![]() Howden at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics | |
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Born | Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada | 12 July 1998
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Sport | Freestyle skiing |
Event | Ski cross |
Medal record |
Reece Howden (born 12 July 1998) is a Canadian freestyle skier who competes internationally in the ski cross discipline. [1] [2]
At the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway, Howden won the gold medal in the ski cross event and was Canada's flagbearer during the closing ceremony. [3]
Howden won his first World Cup race in 2020, his rookie season. [1] Howden would go on to win the crystal globe, awarded to the overall points leader per discipline for the 2020–21 FIS Freestyle Ski World Cup season. [4] During the season Howden won four races and had two other podium finishes. [4] [5]
Howden had a fifth-place finish at the 2021 World Championships. [6]
Howden represented Canada at the 2022 Winter Olympics [7] [8] [9] in Beijing, China, where he finished 3rd in the quarterfinals, so did not advance to the semi-finals, and finished 9th overall. [2]
Howden won a 2nd Crystal Globe at the end of the 2022–23 FIS Freestyle Ski World Cup season, finishing atop the points standings, reaching the podium seven times including three victories. [10]
In 2024–25 FIS Freestyle Ski World Cup season, Howden won 7 races, including both at the end of the season in Idre Fjall, Sweden, [11] and as a result, won the Crystal Globe - most performance points for the season - for a third time. [12] His last win was Howden's 18th world cup victory. [12]