 billion. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Hungary and Slovakia to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the west. The terrain is highly mountainous, lying within the Alps; only 32% of the country is below 500 m (1,640 ft), and its highest point is 3,798 m (12,461 ft). The majority of the population speaks local Bavarian dialects as their native language, and German in its standard form is the country's official language. Other regional languages are Hungarian, Burgenland Croatian, and Slovene.
The FIS Ski Flying World Championships 2016 was held between 15 and 17 January 2016 in Tauplitz/Bad Mitterndorf, Austria for the fifth time. Kulm hosted the event previously in 1975, 1986, 1996 and 2006. The individual defending champion was Severin Freund.
Boyd-Clowes was named to his third Olympic team on January 24, 2018. [1] [2] [3] [4]
| Event | Normal Hill | Large Hill | Team | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Representing | ||||||
| | q | q | 12 | |||
 | 37 | 25 | 12 | |||
 | 26 | 21 | — | |||
| Event | Normal Hill | Large Hill | Normal Hill Team | Large Hill Team | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Representing | |||||||
 | q | 46 | N/A | — | |||
 | DNS | 39 | — | — | |||
 | 39 | 38 | 12 | — | |||
| Event | Individual | Team | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Representing | |||||
 | — | — | |||
| | 36th | — | |||
| | 30th | — | |||
 | 27th | — | |||
 | 36th | — | |||
| Season | Overall | 4H | SF | RA | W5 | P7 | NT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008/09 | — | — | — | N/A | N/A | N/A | — |
| 2009/10 | — | — | — | N/A | N/A | N/A | — |
| 2010/11 | 71 | — | — | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2011/12 | 68 | 42 | — | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2012/13 | 55 | 62 | 34 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2013/14 | 55 | 43 | 16 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2015/16 | 44 | 56 | 22 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2016/17 | 41 | 40 | — | 56 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017/18 | 47 | 47 | — | 33 | 25 | 64 | N/A |
| 2018/19 | 54 | 47 |
| Season | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | Points |
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| – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 42 | 49 | – | 48 | – | q | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||||||
| 2009/10 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 0 | ||||||||
| – | q | – | q | q | q | – | – | – | – | – | – | 45 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||||||||||
| 2010/11 | | | | | | | | | | | | .svg){kind=small} | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 5 | |||||
| – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 28 | 29 | – | – | – | – | – | q | – | – | 48 | q | – | |||||||
| 2011/12 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 5 | |||||
| – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 42 | 46 | 33 | 37 | – | – | – | – | 28 | 43 | – | – | – | – | – | q | 29 | q | – | |||||||
| 2012/13 | | | |  | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 27 | ||||
| q | – | q | 44 | 38 | – | – | q | q | q | 47 | 45 | 39 | – | – | – | – | 19 | 24 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| 2013/14 |  |  |  | | | |  | | | |  | | | |  | |  | | | |  | | | | | |  | | 62 | |||
| – | q | – | 47 | 37 | 36 | 24 | 25 | 26 | q | 36 | q | 9 | 36 | 16 | 44 | – | – | – | – | q | – | 41 | 36 | 37 | 41 | 45 | – | |||||
| 2015/16 | | | |  | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |  | | | | | | | 50 | ||
| 29 | 37 | 41 | – | – | 31 | 47 | q | 44 | q | 34 | 20 | – | DSQ | 46 | 46 | 29 | 38 | 22 | 31 | 41 | 33 | – | – | 30 | 34 | 18 | 19 | – | ||||
| 2016/17 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |  | | | | | | | 52 | |||||
| 32 | 35 | 12 | 36 | 21 | 38 | 29 | 36 | 31 | 21 | q | 43 | 41 | 35 | – | DQ | 39 | 28 | – | 34 | 26 | q | 41 | q | 39 | – | |||||||
| 2017/18 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 31 | |||||||||
| – | 41 | q | – | 44 | q | – | 34 | 43 | q | 39 | 51 | – | 28 | 33 | 32 | 15 | 27 | 44 | DS | q | – | |||||||||||
| 2018/19 | | | | | | | | | | | |  | | |  | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 9 | |||
| 37 | 27 | 45 | 31 | 38 | 29 | 28 | 31 | q | q | 38 | 38 | 48 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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